Washington ~ The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released a report today showing that the US trade deficit rose by nearly 7% compared to October

House Democrats, relegated to the chamber’s minority for a fourth consecutive Congress, are eyeing a drastic rewriting of the nation’s trade policies as a potential

Wilbur Ross, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Commerce Department, told the Senate Commerce Committee this week that expanding exports and cutting the U.S.

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman views the negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a crowning trade achievement of the Obama administration despite the deal’s highly

In Global economic forces conspire to stymie U.S. manufacturing, Brookings’ David Dollar contends that job loss in manufacturing derives primarily from technological change, not from trade. If

“He understands that international trade is a strategic game of conflicting national interests and a competition for good jobs and industries,” Stumo said in a

Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-OR) this week told Inside U.S. Trade he will push Trump cabinet nominees with responsibility for trade policy on their

By Jason Cooper, CPA Research Assistant US Buy America laws mandate that the government prefer domestic products over foreign ones when making purchases.  Free trade

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director  A new CPA economic analysis estimates that for each $1 billion of additional imports into the U.S. costs the

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday named as his chief trade negotiator a Washington lawyer who has long advocated protectionist policies, the latest