Tag: Trade

The U.S. trade deficit rose in January to the highest level since October 2008, defying President Trump's efforts to bring more balance to America's trade with the rest of the world, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Trade deficit jumped in July as imports soared, despite Trump’s tariffs

Sean Higgins · September 5, 2018 2:29 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping, second left, looks on during a meeting.

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Not quite no strings attached: What Beijing gets from investments in Africa

Erin Dunne · September 4, 2018 11:11 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, speaks during a committee hearing.

The NAFTA ball is in Canada’s side of the court, key congressional Republican says

Sean Higgins · September 4, 2018 10:23 pm

Sen. John Kyl, R-Ariz., talks outside his office in the Capitol on Oct. 1, 2008, in Washington.

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Jon Kyl’s lobbyist past is a problem

Philip Wegmann · September 4, 2018 9:53 pm

Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., left, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Trade, listens as Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., right, ranking member, questions witnesses about the effect of foreign tariffs on American agriculture, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018.

Democrats to force committee vote on getting White House documents on tariffs

Sean Higgins · September 4, 2018 8:22 pm

During a media availability Saturday at Camp David, President Trump was asked if Gary Cohn (pictured above) would remain with the White House amid speculation about whether Cohn would depart after the passage of the tax reform bill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former adviser took letter from Trump’s desk to prevent him from exiting trade deal: Report

Sean Higgins · September 4, 2018 4:13 pm

Ports push back against proposed third wave of tariffs

Diana Stancy Correll · September 4, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump, joined by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, waits for members of the media to take their places in the Oval Office.

Fuzzy details of US-Mexico trade deal plague American businesses

Joe Williams · September 4, 2018 12:00 am

Mexico’s new president is a wild card in the battle over Trump’s new NAFTA

Sean Higgins · September 3, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Washington.

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For Labor Day, Trump has earned American workers’ support

Gary Bauer · September 3, 2018 4:00 am

"We are ready to work with the Trump admin consistent with our values and we will never back down from our values. #Inauguration," tweeted AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka says new NAFTA deal needs to include Canada

Daniel Chaitin · September 2, 2018 5:23 pm

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One across the South Lawn to the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, as he returns from Springfield, Mo.

Bloomberg bureau chief hits back over leaked off-the-record Trump comments

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · September 2, 2018 2:57 pm