Tag: Trade

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to discuss preparing for the 2020 Census on Capitol Hill in Washington.

‘Real vindication’: Wilbur Ross says Trump tariffs to thank for EU trade breakthrough

Gabby Morrongiello · July 26, 2018 4:59 pm

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.

USTR Robert Lighthizer defends national security tariffs: 'Nobody is declaring war on Canada'

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2018 4:06 pm

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during a meeting between President Trump and governors and lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House on April 12, 2018.

US trade representative says no trade assistance planned for nonagriculture industries

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2018 2:53 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks at the 9th China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AmCham China are hosting the event. The U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market. China has said it would subject $50 billion of U.S. goods to tariffs if the U.S. taxes its products. A delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Lighthizer and trade adviser Peter Navarro will visit Beijing for negotiations later this week.

New NAFTA deal is in sight, says USTR Lighthizer

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2018 1:45 pm

In this Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 photo, trucks move along Interstate 35, in Laredo, Texas. Donald Trumpâs campaign promise to abandon the North American Free Trade Agreement helped win over Rust Belt voters who felt left behind by globalization. But the idea is unnerving to many people in cities on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Rep. Francis Rooney: Not all trade agreements are created equal

Rep. Francis Rooney · July 26, 2018 4:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks at the Department of Energy in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

Trump trade war threatens American energy dominance

Dan K. Eberhart · July 26, 2018 4:00 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech at the opening of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg Wednesday, July 25 2017. The summit runs through Friday with various heads of BRICS attending.

Beltway Confidential

The crucial BRICS summit matters to the US

Erin Dunne · July 25, 2018 9:39 pm

Ford profits plunge amid ‘business headwinds,’ rising metals costs

Joe Williams · July 25, 2018 8:52 pm

President Donald Trump meets with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington.

Europe to purchase more soybeans as part of preliminary trade deal with Trump

Gabby Morrongiello · July 25, 2018 8:45 pm

President Trump (right) meets with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Now the EU wants to hit US tech companies with a new big tax

Mattie Duppler · July 25, 2018 8:13 pm

Fiat Chrysler braces for impact of Trump’s steel tariffs in 2019

Joe Williams · July 25, 2018 1:49 pm

The General Motors Co. headquarters in Detroit.

General Motors lowers profit target as Trump tariffs push up supply costs

Joe Williams · July 25, 2018 12:11 pm