Tag: Trade

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer leaves the stage after speaking at the 9th China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AmCham China are hosting the event. The U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market. China has said it would subject $50 billion of U.S. goods to tariffs if the U.S. taxes its products. A delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Lighthizer and trade adviser Peter Navarro will visit Beijing for negotiations later this week.

US threatens China with tariffs for intellectual property violations

Sean Higgins · April 25, 2019 3:35 pm

Donald Trump and Richard Trumka

Mexico must do more to meet USMCA requirements, AFL-CIO’s Trumka says

Sean Higgins · April 23, 2019 2:48 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks to union members and other federal employees at a rally, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington.

AFL-CIO leader Trumka faults Obama for siding with Wall Street in his last year in office

Sean Higgins · April 23, 2019 1:56 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Richard Trumka

AFL-CIO opposes Green New Deal

Sean Higgins · April 23, 2019 1:24 pm

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks to the media.

Mexico poised to pass labor reforms as part of Trump USMCA deal

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2019 9:22 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting with China's Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 4, 2019.

Business groups object to Trump plans to retain tariffs in China trade deal

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2019 4:32 pm

President Donald Trump, center, reaches out to Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they prepare to sign a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement replacing the NAFTA trade deal, during a ceremony before the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

Trump adviser says White House has the votes to pass USMCA

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2019 2:35 pm

Trump USMCA would add $68B to GDP and 176,000 jobs, independent report says

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2019 7:08 pm

2019 Jeep Wranglers are driven off the assembly line at the Toledo North Assembly Plant, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, in Toledo, Ohio.

USMCA to create 76,000 auto industry jobs, White House says

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2019 6:43 pm

Evens Presendeaux of Haiti (center) speaks with coworkers on the floor of a factory in Tijuana, Mexico. Presendeaux is among about 4,000 Haitians to establish roots in Mexico's northwest corner after the United States abruptly closed its doors late last year. The Mexican government has welcomed them, and they are already having an outsize economic and cultural impact.

White House expects Mexico to advance trade deal reforms next week

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2019 6:00 pm

China's Vice Premier Liu He, left, gestures after he posed for a photo with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Friday, March 29, 2019.

US, China aiming for trade deal by late May or early June

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2019 7:46 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, center left, and Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan's minister of economy, trade and industry, center right, hold the first round of ministerial trade talks with the Trump Administration, at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018.

US and Japan commit to trade talks on agriculture and digital trade

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2019 1:45 pm