Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), the chairman of the House Financial Services subcommittee, is still aiming to send by August a bill to the president’s desk that is based on Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) legislation to modernize and expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, he told Inside U.S. Trade on Thursday after…

The U.S. can institute tariffs on foreign goods without sparking a global trade war, a senior White House economic official said Thursday. [Jeff Cox | March 16, 2018 | CNBC] In slapping tariffs on steel and aluminum, the Trump administration is acting in the nation’s economic and national security interests and not looking to provoke, Peter…

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) this week blasted a panel of Cabinet members for a lack of “Buy American” language in the White House’s 2018 infrastructure blueprint, issued last month. [Isabelle Hoagland  | March 16, 2018 | Inside US Trade] The White House proposal, released on Feb. 12, does not include provisions mandating the use of U.S.…

Peter Schweizer, who delved into the Clinton Foundation’s dealings in 2016’s “Clinton Cash,” has turned his sights to the money-making machinations of DC’s political elite. [Larry Getlen | March 17, 2018 | Politico] His new book, “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends,” — due out Tuesday from Harper Collins — exposes…