Tag: Trade

Migrants try to push past Mexican police on the Mexico-U.S. border at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, as they try to reach the U.S. The mayor of Tijuana has declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city and says that he has asked the United Nations for aid to deal with the approximately 5,000 Central American migrants who have arrived in the city.

Trump: Border likely never to be closed because tariffs will gain Mexico’s cooperation

Steven Nelson · April 4, 2019 9:56 pm

U.S. Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin stands on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border on October 3, 2013 at the San Ysidro port of enty into Mexico, California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Trump drops threat to close border, gives Mexico ‘one-year warning’

Steven Nelson · April 4, 2019 5:01 pm

White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in D.C.

White House will fight congressional effort to rein in tariff powers

Sean Higgins · April 3, 2019 5:42 pm

Cars and trucks line up to enter Mexico from the U.S. at a border crossing in El Paso, Texas, Friday, March 29, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t hold the economy hostage by closing the border

Erin Dunne · April 3, 2019 3:53 pm

FILE - In this Friday, July 21, 2017, file photo, Ford cars wait for deployment after arrival by ship at the Ford Dagenham diesel engine plant in London.

Auto tariffs decision could be delayed, Kudlow says

Sean Higgins · April 3, 2019 3:39 pm

This December 2016 photo shows barbacoa beef tacos in New York. This dish is from a recipe by Katie Workman.

Beltway Confidential

If Trump shuts down the border, say goodbye to taco Tuesday

Madeline Fry Schultz · April 2, 2019 9:42 pm

Anti-Brexit protester looks at placards showing pictures of British politicians as she demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Why soft Brexit just got a lot more likely

Tom Rogan · April 2, 2019 8:36 pm

Myron Brilliant, center, executive vice president and head of International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce speaks during a meeting with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019.

Trade talks are empowering China’s reformers, Chamber official says

Sean Higgins · April 2, 2019 6:50 pm

Cellerman Franz Graef passes a wall of barrel-aged beers as he pulls a pallet of filled kegs to a walk-in refrigerator at Rhinegeist Brewery in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of downtown Cincinnati.

Beer keg tariffs possible as Trump administration accuses China of violating anti-dumping rules

Sean Higgins · April 2, 2019 4:37 pm

Three policemen patrol past various Brexit flags and banners outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is set for long Cabinet meeting Tuesday, as the government tries to find a way out of the Brexit crisis, after lawmakers on Monday rejected all alternatives to her European Union withdrawal agreement.

The UK will leave the EU next week

Andrew Davies · April 2, 2019 3:09 pm

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.

‘Wise and courageous’: Trump trade representative Robert Lighthizer praised by liberal magazine

Sean Higgins · April 1, 2019 9:30 pm

As Border Patrol chief, Mark Morgan he will be responsible for over 21,000 Border Patrol agents. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

Border Patrol agent: Shutting ports of entry would allow officers to back up agents dealing with illegal crossers

Anna Giaritelli · April 1, 2019 5:22 pm