Tag: Trade

Pedestrians pass an H&M storefront window advertising discounts up to 75 percent in New York on Jan. 14, 2014.

Economy grew at 4.1 rate in second quarter, best in nearly four years

Joseph Lawler · July 27, 2018 12:30 pm

Reagan and Trump Had Different Definitions of ‘Free and Fair Trade’

Chris Deaton · July 27, 2018 9:05 am

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 24, 2017, in Washington.

Trump exhorts his voters to stay the course on trade wars

W. James Antle III · July 27, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump speaks at an event on Wednesday in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington.

Trump touts trade progress, says US no longer ‘big dumb piggy bank’ for other countries

Gabby Morrongiello · July 26, 2018 9:45 pm

President Trump, Soy Salesman

TWS Podcast · July 26, 2018 7:37 pm

President Donald Trump and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker walk to the Oval Office after speaking about trade in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Short on details, Trump’s EU trade talks are more complex than victory tweets

Erin Dunne · July 26, 2018 5:41 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer leaves the stage after speaking at the 9th China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AmCham China are hosting the event. The U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market. China has said it would subject $50 billion of U.S. goods to tariffs if the U.S. taxes its products. A delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Lighthizer and trade adviser Peter Navarro will visit Beijing for negotiations later this week.

China a ‘longer-term problem,’ USTR Robert Lighthizer says

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2018 5:06 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to discuss preparing for the 2020 Census on Capitol Hill in Washington.

‘Real vindication’: Wilbur Ross says Trump tariffs to thank for EU trade breakthrough

Gabby Morrongiello · July 26, 2018 4:59 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks at the China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

USTR Robert Lighthizer defends national security tariffs: 'Nobody is declaring war on Canada'

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2018 4:06 pm

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during a meeting between President Trump and governors and lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House on April 12, 2018.

US trade representative says no trade assistance planned for nonagriculture industries

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2018 2:53 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks at the 9th China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AmCham China are hosting the event. The U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market. China has said it would subject $50 billion of U.S. goods to tariffs if the U.S. taxes its products. A delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Lighthizer and trade adviser Peter Navarro will visit Beijing for negotiations later this week.

New NAFTA deal is in sight, says USTR Lighthizer

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2018 1:45 pm

In this Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 photo, trucks move along Interstate 35, in Laredo, Texas. Donald Trumpâs campaign promise to abandon the North American Free Trade Agreement helped win over Rust Belt voters who felt left behind by globalization. But the idea is unnerving to many people in cities on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Rep. Francis Rooney: Not all trade agreements are created equal

Rep. Francis Rooney · July 26, 2018 4:00 am