Editor’s note: Yet another article showing that free trade only exists in economist fantasies, not the real world of strategic competition among countries. India will not allow for an investment without a guarantee of buying a substantial percentage of Indian goods. [Vindu Goel and Suhasini Raj | January 10, 2018 | New York Times] MUMBAI,…
If Canada succeeds in a new World Trade Organization challenge of six U.S. trade remedy practices, it will harm itself — reducing U.S. trust in Canada as a trading partner — and help China by undermining U.S. rules designed to prevent Chinese products from surging into the U.S., U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in…
A bipartisan group that shares many of President Donald Trump’s populist goals on trade is urging the president to impose a “global tariff” on solar imports from China and other foreign suppliers in a case brought by Suniva and SolarWorld. Trump is due to announce his decision in the closely watched trade remedy case by Jan.…