The U.S. has rejected a Chinese proposal to amend the World Trade Organization’s trade remedy rules, saying at a May 31 informal meeting of the WTO’s Rules committee that it would not participate in negotiations to change them, according to Geneva sources. [Brett Fortnam] May 31st, 2017 [Inside Trade] The U.S. said there was “no…
On Friday’s Breitbart News Daily, SiriusXM host Joel Pollak asked Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross about the possibility of a free trade deal with Europe in the wake of America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accords. [John Hayward] June 2nd, 2017 [Breitbart] Ross recommended such a trade deal for several reasons. “First of all, Europe has…
In honor of Small Business Week, Inc. reporters deployed to several cities where they spent one day talking to owners and entrepreneurs in a particular sector about their challenges. [Leigh Buchanan] May 2nd, 2017 [Inc.com] Kevin Plank made a fortune from manufacturing. Now he wants to seed his adopted hometown of Baltimore with manufacturers, replacing urban blight with…
Steel attorney Jeffrey Gerrish, head of the law firm Skadden Arps’ international trade group and former colleague of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, will be nominated for the position of deputy U.S. Trade Representative, sources told Inside U.S. Trade. [Jenny Leonard] June 1st, 2017 [Inside Trade] Gerrish worked under Lighthizer, who previously ran the international trade…