Tag: Trade

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

Richard Trumka, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations president, addresses members.

AFL-CIO warns against ‘premature’ vote on NAFTA replacement

Sean Higgins · April 1, 2019 5:21 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

As Russia looks for influence in Africa, Venezuela should be a lesson for Washington

Erin Dunne · April 1, 2019 5:10 pm

Unemployed line up to attend a job fair organized by the local government and a trade union, in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The Getulio Vargas Foundation think tank published a study on Monday saying the average growth of the Brazilian economy between 2011 and 2020 could to be the worst since it started measuring in 1901, at 0.9 percent a year.

Are you ready for a new trade deal with Brazil?

Philip Thompson · April 1, 2019 4:00 am

President Trump holds up examples of tariffs, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Want a good trade deal? End tariffs on Mexico and Canada

Erin Dunne · March 29, 2019 10:22 pm

Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. President Donald Trump gave his quarterly White House salary to the Small Business Administion.

Linda McMahon quits as Small Business Administration chief

Melissa Quinn · March 29, 2019 5:23 pm

China's Vice Premier Liu He, right, shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as they pose for a group photo at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Friday, March 29, 2019.

Mnuchin says Beijing trade talks were ‘constructive’

Sean Higgins · March 29, 2019 2:21 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Business braces for no-deal Brexit

James Langford · March 29, 2019 12:00 am

In this Feb. 26, 2019 photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Grassley gains support of key senators for bid to rein in Trump tariff powers

Sean Higgins · March 27, 2019 7:36 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee walks to chair a hearing on drug prices, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Chuck Grassley says Trump won’t lift steel and aluminum tariffs

Colin Wilhelm, Sean Higgins · March 27, 2019 6:53 pm

President Trump on Wednesday seemed to rule out the possibility of negotiating some kind of truce with North Korea, just days after his secretary of state suggested that strategy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s weakening of North Korea sanctions is even worse than it seems

Erin Dunne · March 27, 2019 4:29 pm

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. speaks during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on possible tariffs and the effect on the U.S. economy and jobs, Thursday, April 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

US-China trade negotiators: Bootleggers and Baptists ride again

Bruce Yandle · March 27, 2019 1:47 pm