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With tariffs on our closest allies, what kind of trade policy is this?
Jun 1, 2018
It's "a steady policy of throwing stink bombs into rooms, having the room clear out and then saying, 'OK, let's sit down and talk.'"
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The Trump administration may restrict visas for certain Chinese students in STEM fields
May 30, 2018
Reports say grad students may be issued visas good for just a year at a time, rather than the multi-year type that are common now.
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China heat up again on President Trump’s latest tariffs threat
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Scott Tong
May 29, 2018
The president wants to stop China from acquiring intellectual property and stealing our technology.
Here’s how the supply chain for car-making got global
May 24, 2018
President Donald Trump has ordered the Commerce Department to look into whether higher tariffs are needed on imports of cars, trucks and automotive parts, in the interest of national security. But how do you decide if a vehicle is imported? These days, some American brands are made overseas. Foreign carmakers have factories in the U.S. […]
U.S. pauses China tariffs but deal has its shortcomings
May 21, 2018
The reason the United States is pausing tariffs on China for now appears to be a promise from China that it will increase its imports from the U.S. — primarily agricultural and energy products. That would presumably help — at least in the short term — to reduce the U.S. trade deficit with China, which […]
Here’s why U.S. small businesses don’t export more
May 21, 2018
The Commerce Department kicks off World Trade Week on Monday. It’s honoring 43 U.S. exporters. Thirty-three of them are small- or mid-sized businesses. But as it turns out, small businesses could be exporting more. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
The U.S. wants China to buy more American goods to help lower the trade deficit. Does it work that way?
May 18, 2018
There’s been a little bit of confusion these past couple days on how trade talks with China are going. U.S. officials told CNN that China had offered to bump up purchases of American goods by $200 billion. Chinese officials said that’s not true. The Trump administration believes that the trade deficit with China could be brought […]
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With NAFTA negotiators still far apart, is it time for a “Skinny NAFTA”?
May 16, 2018
Tomorrow is supposed to be the final deadline — per House Speaker Paul Ryan — for trade negotiators to agree to a revised North American Free Trade Agreement. That is if they want this Congress to vote on NAFTA before the end of the year. There’s been some push back there — others counting calendar days differently and […]
The swamp and the draining thereof
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Kai Ryssdal
May 11, 2018
We break down what Michael Cohen's consulting for AT&T means. Plus, we talk NAFTA ahead of Paul Ryan's May 17 deadline.
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Many sticking points and little time in NAFTA negotiations
May 11, 2018
May 17. Next Thursday. That’s the deadline House Speaker Paul Ryan has set for negotiators to notify Congress that they’ve reached an agreement on a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement if they want to get it through Congress by the end of the year. A May deadline for a December vote […]