Tag: Trade

Department of Commerce has added manpower to handle Trump’s tariffs

Sean Higgins · November 27, 2018 5:00 am

"It doesn't matter which country, you can just pick a name out of a hat -- they're beating us in trade.Â Every country," Donald Trump said. "No matter what country you talk about."

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s unpredictable trade policy leaves the economy in limbo

Erin Dunne · November 26, 2018 3:00 pm

People look at the electronics section on Black Friday at a Target store in Plainville, Mass., Friday, Nov. 23, 2018.

The worst deal on Black Friday

Washington Examiner · November 23, 2018 2:31 pm

In the wake of President Trump's announcement that tariffs would be imposed on steel and aluminum imports, several World Trade Organization members have already signaled they are getting countermeasures ready.

China: Trump ‘vandalized’ WTO rules by imposing tariffs

Pete Kasperowicz · November 22, 2018 10:42 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters following his teleconference with troops from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018.

Trump defends Saudi Arabia stance, says no conclusive evidence about Jamal Khashoggi death

Naomi Lim · November 22, 2018 4:01 pm

Two Honduran immigrants pose for portraits astride the border structure that separates Mexico from the U.S. seen from Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. The two migrants where posing for a documentary maker.

Trump threatens to close the southern border due to caravan threat

Pete Kasperowicz · November 22, 2018 3:40 pm

Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray, left, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, center, and Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo pose for a photo during a joint news conference.

Congress still has wiggle room to make USMCA more free-trade or more protectionist

Sean Higgins · November 22, 2018 5:00 am

Republicans: Ram Through the USMCA Before the Dems Take Over

Haley Byrd · November 21, 2018 8:26 pm

Randal Quarles, vice chairman of supervision at the U.S. Federal Reserve, listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.

Speed bumps appear in latest economic data

Colin Wilhelm · November 21, 2018 7:22 pm

Red hot steel is rolled into coils at a steel factory in Brazil.

WTO to probe legality of US steel and aluminum tariffs

Sean Higgins · November 21, 2018 5:18 pm

In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 photo, Jesus Rodriguez grinds steel at the IDEAL Group in Detroit. The Institute for Supply Management reports on U.S. manufacturing activity in February on Monday, March 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Trade wars may be dampening business investment

Sean Higgins · November 21, 2018 4:29 pm

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., discusses President Donald Trump's revamped North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico during a television news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.

GOP senators call for quick NAFTA replacement vote before Democrats take power

Sean Higgins · November 21, 2018 4:07 pm