[ BRODY MULLINS and KRISTINA PETERSON | December 02, 2016 |The Wall Street Journal] WASHINGTON—Setting the stage for what could be the first clash between President-elect Donald Trump and Congress, House Speaker Paul Ryan and some congressional Republicans are raising concerns about a provision in a bill that would require the use of American-made iron and steel for U.S. water infrastructure…
[Noah Smith| December 06, 2016 |Bloomberg] Few are paying attention, but a proposal now working its way through Congress could change the U.S.’s whole approach to trade, industrial policy and taxation. The plan would exempt income earned on exports from corporate taxation. Today, corporations pay federal taxes on the profits they make from goods and services sold…
[Daily News| December 06, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Members of the Japanese business, academic, and think tank communities are holding out hope that President-elect Trump will eventually get behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and in light of that and other factors, seriously doubt that the U.S. and Japan will successfully pursue a bilateral trade deal in…
[Daily News| December 05, 2016 |Inside US Trade] President-elect Donald Trump turned to Twitter on Sunday to knock China on currency manipulation and tariffs. In two tweets posted on Dec. 4, Trump – perhaps responding to criticism of his decision to speak with Taiwan’s president, breaking decades of precedent and angering China – said: “Did China ask…