Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) this week suggested President Trump has not named China a currency manipulator because Beijing has successfully curried favor with the White

One of the chief negotiators and public advocates for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been named as President Trump’s new special assistant on international trade,

The Census Bureau reports the U.S. deficit on trade with other countries rose in January to $48.5 billion, the highest level in five years. It is up

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director   The United States’ trade deficit surged 12% in January 2017 to hit $48.5 billion, its highest level in almost

The Washington Post must think that U.S. trade policy is really awful. Why else would they continually lie to their readers and claim that the cause of

Americans desperately need simpler, fairer personal and corporate taxes. [Peter Morici| March 6, 2017 |Washington Post] The current system imposes terribly high rates and a

By Michael Stumo, CEO Peter Navarro, Director of the White House National Trade Council, wrote a “trade policy manifesto” op-ed published in the Wall Street

Today the Commerce Department announced that the US trade deficit for January was $48.5 billion, up 9% from the December figure of $44.3 billion and up 12%

BEIJING — China has charted out a $300 billion plan to become nearly self-sufficient by 2025 in a range of important industries, from planes to

By Michael Stumo, CEO The old guard free trade establishment is scrambling to counter the more economic nationalist positions of the Trump administration.  Gary Hufbauer