Tag: Trade

President Trump addresses members of the news media as he arrives with first lady Melania Trump, left, and Nikki Haley.

Trump’s sovereignty doctrine

Washington Examiner · September 25, 2018 10:34 pm

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Washington, ahead of the arrival of Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. Canada, America's longtime ally and No. 2 trading partner, was left out of a proposed deal Trump just reached with Mexico and is scrambling to keep its place in the regional free-trade bloc â and fend off the threat of U.S. taxes on its vehicles.

Robert Lighthizer warns that US is ‘running out of time’ with Mexican trade deal

Sean Higgins · September 25, 2018 3:29 pm

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland attends a news conference during a meeting of Women Foreign Ministers in Montreal, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018.

Canada’s foreign minister says Americans are ceding leadership of the free world

Sean Higgins · September 25, 2018 2:25 pm

Nicolas Peter, member of the board of management of BMW AG, Finance, introduces the new BMW X3 M40i at the North American International Auto Show, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Detroit.

BMW curbs 2018 profit forecast due to Trump’s tariffs, new emissions rules

Joe Williams · September 25, 2018 2:16 pm

An agent comforts the siblings by the fort they made from disposable mylar blankets.

Energy and Environment

Oil CEO and Trump donor Dan Eberhart says the shale boom gives Trump an edge

John Siciliano · September 25, 2018 12:01 am

Trump is running out of tariffs to place on China, but has other options for more if needed

Sean Higgins · September 25, 2018 12:00 am

President Trump hands a pen he used to South Korean President Moon Jae-in at a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York.

Trump claims victory with inked South Korea trade deal

Sean Higgins · September 24, 2018 10:37 pm

President Donald Trump speaks on trade at Granite City Works Steel Coil Warehouse, Thursday, July 26, 2018, Granite City, Ill.

Beltway Confidential

How Trump’s trade war picks winners and losers at home

Erin Dunne · September 24, 2018 8:33 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, people check out opportunities during a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent, the lowest in nearly five years, according to the Labor Department, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.

Trump’s trade war curbing CEO confidence, Business Roundtable says

James Langford · September 24, 2018 4:01 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Las Vegas.

China accuses Trump of ‘bullyism’ as tariffs become official

Sean Higgins · September 24, 2018 10:32 am

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping speak during a business event.

Trump misplays his trade hand

Washington Examiner · September 24, 2018 4:00 am

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.

National Security

US planning ‘administration-wide’ measures against China

Naomi Lim · September 23, 2018 11:57 pm