You are viewing the "trade" Archives
Portman Wants to Crack Down on Chinese Subsidies in Next Trade Agreement
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) says the new trade deal with China will level the playing field with the U.S., but he urges trade negotiators to be firm as they work on Phase Two. Portman says the deal ensures China will buy more U.S. products both in agriculture and manufacturing, and that it deters intellectual… Read More
WATCH: What are the Differences Between NAFTA and the USMCA?
By: PBS Newshour
Posted on:
The Senate has passed a new trade agreement among the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The USMCA, as it’s now called, is meant to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, and it does change or replace some important provisions — but critics say it is hardly the overhaul that was once advertised. PBS NewsHour’s Amna… Read More
Ohio Valley Outlook: Expect A Slower Regional Economy In 2020
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
Posted on:
The Ohio Valley’s economy could see slower growth in 2020 amid continued anxiety about trade, and possible downturns in both energy and manufacturing, according to analyses and forecasts by regional economists. Michael Hicks directs the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University in Indiana where he forecasts the health of the manufacturing… Read More
Farmers Got Billions From Taxpayers In 2019, And Hardly Anyone Objected
By: Dan Charles | NPR
Posted on:
Farmers got more than $22 billion in government payments in 2019 — and most of the money came through a program that Congress never approved. It’s the highest level of farm subsidies in 14 years.
U.S.-China Trade Deal Phase 1 Is Here; December Tariffs Are Scrapped
By: Jim Zarroli | NPR
Posted on:
China says the deal would cover intellectual property protections and currency manipulation, but no details have been released.
FACT CHECK: Do Robots Or Trade Threaten American Workers More?
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | NPR
Posted on:
Democratic presidential candidates have divergent world views on whether automation or trade policy is to blame for lost jobs.
Fancy Pet Fish Among The Stranger Casualties Of The Trade War
By: Alina Selyukh | NPR
Posted on:
China is considered the motherland of aquarium goldfish, bred over centuries into rare forms. Now tariffs have some U.S. sellers of these goldfish in a tailspin.
Trump Announces Phase One Of Trade Deal With China
By: Uri Berliner | Jim Zarroli | Scott Horsley | NPR
Posted on:
As part of the deal, the next round of 30% tariffs will not be imposed. More agriculture trade between the two countries is expected.
The Trade War Has Taken A Bite Out Of China’s Economy — But It’s Complicated
By: Jolie Myers | Ailsa Chang | Sam Gringlas | Mallory Yu | NPR
Posted on:
China’s economic growth has been slowing down for years. Tariffs have contributed to slower growth since early 2018, when the economic standoff began, but it’s hard to pinpoint how much.
Farmer Fatigue: Farmers Grow Weary Of Trade War, But Most Stick With Trump
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
Posted on:
Tom Folz drives around on a sunny, August afternoon and surveys the thousands of acres of dark green, leafy soybean plants and tall stalks of corn he grows on his sprawling farm in Christian County, Kentucky. At 54, Folz has wispy, white hair matching his white mustache. It’s taken him several long work weeks to… Read More
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »