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

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director  There has been lots of talk of the danger of “trade wars” in newspapers in recent months. The Trade

Do trade deficits matter? The question is important because America’s trade deficit in goods is large and persistent, about $2 billion every day. [PETER NAVARRO|

China bears the brunt of U.S. anger over unfair trade, but Germany’s foreign surpluses are now far larger and may be more consequential for America’s

Steel attorney Stephen Vaughn has been named the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s general counsel and acting U.S. Trade Representative, according to the agency.

Law360, New York (March 3, 2017, 3:31 PM EST) — President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for U.S. pipelines to be built with American steel