Officials with influence on trade policy inside the White House believe that imposing the tariffs on Canada and Mexico in the near term, only to remove them within months if a new Nata deal is reached, would be unnecessarily disruptive.
Cohn is attempting to organize a “summit” of business leaders opposed to the tariffs, according to a person familiar with the matter.
President Trump called his economic adviser Gary Cohn a “globalist” on the issue of trade in a White House fight over tariffs.
The trade globalist wing of the White House has failed in its efforts to stop President Trump from following through on his promise to protect American industries and jobs by imposing tariffs on imported foreign products.
President Donald Trump is preparing to announce steel and aluminum tariffs on Thursday.
The avid free trade-wing of President Trump’s administration is trying to convince him to weaken his economic nationalist agenda, which is expected to include harsh tariffs on potentially hundreds of imported Chinese goods.
President Trump is likely to impose the “harshest tariffs” possible on imports of steel and aluminum to protect American industries from countries dumping cheap foreign goods in the U.S.
Merely asking United States residents if they are citizens of the country on the U.S. 2020 Census could “be bad for your health,” a New York Times report claims.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is urging President Trump to impose tough tariffs on aluminum and steel imports to protect American industries and increase domestic production.
Americans are increasingly supportive of tariffs on cheap, imported goods from foreign countries to protect American industries and workers against wild globalization.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross defended Donald Trump’s tough stance on trade, warning the world that he was ready to fight.
President Trump’s economic nationalist agenda has spurred a trend of American companies filing a record number of trade lawsuits against foreign competitors in 2017. According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, “a wave” of trade lawsuits by American companies against
In addition to launching an inquiry into Chinese aluminum exports, the Commerce Dept. determined China is subsidizing tool chest exports.
German media has obtained a European Parliament report suggesting a ‘No Deal’ scenario after Brexit would leave a €10.2-billion hole in the European Union’s annual budget.
Forbes claims Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has been lying about being a billionaire for over a decade.
United States Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has said President Trump is “very supportive” of a deal with Brexit Britain, while taking aim at the EU’s “extreme protectionism”.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross criticized business leaders who quit White House advisory panels this summer.
President Donald J. Trump campaigned in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania on a campaign to bring jobs home to America. The Trump Administration has been working on a “steel investigation” to study the national security implications of Chinese dumping of steel on the world markets. Right now, President Trump can keep his promise to bring back coal, steel, and energy jobs back to American workers.
President Donald Trump celebrated farmers in Iowa on Wednesday, vowing to help protect the legacy of American farms.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has said he “can’t even imagine” trying to negotiate a trade pact with Jeremy Corbyn, who leads Britain’s opposition Labour Party, after Brexit.
China and the United States have agreed to many initial cooperative economic actions as part of a 100-day plan that Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping settled on during their Florida Summit, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross explained on Thursday.
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a new executive order on an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy as he proclaimed, “It’s going to lead to a lot of great wealth for our country and a lot of great jobs for our country.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Thursday calling for an investigation into domestic and foreign steel production and, in part, its impact on defense.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared optimistic that China was willing to work with the United States on trade, after a series of meetings with President Xi Jinping and his delegation.
The orders direct the government to launch a large-scale study of the massive and persistent U.S. trade deficit and instruct regulators to strictly enforce U.S. anti-dumping policies aimed at preventing foreign manufacturers from undercutting U.S. companies with unfairly low prices. They mark the latest step in the administration’s efforts to bolster U.S. manufacturing and prevent trading partners from taking advantage of the U.S.’s free trade stance.
Senators confirmed billionaire businessman Wilbur Ross to lead President Donald Trump’s Commerce Department, 72-27, with 19 Democrats and one Independent joining Republicans in a rare display of robust bipartisan support for one of the president’s cabinet officers.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s incoming administration looks to match his predecessor or exceed outgoing President Barack Obama’s administration on the number of cabinet officers confirmed on his first day in office, sources close to the transition say.
President Barack Obama’s former National Economic Council director, Larry Summers, says the economic advice being given to President-elect Donald Trump is “beyond voodoo economics” and is equal to “creationism.”
The Chinese state media has invoked former President Teddy Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” rhetoric in addressing President-Elect Donald Trump’s discussions of possible tariffs.
Ten days before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes over the executive branch, his top cabinet nominees are scheduled to appear on Capitol Hill in front of the appropriate Senate committees before upper chamber votes on whether to confirm them for federal service.
During a Tuesday interview with Bloomberg, Harvard Professor and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers criticized a paper written by Trump economic officials Peter Navarro and Wilbur Ross as “well beyond voodoo economics.” Summers said the transition to a new
President-elect Donald J. Trump named Peter Navarro, one the top economic advisers to his campaign, to establish and take charge of the White House National Trade Council, which Trump is creating to develop trade polices, drive export growth, and protect American jobs.
President-elect Donald Trump is meeting on Tuesday with Jovita Carranza, the founder and CEO of the JCR Group and former deputy administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration, as he focuses on who will be his administration’s trade representative.
The United States will seek out a trade deal with the United Kingdom as a top priority during the Trump Administration, his head of commerce has revealed. While Billionaire businessman Wilbur Ross Jr., a vocal supporter of the Trump election
President-elect Donald Trump’s spokesman Jason Miller calls Wilbur Ross, whom Trump plans to nominate for Secretary of Commerce, the “champion of American manufacturing.”
Trump and Pence began their day attending a church service followed by expected meetings with 12 leaders from business, political and military backgrounds. the first meeting was with Ari Emanual and the last was with General John Kelly.
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