Tag: Trade

Martin O'Malley has so far struggled to gain more than a few percentage points in national polls. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

O’Malley wants to debate Clinton on Wall Street, trade, XL pipeline

Joseph Lawler · August 16, 2015 3:56 pm

Gas is flared from a tower on an oil drilling rig operated by Petroleos Mexicans (Pemex) in the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oilfield at Campeche Bay off the coast of Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.Â (Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg)

Energy and Environment

Obama surprises with gesture to ease oil export ban

John Siciliano · August 15, 2015 4:01 am

"It's no surprise that currency manipulation remains a concern; that's why we included strong currency provisions in TPA and the House customs bill," said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for Rep. Paul Ryan.Â (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

China’s currency moves fuel Trump, trade deal skeptics

Joseph Lawler · August 13, 2015 4:01 am

"China has manipulated its currency for a long time," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (on left). "This is just the latest example, and it's past the time to do something about it." (AP File Photo)

China currency move prompts new threats of legislation

Pete Kasperowicz · August 11, 2015 10:41 pm

Obama "set a pretty high bar for what's acceptable to him when it comes to a final TPP agreement that he's willing to sign on to," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Tuesday. (AP)

Obama’s Asia pivot is riding on key trade deal

Nicole Duran · August 8, 2015 4:01 am

The biggest beneficiary of the U.S.'s inability to reach a consensus with its trading partners on the Trans-Pacific Partnership may be Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo)Â

Sanders may be biggest beneficiary of trade deal delay

Sean Higgins · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

Trump: I’d Have Carl Icahn Deal With China

Daniel Halper · August 4, 2015 10:49 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks to the media after speaking at the 2015 International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers Conference, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sanders’ growing support a dilemma for union leaders

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2015 4:01 am

A study from theÂ Peterson Institute for International EconomicsÂ predicts rising U.S. trade deficits in heavy manufacturing, light manufacturing, autos and auto parts as to the tune of more than $39 billion by 2025.Â (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

There’s still time to get the TPP’s trade rules right

Scott Paul · July 31, 2015 4:01 am

Republican lawmakers are considering a fresh round of oversight through various committees and drafting legislation on the rules that they and their industry allies say are duplicative and could threaten U.S. oil and gas development.

Small businesses need modern energy export policies

Karen Kerrigan · July 22, 2015 4:01 am

President Barack Obama, left, talks with Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" during a taping, on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama to Jon Stewart: IRS never targeted conservatives

Susan Crabtree · July 21, 2015 10:42 pm

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla insisted Monday that Cuba cannot agree to fully normalized relations with the United States until the U.S. gives Guantanamo Bay back to Cuba, and ends the trade embargo against the island. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Cuba wants it all: End the embargo, return Guantanamo Bay

Pete Kasperowicz · July 20, 2015 8:42 pm