Tag: Trade

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks at the China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

US and EU at ‘complete statemate’ over agriculture, Lighthizer says

Sean Higgins · March 12, 2019 4:41 pm

France's Labor Minister Muriel Penicaud gives a press conference with France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in Paris.

French minister accuses Trump administration of ‘protectionism’

Sean Higgins · March 12, 2019 4:30 pm

In this March 6, 2019, photo, President Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s budget fiction: Counting trade deals before they’re made

Erin Dunne · March 11, 2019 10:16 pm

The U.S. is home to the Permian Basin, the world's most productive oil field.

Tariffs threaten US energy gains, but quotas would be even worse

Kyle Isakower · March 8, 2019 11:23 pm

US ambassador to China says the two sides haven’t agreed to a date for trade talks yet

Sean Higgins · March 8, 2019 3:30 pm

Grassley empowered

Colin Wilhelm · March 8, 2019 5:00 am

A worker glues pieces of wood together while making a kitchen cabinet at the Old Wood Co. sustainable furniture manufacturing facility in Asheville, N.C.

Putting American kitchen cabinet workers first

Mark A. Trexler · March 7, 2019 5:00 am

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during a cabinet meeting with President Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in Washington.

Good news, the trade deficit grew

Washington Examiner · March 7, 2019 5:00 am

Trump tariffs cost businesses and consumers $13 billion, study claims

Sean Higgins · March 7, 2019 12:17 am

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, prepares to deliver the work report as he walks near Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress.

Beltway Confidential

A trade deal lesson for Trump from China’s talk of reform

Erin Dunne · March 6, 2019 9:47 pm

President Donald Trump holds a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Vice President Mike Pence is at right.

Trade deficit for 2018 rose to $621 billion, highest in 10 years, defying Trump’s promises

Sean Higgins · March 6, 2019 2:05 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference.

Pompeo: China’s socialist system causing sickness and death

Joel Gehrke · March 5, 2019 1:20 am