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February 27, 2021

trade

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Vietnam ratifies trade deal with EU in boost for economy

June 8, 2020 Hau Dinh, Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam ratified a landmark trade deal Monday with the European Union that is expected to energize the country’s manufacturing sector and exports, as it recovers from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Article

DOWD: After COVID-19, shouldn’t Americans wake up to China’s long-term strategy?

April 22, 2020 Frank Dowd IV

The coronavirus has upended our world. In addition to the suffering and death, the U.S. will be left with millions of unemployed, billions in health-care costs and trillions in lost economic activity and new government […]

Article

WORTMAN: Shut down wet markets in China trade treaty

March 31, 2020 Martin Wortman

One thing we should all be able to agree upon is that one major function of government is to protect the safety and health of all Americans. Without the government, we would often be on […]

Jim Young—Reuters
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Survey suggests trade deal signings buoyed bankers’ hopes

February 21, 2020 The Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. — A new survey of bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states suggests they’re optimistic about the economy over the next few months, thanks to the signings of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada […]

News

FOREST AND EVETTE: Congress should pass USMCA

September 10, 2019 North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest and South Carolina Lt. Governor Pam Evette

For months, our two states and the nation have debated our country’s proposed new trade deal, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).  While there is always a give and take when it comes to negotiations, what […]

Opinion

HILL: Stock market jitters? Remembering a stock market earthquake

August 14, 2019 Frank Hill

People have been wringing their hands over the past several weeks about the volatility in the market, especially the day when the stock market fell over 800 points on Aug. 5. Many attributed it to […]

Opinion

HILL: Tariffs and world trade

October 17, 2018 Frank Hill

Tariffs are bad. They are just “taxes” by a different name. Higher taxes and tariffs retard economic production and growth. The higher the tax, or tariff, the lower amount of product is sold. Would the […]

Article

Trump hails NAFTA revamp, Congress has 60 days to act

October 3, 2018 Donna King

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just ahead of a midnight deadline on Sunday, the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached a trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement. President Donald Trump hailed his revamped North […]

Article

Facing U.S. blowback, Beijing softens ‘Made in China 2025’ message

June 27, 2018 Donna King

BEIJING — Beijing has begun downplaying Made in China 2025, the state-backed industrial policy that has provoked alarm in the West and is core to Washington’s complaints about the country’s technological ambitions. With concerns afoot […]

Opinion

Enforcement of trade treaties or a trade war?

March 21, 2018 admin

President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on steel and aluminum set off a spate of comments comparing his actions to the Hawley-Smoot tariff act that many feel precipitated and certainly exacerbated the Great Depression of the […]

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