One Step Closer to Trade Sanctions Against China
Tick, tick, tick — the sound of a Congressional trade bomb. By its own, not very exacting standards, Congress has patiently waited for change in… Read More
Tick, tick, tick — the sound of a Congressional trade bomb. By its own, not very exacting standards, Congress has patiently waited for change in… Read More
The April 22-25 visits of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Zimbabwe and to Uganda highlight Iran’s unrelenting quest for international partners ready to either associate with its… Read More
Today’s papers give the impression of a collective exhale on U.S.-China relations. Chinese President Hu Jintao is coming to Washington for a global nuclear security… Read More
The New York Times, Washington Post, and others today ran front-page stories on economic and political disagreements the U.S. has with China. The headlines mostly… Read More
In a retaliatory response to the U.S. government’s unwillingness to eliminate domestic cotton subsidies, Brazil has announced higher tariffs on over 100 American goods ranging… Read More
This past Sunday marked an important anniversary for the American economy. On November 22, 2006, the United States and Colombia signed the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion… Read More
President Obama has decided to apply heavy tariffs to passenger car and light truck replacement tires made in China. This is the latest and worst… Read More
Here is a quote from the President’s new budget (emphasis added): “If we lead the world in the research and development of clean energy technology,… Read More
Tax reform, not reckless government spending, is the way to revive the ailing U.S. economy. American entrepreneurs and businesses carry heavy taxes on their backs… Read More
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a story about China’s defense of price fixing with potentially vital implications for American trade policy. A group of PRC… Read More
According to the Tax Policy Center, Barack Obama plans raise the tax burden on all Americans by $627.1 billion over the next 10 years. Defending… Read More
Listening to liberals on the campaign trail or Lou Dobbs every night, one would think that U.S. trade with china has been a disaster for… Read More
For most Americans, there are 100 shopping days left until Christmas. But for the special interests in Washington, there are only 10 shopping days left… Read More
In the first episode of Seinfeld‘s eighth season, Jerry tries to use his broken engagement from the last episode of the seventh season to conquer… Read More
The Seoul Times includes the following facts in their report on the current state of the South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Democratic presidential front-runner Barack… Read More
Liberal in Congress are desperate to satisfy both their labor union masters who oppose all trade and their new Wall Street donors who generally support… Read More
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to rewrite House rules to gut the up or down vote requirement at the core of the U.S. fast track trade… Read More
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today announced she will ask Democrats to alter the rules that would have required Congress to vote on a proposed Free… Read More
The Colombia Free Trade Agreement before Congress now is splitting the former first family in two. Former President Bill Clinton is for it, and wanna-be-President… Read More
Reporting on yesterday’s events on Capitol Hill, the New York Times notes: “It is not easy to draw a straight line from the slumping economy… Read More
One might expect the National Review and Wall Street Journal to point out that the top two Democratic presidential candidates are lying to the American… Read More
President Bush finally sent the Colombian free-trade deal to Congress today … just in time for it to qualify for fast track status. Congress now… Read More
Today’s Free Trade Fact of the Day comes from Heritage’s own Ambassador Terry Miller who takes a close look at each of the candidates’ views… Read More
When Congress returns from spring recess, the Bush Administration is set to make a final push for passage of a the U.S.- Colombia free trade… Read More
Today’s Free Trade Fact of the Day comes from Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw who wrote Sunday in the New York Times: Economists are, overwhelmingly,… Read More
Today’s Free Trade Fact of the Day comes from Ohio native and U.S. Chamber of Commerce VP for international affairs Daniel Christman who writes in… Read More
Today’s Free Trade Fact of the Day comes from Hudson Institute fellow Rod Hunter who wrote last week in the Wall Street Journal: Hillary Clinton… Read More
As Michael Gerson points out today, if his promises are worth anything, Barack Obama’s first 100 days will include “arm-twisting Mexico and Canada into a… Read More
Since Hillary Clinton appears to owe a big part of her victory in Ohio to capitalizing on anti-free trade sentiment in Ohio, we are all… Read More
As we have amply demonstrated before, our trade partners are not happy with the latest promises from liberal presidential candidates to unilaterally pull out of… Read More
