Glenn Duffie Shriver looked like an ideal CIA recruit. Gregarious and athletic, the 28-year-old from Michigan had been a good student with strong interests in

The US has the lowest trade barriers and the largest trade deficit in the world — $500bn annually. [Wilbur Ross] April 4th, 2017 [Financial Times] This is

The Senate Finance Committee will reschedule a session to consider the nomination of President Trump’s pick for U.S. Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, to ensure that

Today the Commerce Department announced that the US goods and services trade deficit for February was $43.6 billion, down 9.5% from the January figure of

MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — The United States corporate tax rate has been stuck at 35 percent for three decades. In that time, other leading countries

There have been a flood of opinion pieces and news stories in recent weeks wrongly telling people that it was not trade that led to

President Trump is expected to sign two trade-related executive orders on March 31, one directing the Commerce Department to examine the causes of U.S. trade

Government Suppression of Labor Rights Precludes Market Economy Status (WASHINGTON) –The Teamsters Union supports a full review of China’s trade non-market economy by the Department

The purchase by Ant Financial, which is partially owned by the Chinese government, poses a test for the Treasury Department oversight body. A Chinese company’s

New Initiatives Tackle Trade Deficit, Tariff Enforcement (WASHINGTON) –The Teamsters Union supports two executive orders signed today that establish initiatives to address long-standing issues that