By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director The US trade deficit grew 6.8% in November to $45.2 billion, its worst monthly figure in nine months. The

President-elect Trump has named two deputy directors of the new National Trade Council he announced last month, one to steer “Buy American, Hire American” efforts

A Republican proposal aimed at cutting tax rates and keeping jobs in the U.S. risks whacking the earnings of big U.S. retailers by driving up

Ushering in the New Year, President-elect Trump named Robert Lighthizer, a veteran trade negotiator and “harsh critic of China’s trade practices,” to be his lead

The U.S. distributor of Corona beer is already planning ways to avoid raising prices if Congress boosts the tax bill on the company’s Mexican imports

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