Free Trade
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 00:00
It's not a trade war yet, but there could be one unless Washington backs away from a ban on Mexican trucks crossing the border.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 00:00
The move, part of a cross-border trucking dispute, affects $2.4 billion worth of exports from 40 U.S. states.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 00:00
CUBA: Sixth Anniversary of Arrest and Prosecution of Journalists, Human Rights Monitors, Librarians, Civil Society Activists / Call on Cuba to Release These and Other Political Prisoners and Improve Human Rights Conditions. MEXICO: Department of Transport
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 00:00
European Union officials have expressed their determination to proceed with talks aimed at striking a deal with the right-wing government
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 00:00
Hoyer, a supporter of a trade deal with Colombia, said he was discussing the matter with the Obama administration but he didn't think they would do anything on the matter until after U.S. Trade Representative-designee Ron Kirk is confirmed
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico set the stage for the first trade war of President Barack Obama's administration by slapping import tariffs on $2.4 billion of U.S. goods in retaliation for a ban of its trucks
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 00:00
The President has tasked the Department of Transportation to work with the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of State, along with leaders in Congress and Mexican officials, to propose legislation creating a new trucking project that will meet t
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
Panama needs to adjust its labor laws to meet international standards before Congress will consider a free trade agreement with the Central American country, a House lawmaker in charge of trade policy said Wednesday.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., who chairs the Ways and Means subcommittee on trade, said certain Panamanian laws, such as one determining that a workforce of less than 40 employees has no right to form a union, "are clearly in violation of International
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 00:00
Levin said he planned to take a fact-finding trip to both Panama and Colombia before leading a broader congressional delegation to both countries later this year