Tag: Commerce

All the ways Trump’s policies are stuck in the swamp

Washington Examiner Staff · May 8, 2017 12:01 am

Wilbur Ross puts Canada on notice for ‘inappropriate’ threats of ‘retaliatory action’ against US tariffs

Daniel Chaitin · May 6, 2017 8:19 pm

There are essentially two paths for the Trump administration to follow through on its protectionist promises. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is quietly waging a non-tariff trade war

Clark Packard · May 6, 2017 2:37 pm

It isn't wise to poison the well when dealing with America's second-largest and most polite trading partner. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Oh, hooray! War with Canada

Washington Examiner · April 26, 2017 4:01 am

"I love Canada," Trump told a group of farmers and agriculture policy experts at the White House on Tuesday. "But they've outsmarted our politicians for many years, and you people understand that." (AP)

Trump: Canada has ‘outsmarted our politicians for years’

Sarah Bedford · April 25, 2017 8:41 pm

Wilbur Ross said Tuesday he doesn't expect U.S. home prices to increase even after a 20 percent tax on imports of Canadian softwood lumber. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Wilbur Ross: Duties on Canadian lumber won’t mean significant spike in home prices

Kyle Feldscher · April 25, 2017 6:25 pm

A monthlong slide in steelmakers' stocks doesn't accurately reflect the benefits they'll receive from President Trump's tariffs on metals, Credit Suisse says.

US steelmakers applaud White House’s anti-dumping probe

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2017 8:09 pm

National Association of Manufacturers says Beijing "does not always play by the same rules." (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Manufacturers ‘committed’ to working with Trump on steel dumping probe

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2017 7:36 pm

"Last night the Department of Commerce initiated an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962," Ross said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump administration opens sweeping trade investigation

Sarah Bedford · April 20, 2017 3:31 pm

NCRI specifically identified the sites of some 90 docks operated exclusively by the IRGC within Iranian ports. (AP Photo/Hossein Ostovar/Tasnim News Agency)

To confront Iran, halt the IRGC’s commerce

Sir David Amess · April 11, 2017 4:05 am

"It's a very, very complicated situation," Wilbur Ross said. "So it's very hard to paint just with one big broad brush." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Administration still has not decided how to change NAFTA

Anna Giaritelli · March 12, 2017 8:37 pm

President Trump's weekend itinerary was updated on Saturday afternoon to include a meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Updated schedule: Trump will meet with Sessions, Kelly in Florida tonight

Anna Giaritelli · March 4, 2017 8:16 pm