Tag: Trade

Currently, the Panama Canal can fit ships carrying between 400,000 and 550,000 barrels of light sweet crude through it. The remodel, slated to open in late 2015, would enable ships large enough to haul as much as 680,000 barrels of crude to enter the canal.

Energy and Environment

Panama Canal expansion would boost U.S. energy exports

Zack Colman · September 17, 2014 8:52 pm

The 1998 deal that settled a multi-state lawsuit against tobacco companies gives states broad power over advertising and related matters. (AP/Allen G. Breed)

Tobacco pulls Left to defend states’ rights

Sean Higgins · September 17, 2014 9:00 am

Survey finds skepticism about trade’s benefits

Survey finds skepticism about trade’s benefits

Paul Wiseman · September 16, 2014 10:17 pm

FTC: Pharmaceutical companies filed ‘baseless’ patent lawsuits to block AndroGel generic

FTC: Pharmaceutical companies filed ‘baseless’ patent lawsuits to block AndroGel generic

Jessica Karmasek · September 11, 2014 7:45 pm

"The development of U.S. natural gas resources is having a transformative impact on the U.S. energy landscape, helping to improve our energy security while spurring economic development and job creation around the country," the DOE said in a statement.(iStock Photo)

Project to export natural gas approved

Zack Colman · September 10, 2014 9:34 pm

"We are not done and further work is needed, but we have made a significant step forward on some of the most challenging provisions," U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Barbara Weisel said. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Liberals fume as Obama advances trade deal

Sean Higgins · September 10, 2014 9:22 pm

Energy and Environment

Appeal filed over Oregon ruling on coal project

Zack Colman · September 10, 2014 6:28 pm

Lifting 39-year-old restrictions on oil exports would boost the U.S. economy and lower gasoline prices, while strengthening the nation's hand in international disputes, according to a study released Tuesday.ÃÂ (iStock image)

Energy and Environment

Oil exports would boost economy, lower gas prices: study

Zack Colman · September 9, 2014 9:47 pm

In the House, Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, has led the charge to end the bank. (Getty images/Mark Wilson)

Ex-Im Bank may be saved by the bell

Susan Ferrechio · September 6, 2014 2:00 pm

In the real world, obstacles and risks exist. These obstacles and risk show up in the prices of some goods and services. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The Export-Import Bank and the German model

Timothy P. Carney · September 5, 2014 3:31 pm

Toronto Board of Trade crowd laughs at Rob Ford

Toronto Board of Trade crowd laughs at Rob Ford

Rob Gillies · September 4, 2014 7:53 pm

Officials of the U.S. Export-Import Bank blew the agency's travel budget by millions of dollars after taking 400 first-class flights over the last three years, according to records obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act. (iStock Photo)

Ex-Im exceeds travel budget by millions after flying first class 400 times

Luke Rosiak · September 4, 2014 7:00 pm