NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will nominate lawyer Robert Lighthizer as U.S. trade representative, picking an experienced trade official who has

by Jeff Ferry President-elect Trump’s appointment of Peter Navarro to a new National Trade Council has alarmed some traditional economists. Professor Navarro, co-author of a

[BINYAMIN APPELBAUM| December 21, 2016 |NY Times] WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday named a strident China critic, Peter Navarro, to lead a new White

The Obama Administration and pro-free-trade hawks like Sen. Orrin Hatch continue to preach the virtues of free trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Pact even though

Balanced Trade: Key To US Economic RebirthBy Michael Stumo, President, and Jeff Ferry, Research Director, The United States has run a consistent deficit on our

By Jason Cooper, CPA Research Assistant The USA places duties on trade in response to unlawful trade practices by foreign companies, but in some cases

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director Summary The US government should adopt balanced trade as a key performance measure for trade policy. Following 40 years

[Adam Behsudi| December 20, 2016 |Politico] President-elect Donald Trump met with veteran trade attorney Robert Lighthizer for 40 minutes at his Florida estate on Monday – 10

[Daily News| December 19, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Trade could play a part in the battle over who will lead the Democratic National Committee after

[Daily News| December 16, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Overall employee satisfaction at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is up by 7.5 percentage points