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Posted March 13, 2019
USTR Lighthizer was on Capitol Hill Wednesday trying to rally support for the USMCA with a Democratic caucus increasingly doubtful that Trump’s NAFTA replacement does enough for workers in the region. Continue Reading
Posted March 08, 2019
Hurting from the effects of countermeasures to Trump’s trade actions, scores of U.S. farm and business groups are now pressing for the administration to lift its contentious metals tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Continue Reading
Posted March 06, 2019
With the U.S. showing little appetite for escalating its trade war and pressure mounting from investors to reach a deal of some kind, some are concerned it will be a fairly weak bargain that China won’t abide by. Continue Reading
Posted March 05, 2019
Under Economic Issues, International Trade Issues, Other Government Departments-Agencies
Visiting Iowa this week to rally support for Trump’s trade policies, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo argued that a long-term payoff will be worth the short-term pain farmers are currently enduring. Continue Reading
Posted February 14, 2019
Countermeasures to the Trump administration’s metals tariffs has caused a sharp downturn in U.S. liquor exports, wiping out the large overseas sales gain distillers had enjoyed in the first half of the year. Continue Reading
Posted November 21, 2018
A dozen GOP Senators are urging Trump to send lawmakers final legislative language for the new trade pact as soon as possible so that it can pass before Democrats take control of the House next year. Continue Reading
