Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Talks Trade

One of the most notable political trends over the past 18 months—and one with the potential to affect companies across many industries—has been voter pushback against globalization and free trade. June 18th, 2017 [The Wall Street Journal] Indeed, following the Brexit vote in the U.K. and Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, nations…

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GM Expects To Move 600 Supplier Jobs From Mexico to Texas

General Motors Co. GM +0.32% said Friday it would open a supplier park near its Arlington, Texas, sport-utility factory, resulting in the relocation of about 600 jobs from Mexico to the U.S. and a higher concentration of American-made parts in Chevrolet Suburbans and Cadillac Escalades. [Mike Colias & William Mauldin] June 16th, 2017 [The Wall Street Journal]  Many of those U.S. employees…

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Nearly 14,000 Companies in China Violate Pollution Rules

Environmental inspectors in northern China have found that nearly 14,000 companies, or 70 percent of the businesses they examined, failed to meet environmental standards for controlling air pollution, according to a state news agency report. [EDWARD WONG] June 13th, 2017 [The New York Times] The inspectors working for the Ministry of Environmental Protection came up with those results…

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Ross says he is ‘very worried’ about the U.S. semiconductor industry

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is “very worried” about the semiconductor industry for reasons akin to those cited by the Trump administration in pursuing Section 232 national security investigations into steel and aluminum imports, he said Monday night. [Isabelle Hoagland] June 12th, 2017 [Inside Trade] Ross, speaking at an event hosted by the Wall Street Journal, called the…

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