Category: Trade

Biden: For Too Long ‘We Haven’t Been Making the Big, Bold Investments’ to Outpace Our Global Competitors

Biden: For Too Long ‘We Haven’t Been Making the Big, Bold Investments’ to Outpace Our Global Competitors

President Biden used a White House meeting with CEOs discussing an industry shortage of semiconductors to tout his big $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan, by saying that such investments are required to maintain US competitiveness in the global marketplace.
Bibles but Not Textbooks: Trump’s Tariff Exemptions Pick Winners and Losers

Bibles but Not Textbooks: Trump’s Tariff Exemptions Pick Winners and Losers

Products won exemptions from the U.S. Trade Representative for “health, safety, national security and other factors,” but the criteria remain unclear.
Biden on Tariffs: I Think It Will Cause a Lot of US Businesses to Go Bankrupt

Biden on Tariffs: I Think It Will Cause a Lot of US Businesses to Go Bankrupt

Donald Trump's increasing trade war with China will hurt US business more than it hurts the Chinese government, according to Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden.
Just One Reason Why You Don’t Want an Isolationist United States

Just One Reason Why You Don’t Want an Isolationist United States

An isolationist United States is a really dumb idea. It would harm US commercial interests and therefore the US economy.
Pelosi Slams Sluggish Jobs Report, Saying Trump Policies ‘Hollowing Out’ US Economy

Pelosi Slams Sluggish Jobs Report, Saying Trump Policies ‘Hollowing Out’ US Economy

'Families across the country need decisive action to strengthen their health and financial well-being, not more special interest giveaways and reckless threats from the President that threaten to sow chaos in our economy.'
Conservatives, Republicans Go to War Over Trump Tariffs–With Each Other

Conservatives, Republicans Go to War Over Trump Tariffs–With Each Other

Republicans could be firing at each other on this issue for some time.
Tariffs: It’s a Tax ‘Eventually We All Pay in Higher Prices’

Tariffs: It’s a Tax ‘Eventually We All Pay in Higher Prices’

Trump's trade war already is causing pain across US markets.