Tag: Trade

According to the White House, those limitations are needed. It said imports of the light metal jumped 18 percent last year, and U.S. production fell 47 percent. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Trump moves to protect US industry from cheap aluminum imports

Pete Kasperowicz · April 27, 2017 8:31 pm

President Ronald Reagan outlined his vision of a North American free-trade zone as far back as 1979. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

Beltway Confidential

NAFTA is a miracle

Mark Vargas · April 27, 2017 8:02 pm

Trump: I agreed to renegotiate NAFTA to avoid ‘shock to the system’

Trump: I agreed to renegotiate NAFTA to avoid ‘shock to the system’

Kyle Feldscher · April 27, 2017 4:00 pm

President Trump on Thursday left the door open to the U.S. leaving the North American Free Trade Agreement, just hours after releasing a statement pledging to renegotiate it and remain a member of the three-nation pact. (AP Photo)

Trump leaves the door open to leaving NAFTA

Kyle Feldscher · April 27, 2017 11:43 am

President Trump informed Mexican President Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday afternoon that he will not pull the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) despite reports earlier in the day that he had considered doing so. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump reassures Canada, Mexico he’s not pulling out of NAFTA

Anna Giaritelli · April 27, 2017 2:59 am

British Columbia's premier suggests the ban as retaliation for a new U.S. tariff on Canadian lumber. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Energy and Environment

Canada looks to ban US coal shipments

John Siciliano · April 26, 2017 10:02 pm

Now all he has to do is sign the order. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump drafts executive order to pull out of NAFTA: Report

Anna Giaritelli · April 26, 2017 9:25 pm

President Trump said Wednesday morning that the large U.S. trade deficit is part of the reason why the U.S. economy grew so slowly last year. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Trump blames trade deficits for slow economic growth in 2016

Kyle Feldscher · April 26, 2017 11:53 am

It isn't wise to poison the well when dealing with America's second-largest and most polite trading partner. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Oh, hooray! War with Canada

Washington Examiner · April 26, 2017 4:01 am

"I love Canada," Trump told a group of farmers and agriculture policy experts at the White House on Tuesday. "But they've outsmarted our politicians for many years, and you people understand that." (AP)

Trump: Canada has ‘outsmarted our politicians for years’

Sarah Bedford · April 25, 2017 8:41 pm

Wilbur Ross said Tuesday he doesn't expect U.S. home prices to increase even after a 20 percent tax on imports of Canadian softwood lumber. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Wilbur Ross: Duties on Canadian lumber won’t mean significant spike in home prices

Kyle Feldscher · April 25, 2017 6:25 pm

Trump has room to grow with younger voters, and the policy area where they agree with him most is one that overlaps with Sen. Bernie Sanders: trade. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Beltway Confidential

Poll: Millennials support Trump on trade, law enforcement

Ron Meyer · April 25, 2017 4:00 pm