Tag: Trade

China said Tuesday it would take unspecified countermeasures after the US imposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of its exports, raising the prospect of a full-blown trade war.

China trade talks to resume next week in Beijing

Sean Higgins · March 19, 2019 10:53 pm

President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-In participate in a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement in New York. At right is Vice President Mike Pence and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, second from right.

US demands trade consultations with Korea

Sean Higgins · March 15, 2019 7:52 pm

White House staff secretary Rob Porter, left, walks with White House senior adviser Stephen Miller from Marine One across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, as they return with President Donald Trump form Ohio.

White House aide who quit amid wife-beating allegations slams Trump on China trade

Sean Higgins · March 15, 2019 3:22 pm

A man walks past European Union flags outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels.

EU Parliament divided on goals for trade talks with US

Sean Higgins · March 14, 2019 9:29 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 that is replacing the NAFTA trade deal, during a ceremony at a hotel before the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

AFL-CIO will oppose USMCA if Mexico doesn’t change its laws

Sean Higgins · March 14, 2019 7:18 pm

Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn pauses while speaking during a television interview at the White House, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in Washington.

Gary Cohn: Trump ‘desperate’ for China deal

Daniel Jativa · March 14, 2019 6:44 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Washington.

Trump threatens EU with ‘pretty severe’ consequences if trade talks falter

Sean Higgins · March 14, 2019 6:17 pm

From left, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Hiroshige Seko, European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmstrom, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, pose for media before meeting in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019.

Republicans and Democrats team up to demand that Trump confront EU on agriculture

Sean Higgins · March 14, 2019 3:38 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Robert Lighthizer testifies on trade policy.

Lighthizer woos Democrats on USMCA

Sean Higgins · March 13, 2019 10:07 pm

Beltway Confidential

Time for Trump to step up on Brexit

Tom Rogan · March 13, 2019 8:30 pm

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer attends a Cabinet meeting.

Trump seeking ‘a way out’ on tariffs against Canada and Mexico, Lighthizer says

Sean Higgins · March 12, 2019 8:05 pm

In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s trade war stalemate is all pain and no gain

Erin Dunne · March 12, 2019 5:12 pm