Tag: Canada

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady is working with the president on a tariff plan that would impact the offending nations, such as China, and spare the countries who are trading fairly. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP leaders negotiating with Trump on narrowing tariff plan

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2018 3:50 pm

President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke by phone on Monday "to address trade and the ongoing NAFTA negotiations in Mexico City," the White House said in a summary of the call. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Trump, Justin Trudeau talk amid tariff threats

Sarah Bedford · March 6, 2018 2:27 pm

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently estimated that trade with Canada and Mexico supports nearly 14 million American jobs. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Trump’s plans for ‘energy dominance’ depend on NAFTA’s survival

Kyle Isakower · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the U.S., Mexico, and Canada have agreed on just six of 30 chapters in renegotiating NAFTA. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Not much progress on NAFTA, Robert Lighthizer says

Sean Higgins · March 5, 2018 11:32 pm

The Trump administration faces an uphill battle to protect innovation when it comes to the North American Free Trade Agreement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A fair NAFTA doesn’t need tariffs, despite Trump’s tweets

Philip Thompson · March 5, 2018 11:04 pm

Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexican economic minister and lead negotiator for Mexico in the ongoing NAFTA talks, tweeted: "Mexico shouldn't be included in steel & aluminum tariffs. It's the wrong way to incentivize the creation of a new & modern #NAFTA." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mexico says linking tariffs and NAFTA ‘wrong way’ to go

Sean Higgins · March 5, 2018 6:32 pm

"We have large trade deficits with Mexico and Canada. NAFTA, which is under renegotiation right now, has been a bad deal for U.S.A. Massive relocation of companies & jobs. Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum will only come off if new & fair NAFTA agreement is signed," the president tweeted. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump: Steel tariffs go away if ‘fair’ NAFTA is reached

Katelyn Caralle · March 5, 2018 12:36 pm

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro claimed the steel and aluminum tariffs, which Trump announced suddenly without consulting key departments first, will have "no downstream effects." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Peter Navarro: Trump’s steel tariffs will have ‘no country exclusions’

Laura Barrón-López · March 4, 2018 3:01 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one of the Republican politicians closest to President Trump, is urging the president to back down from his plans to impose new trade tariffs. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Scott Walker urges Trump to drop tariffs

Sean Higgins · March 2, 2018 9:17 pm

President Trump announced tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports on Thursday, and justified them as a way to protect U.S. national security. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Goldman Sachs: Steel tariffs a likely prelude to NAFTA exit

Sean Higgins · March 2, 2018 4:53 pm

Obliged to Kill

Wesley J. Smith · March 2, 2018 9:00 am

In this photo from Feb. 12, Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Trump, attends a meeting in the State Dining Room of the White House. Counterintelligence officials are currently looking into the international financing and negotiations involving the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, which features a trademarked Ivanka Trump spa, as part of the process to get her a security clearance. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

FBI officials inspecting Ivanka Trump business deal in Canada: Report

Katie Leach · March 2, 2018 1:03 am