Tag: Trade

Republicans Push Back on Trump’s Trade Gambit

Haley Byrd · August 28, 2018 10:21 am

This March 25, 2014 photo shows a Best Buy store in Philadelphia. Best Buy reports quarterly financial results on Thursday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Best Buy raises profit target as economic boom powers retail spending

Joe Williams · August 28, 2018 8:29 am

President Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the G-7 summit, June 8, 2018, in Charlevoix, Canada.

Can the US exclude Canada from its trade deal with Mexico?

Sean Higgins · August 28, 2018 4:00 am

The political arm for the National Pork Producers Council, a trade group composed of 42 affiliated state pork producer associations, failed to report recently on financial disclosures who gave it $9,706 in March

Trade and farming, from a pig farmer’s perspective

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2018 4:00 am

FILE- In this Oct. 27, 2017, file photo, workers assemble Ford trucks at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Ky. On Friday, March 16, 2018, the Federal Reserve reports on U.S. industrial production for February.

Manufacturers give Trump’s Mexico trade deal one cheer

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2018 8:56 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the annual French ambassadors' conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Our allies abroad are realizing we’ve become unreliable

Erin Dunne · August 27, 2018 8:39 pm

President Trump listens during a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto about a trade agreement between the United States and Mexico.

Energy and Environment

Oil industry encouraged by Trump’s trade deal with Mexico

John Siciliano · August 27, 2018 8:32 pm

United Auto Workers assemblyman Mark Williams works on the Ford Mustang at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in Flat Rock, Mich.

White House claims Mexico deal is a win for labor, but labor isn’t convinced yet

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2018 8:15 pm

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation hearing on infrastructure on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018.

USDA announces $6 billion bailout for farmers caught in trade war

Joe Williams · August 27, 2018 7:46 pm

President Trump welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House in Washington, Oct. 11, 2017.

White House says Canada not needed on Mexico trade agreement

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2018 7:08 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

Two key things standing between Trump and a revised NAFTA

Erin Dunne · August 27, 2018 6:48 pm

Robert Lighthizer, U.S. trade representative, left, and Vice President Mike Pence listen during a phone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. TrumpÂ said he would terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement and sign a new trade accord with Mexico, potentially leaving Canada out of the bloc.

Mike Pence says trade deal begins ‘new chapter’ with Mexico

Gabby Morrongiello · August 27, 2018 6:13 pm