Tag: trade

April 12, 2023

It’s been about 10 months since the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) officially went into effect, banning all imports from the Xinjiang region of China unless importers can produce “clear and convincing evidence” that their products aren’t made with […]

March 22, 2023

Last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) held a news conference to talk about importers’ compliance with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), the stringent law enacted last year that bars products wholly or partially made in China’s […]

February 13, 2023

Quitting a two-decades long addiction is hard. Despite a major shift in U.S.-China relations and the passage of significant industrial policy designed to increase American production in critical industries, the United States remains woefully addicted to Chinese imports. New data […]

January 13, 2023

President Biden went down Mexico way this week for a North American leaders summit with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Canadian President Justin Trudeau, where they pledged to work together to forge stronger regional supply chains. Then […]

November 15, 2022

On the heels of the first meeting between Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping since Biden became president, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released its 2022 annual report Tuesday that outlined 39 policy recommendations to Congress to […]

September 21, 2022

There’s been a lot done this Congress to build the foundation of a widespread U.S. industrial policy. Here’s how it shakes out: You’ve got your Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that passed last year and established a market for manufactured goods via […]

December 3, 2021

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on Thursday to discuss efforts to support U.S. workers and businesses – along with the environment — in the face of China’s continued unfair trade practices. With expert witnesses […]

May 22, 2020

Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle agree: The coronavirus crisis proves it is time to get to work and bring America’s critical manufacturing home. Republican Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) joined Democratic Sens. Tammy […]

September 26, 2018

Ford Motor Co. (IW 500/3) Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett encouraged the Trump administration to resolve trade disputes quickly or it could do “more damage” to his company, which is already suffering losses from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. […]

September 26, 2018

Tariffs are beginning to offset some of the positive impacts that American manufacturers have enjoyed since President Donald Trump started rolling back regulations, according to Jay Timmons, president of the National Association of Manufactures. “If you look back a couple […]

May 14, 2018

Trump said on Sunday that he was working with Chinese President Xi Jinping to help ZTE Corp revive jobs after the company ran afoul of U.S. economic sanctions on Iran by selling telecom equipment made with U.S. components. His decision […]

January 12, 2018

President Trump has 90 days to safeguard American-made steel. It’s all on President Trump now. The Commerce Department on Thursday evening announced it had officially submitted to President Trump its national security investigation into steel imports. Trump now has 90 […]

June 7, 2017

While President Trump turns his attention to infrastructure this week (and um, tweets about some other stuff), lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing new legislation to encourage manufacturing job creation. Introduced by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), the Jobs & Trade Competitiveness Act […]

May 25, 2017

Executives urge Trump administration to push ahead with investigation. A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump announced a special investigation into the impact of steel imports on U.S. national security. Do you remember? It’s referred to as a Section 232 […]

May 17, 2017

The Department of Commerce is looking into U.S. steel industry complaints that several foreign competitors have gained an unfair advantage by selling specialty steel tubing at artificially low prices, or benefiting from state subsidies. The review of cold-drawn mechanical tubing, […]

May 9, 2017

Mexico’s auto exports rose 16 percent in April compared with the same month a year earlier, and output was up 3.2 percent, the Mexican Auto Industry Association (AMIA) said on Monday. Mexico exported 228,810 vehicles and produced 278,173 vehicles in […]

May 3, 2017

There’s a lot of misinformation out there. President Trump signed an executive order on April 20 to initiate a Commerce Department investigation to determine whether foreign steel imports threaten national security. A week later, he signed another order launching the […]

May 2, 2017

President Donald Trump, a man who has contemplated Citizen Kane, gave a big ol’ speech in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this week. It was identical in style to speeches he delivered during campaign rallies: A style I like to call freewheelin’. He […]

May 1, 2017

Trump rode into office pledging to shake things up for the working class. How’s that going? President Trump marks his 100th day in office on Saturday Jan. 29. He’s celebrating by holding a campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania, and there are even rumors […]

April 28, 2017

Another “Section 232” investigation for the Trump administration. Will it lead to action? First steel, now aluminum. President Donald Trump officially signed an executive order on Thursday afternoon to initiate a Section 232(b) investigation into aluminum imports. Overseen by the Commerce […]