Tag: USTR

The talks have not gone well for the U.S., Canadian, and Mexican officials negotiating the NAFTA free trade deal. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Democrats slam Mexico on labor rights, urge tough NAFTA stance

Sean Higgins · January 25, 2018 12:24 am

From left, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal are in negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

A stricter NAFTA is a more harmful NAFTA

Clark Packard · January 22, 2018 9:10 pm

The U.S. could re-engage on the Environmental Goods Agreement announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2014. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Amid chaos at WTO, environmental goods offer Trump an opportunity

Clark Packard · January 16, 2018 5:01 am

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Canada's charges were false and implied that they were made in bad faith. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Trade representative slams Canadian WTO case against US

Sean Higgins · January 10, 2018 6:12 pm

The Trump administration is pushing to increase the percentage of an automobile's inputs, such as parts and labor, that come from the U.S. or Canada to have a car be deemed to be "made in America." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Auto industry urges no change to NAFTA ‘made in America’ rules

Sean Higgins · November 20, 2017 9:47 pm

A group of tech companies including Tenable, Rapid7, Symantec and and McAfee weighed in with a call for a very specific focus on cybersecurity, calling for harmonizing U.S., Canadian and Mexican cyber policies around the U.S. government's voluntary framework of cybersecurity standards.

Industry pushes cyber issues in NAFTA and upcoming Korea trade talks

Charlie Mitchell · August 20, 2017 8:00 pm

Talks to renegotiate the free-trade deal with Canada and Mexico will start Aug. 16. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

First round of NAFTA talks to begin in DC next month

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2017 5:09 pm

President Trump's tweets about the travel ban may factor into how the Supreme Court would interpret the effort. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals mentioned the tweets in its opinion preserving the blockade of the ban. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump looks for NAFTA tweaks as administration announces priorities

Sean Higgins · July 17, 2017 10:29 pm

Robert Lighthizer, who Trump nominated as his U.S. Trade Representative, worked for both China and Brazil, and that goes against current law that says the USTR cannot have represented any foreign entity on trade. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump’s trade nominee advances after Senate panel approves waiver legislation

Pete Kasperowicz · April 25, 2017 3:24 pm

The remaining places in Trump’s inner circle

Sarah Bedford · December 12, 2016 9:30 pm

Donald Trump teased the proposal as a "major announcement" during his Thursday afternoon rally in Delaware, Ohio (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump unveils ‘American desk’ to handle trade policy

Gabby Morrongiello · October 20, 2016 7:11 pm

The MOL Benefactor is unloaded in Bayonne, N.J., one of the few ports able to accept such mega-vessels. (Chris Pedota/Northjersey.com via AP)

New Panama Canal ships too big for the East Coast

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2016 2:00 pm