Tag: Trade

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro arrives for a news conference.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s trade director has his thinking on imports all wrong

Bruce Yandle · May 31, 2019 12:49 pm

President Trump talks on the phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 27, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s latest Mexico tariff gambit is reckless and mindbogglingly stupid

Philip Klein · May 31, 2019 1:05 am

President Donald Trump speaks as he welcomes 2018 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano to the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

Trump imposes tariffs on Mexican goods in response to illegal immigration

Julio Rosas · May 30, 2019 11:55 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 23, 2019.

White House presses ahead with sending USMCA to Congress without Pelosi greenlight

Sean Higgins · May 30, 2019 11:36 pm

Richard Clarida

Fed vice chairman sees economy in ‘a good place’ for 2019

Colin Wilhelm · May 30, 2019 6:14 pm

Container ships are unloaded at the Port of Oakland on Monday, July 2, 2018, in Oakland, Calif.

Monthly US trade deficit rises slightly to $72.1 billion

Sean Higgins · May 30, 2019 4:12 pm

Mexican president expects quick ratification of USMCA trade deal

Sean Higgins · May 30, 2019 3:47 pm

Engineer with walkie-talkie.

Jobs are at stake — pass the USMCA

Dick Heinle · May 30, 2019 4:00 am

A worker climbs onto of a delivery truck loaded with mattresses in Beijing, China.

US moves to impose tariffs on Chinese kegs, mattresses

Sean Higgins · May 30, 2019 12:14 am

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks about the USMCA trade agreement in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, May 29, 2019.

Canada begins process to ratify USMCA trade deal

Sean Higgins · May 29, 2019 10:00 pm

Keith Hall, director of the Congressional Budget Office.

CBO director says economic growth will fall below 2%

Colin Wilhelm · May 29, 2019 6:47 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pauses during a panel discussion at Delaware County Community College, Friday, May 24, 2019, in Media, Pa.

USMCA’s fate up to Pelosi, White House official says

Sean Higgins · May 29, 2019 6:18 pm