Tag: Trade

President Trump has been touring manufacturing centers to promote his tax and economic plan signed into law late last year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s next challenge: Making tax cuts great again

W. James Antle III · January 25, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump On Tuesday imposed new tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a bid to help U.S. manufacturers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s trade protectionism cuts into your new tax break

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump will be the first president since 2000 to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda faces tough reception at Davos forum

Gabby Morrongiello · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

General Electric is cooperating with a Justice Department probe of a discontinued mortgage business.

The decline and fall of General Electric, the poster child of Obamanomics

Timothy P. Carney · January 24, 2018 4:07 am

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced on Monday that President Trump has approved substantial import tariffs on solar cells and modules. But if one wants the U.S. to install more solar cells, the tariffs will not help as they raise the price for this cleaner form of energy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Why the heck would we tax solar panel imports?

Tim Worstall · January 23, 2018 6:39 pm

Photovoltaic modules sit on a factory rooftop in Germany, where many of the company's primary investors are from. (Martin Leissl/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

A dangerous precedent on trade, brought to you by solar panel tariffs

Bryan Riley · January 23, 2018 3:03 am

From left, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal are in negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

A stricter NAFTA is a more harmful NAFTA

Clark Packard · January 22, 2018 9:10 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump gets a lot wrong about free trade, but so do most people

Tim Worstall · January 22, 2018 8:44 pm

It was reported Sunday that the president has criticized Wilbur Ross for trade deals he's negotiated and reportedly told Ross during a meeting his "understanding of trade is terrible." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sarah Sanders: Trump has ‘100 percent confidence’ in Wilbur Ross

Melissa Quinn · January 22, 2018 8:00 pm

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is very qualified to take on additional responsibilities in the White House, according to his father. Charles Kushner said, "We didn't raise our children as typical children. They were taught if you have wealth, it is not something to be spoiled about, it is a lot of responsibility [...] So my children, they are more mature than their years and they were raised that way." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Charles Kushner: Jared qualified to make an impact with Middle East deal because he had a ‘lot responsibility’ at a young age

Caitlin Yilek · January 22, 2018 4:50 pm

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is on the outs with President Trump, reportedly for falling asleep during meetings among other things. (File photo)

Wilbur Ross on the outs with Trump after falling asleep in meetings: Report

Kelly Cohen · January 21, 2018 11:14 pm

Through conversations with policymakers, party leaders, and current and former White House officials, the Washington Examiner identified four areas where President Trump has left his greatest mark after one year in office, and gauged his plans for the year ahead. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Shutdown caps Trump’s contentious first year in office

Sarah Bedford, Gabby Morrongiello · January 20, 2018 8:06 pm