Mexico goes to the WTO against US tariffs

Editors note: The Mexico challenge to US tariff actions will also challenge the future of the WTO if the institution continues being part of the problem by preventing the US from correcting our trade deficits. Mexico has started proceedings against the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO), arguing that the tariffs that US President…

Tell Congress: Stop Beijing’s U.S. port takeover

Summary note: The Coalition for a Prosperous America supports the legislation, referred to in this article, which would tighten incoming foreign investment restrictions. We are also very concerned about the takeover by Cosco Shipping, a Chinese company. If you owned a company, would you let your competitor monitor all your incoming and outgoing orders? In…

Trump imposes steel tariffs on EU

European Union leaders are considering how to retaliate against the United States, after President Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. Justin Webb speaks to Donald Trump’s former director of White House communications Anthony Scaramucci, while Nick Robinson speaks to Prof Greg Autry, who has worked on US trade policy with China; Bernd Lange, a…