Tag: Trade

In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, photo, Zavian Tate, a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, pushes a large Amazon Dash button, in Birmingham, Ala. The large Dash buttons are part of the city's campaign to lure Amazon's second headquarters to Birmingham. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Amazon should build its second home in a city that could use it

Washington Examiner Staff · October 30, 2017 4:01 am

Federal data released this month showed oil exports increased by 300,000 barrels per day to total 900,000 barrels per day in the first half of 2017 compared to the same time period last year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Energy and Environment

Oil exports climbing two years after 40-year-old ban lifted

John Siciliano · October 30, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump began Tuesday clashing with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who described him as an "untruthful president." Hours later, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., abruptly announced he would not seek re-election next year, decrying the "coarseness of our leadership" from the Senate floor. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party meets continued resistance

W. James Antle III · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

When Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona announced he would not seek re-election, he pinned his decision on a GOP that has become "reckless, outrageous, and undignified." The DNC could have used that to its advantage. It didn't. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Beltway Confidential

The DNC is comically bad at its job

Becket Adams · October 24, 2017 11:14 pm

New legislation with bipartisan support in Congress would impose new sanctions on North Korea, as well as secondary financial sanctions to, as one House member said, "cripple their finances."(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

House passes Otto Warmbier act to sanction North Korea’s backers in China

Joel Gehrke · October 24, 2017 9:57 pm

Casino magnate and GOP fundraiser Steve Wynn, who has business ties in the Chinese region of Macau, wrote President Trump to ask him to send dissident businessmen Guo Wengui back to China. Trump reportedly said yes, but was blocked from doing so by administration officials. (Calvin Sit/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

China reportedly used US casino magnate and GOP fundraiser Steve Wynn to lobby Trump — and it almost worked

Timothy P. Carney · October 23, 2017 7:47 pm

President Trump addressed the press with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a joint statement in the Rose Garden. "Singapore is one of our closest strategic partners in Asia," Trump said. "The U.S. is proud of the deep and enduring partnership we have built." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump hails Singapore as one of US’ ‘closest strategic partners in Asia’

Sarah Bedford · October 23, 2017 6:46 pm

Rep. Daniel Donovan, R-N.Y., speaks during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP moderates urge dumping of NAFTA dispute provision

Sean Higgins · October 19, 2017 4:28 pm

The Trump administration has said it wants radical changes to NAFTA in order to help U.S. workers and create jobs in the United States. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Is NAFTA dead? White House says, ‘not yet’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 18, 2017 7:22 pm

The Trudeau administration has challenged Washington to ban Right to Work laws as part of any revamped NAFTA deal. Of course, President Trump campaigned and won on a pro-Right to Work platform. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

Big Labor admits in NAFTA demands forced unionism costs jobs, right-to-work laws attract them

Mark Mix · October 18, 2017 4:01 am

Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, right, with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, left, and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, center, speaks during the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s approach to NAFTA could be catastrophic

Brandon Arnold · October 17, 2017 9:35 pm

Trade representatives from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico wrapped up the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement Tuesday. All three said they came out disappointed after the most recent talks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Canada, Mexico slam US proposals on NAFTA

Sean Higgins · October 17, 2017 8:22 pm