Robert Lighthizer, slated to be sworn in as U.S. Trade Representative on Monday afternoon, will have a busy first week in office, meeting with congressional committees of jurisdiction to discuss the administration’s negotiating objectives for NAFTA and traveling to the two-day APEC trade ministers meeting in Vietnam, sources told Inside U.S. Trade. [Jenny Leonard] May 14th,…
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director On May 4th, Professor William J. Baumol died at the age of 95. He was a prodigious writer and innovator in economic theory, author of some 500 papers over the more than half a century he taught at Princeton University and NYU. At least once, he was reportedly on…
Agreements covering beef, poultry and financial services reverse stances held by the Obama administration and sidestep touchier issues such as steel. [KEITH BRADSHER] May 11th, 2017 [The New York Times] BEIJING — The United States has reached a set of trade deals with China covering areas like electronic payment services, beef and poultry, compromising on…
This time, it’s cold-drawn mechanical tubing from several countries, including China. [ELIZABETH BROTHERTON-BUNCH] May 11th, 2017 The battle against dumped steel imports wages on. On Wednesday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced his department is initiating an investigation into cold-drawn mechanical tubing imports from countries including China, Germany, Italy, India, South Korea and Switzerland. The antidumping and…
National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro says the U.S. needs to unwind “bad” trade agreements and strike new ones that would prevent such practices. He says the administration is off to a good start. Emily Bogle/NPR [Scott Horsley] May 3rd, 2017 [NPR] On his 100th day in office, President Trump signed an executive order creating…
“[Editorial note: An important blast from the past. This is a 2008 op-ed by Bob Lighthizer, Trump’s nominee for US Trade Ambassador. His criticism of Senator John McCain’s approach to trade policy is the source of McCain’s obstruction of Lighthizer’s nomination to day.]” [ROBERT E. LIGHTHIZER] March 6th, 2008 [The New York Times] NOW that…
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director The Trump Administration’s views on some issues (think health care) has evolved over recent months. But on foreign trade, the Administration has consistently stuck to Donald Trump’s pre-election view that past trade deals have been a lousy deal for the U.S. worker and they need to be fixed. Secretary…
On April 20, 2017, over 300 people attended the Workshops for WarriorsInaugural Gala that was held on the USS Midway Carrier Museum in San Diego, California. Former California Assembly member Nathan Fletcher, now a Professor of Practice in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, was the Master of Ceremonies. [Michele Nash-Hoff] May…
The following statement can be attributed to Michael Stumo, CEO, Coalition for a Prosperous America: CPA is pleased that Bob Lighthizer was confirmed as the next U.S. Trade Ambassador by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in the US Senate today. Ambassador Lighthizer will bring a new direction of trade realism to his office. He will fill…
I agree with the recent decision of the White House and the Commerce Department to impose anti-subsidy duties against Canada’s unfairly traded softwood lumber imports. [Jimmy Carter] May 9th, 2017 [The Washington Post] This belated enforcement of U.S. trade laws will help millions of private timberland owners, American forestry workers and members of their local communities by leveling the playing…