The U.S. wants a trade deal with Japan that is at least as good as the one Tokyo recently struck with the European Union, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Thursday.
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A new state-owned enterprise chapter in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement expands the definition of SOEs but otherwise largely mirrors language in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, drawing praise from key trade advisers.
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“Targeting an American product, harvested by Alaskan fishermen on American flagged vessels, runs completely counter to the administration’s strategy regarding China.”
Thu, 6:49 PM
The document, titled “Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States,” was called for in a 2017 executive order.
Thu, 5:15 PM
“We’ve seen just visceral opposition to everything that this president proposes. So it’s going to be a tough sell, but I certainly hope we can do it.”
Thu, 10:28 AM
“Now is the time to eliminate the tariffs on these Canadian and Mexican products – and to secure agreement that they will eliminate their own retaliatory tariffs.”
Wed, 4:51 PM
China is ready to make a deal on trade, but the Trump administration has been shifting its objectives for talks with Beijing, China's ambassador to the U.S. said on Wednesday.
Tucked into the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a provision designed to make it more difficult for Canada and Mexico, and potentially other countries, to ink free trade deals with China -- the latest move by the Trump administration to constrain Beijing’s non-market practices.
The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was crafted to resolve or ease several longtime agricultural trade issues among the three countries, including Canadian grain grading, and includes provisions on the use of geographical indications and biotech approvals.
Several Democratic lawmakers are warning the administration that more engagement on the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is needed before the deal is voted on in Congress next year, when their party could be in control of one or both chambers.
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Tucked into the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a provision designed to make it more difficult for Canada and Mexico, and potentially other countries, to ink free trade deals with China -- the latest move by the Trump administration to constrain Beijing’s non-market practices.
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The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was crafted to resolve or ease several longtime agricultural trade issues among the three countries, including Canadian grain grading, and includes provisions on the use of geographical indications and biotech approvals.
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Tucked into the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a provision designed to make it more difficult for Canada and Mexico, and potentially other countries, to ink free trade deals with China -- the latest move by the Trump administration to constrain Beijing’s non-market practices.
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China on Wednesday pushed back against one of the United States’ principal criticisms of the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body, claiming it does have the authority to review a dispute settlement panel’s factual findings.
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China on Wednesday pushed back against one of the United States’ principal criticisms of the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body, claiming it does have the authority to review a dispute settlement panel’s factual findings.
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The U.S. told fellow World Trade Organization member countries this week that its $12 billion trade aid package for farmers was a one-time expenditure that would not put the country over its WTO agriculture support limits, according to a Geneva trade official.
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