Sentences with phrase «trade secretary in»

Vince Cable was once a Labour Party activist and worked as a special adviser to John Smith when the Scot was Trade Secretary in the late Seventies.

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U.S. officials say a delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has arrived in Beijing for talks on a festering dispute over trade and technology.

«We've been in a trade war for decades,» new U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross told Bloomberg News recently, as he clarified why the U.S. is launching a radical series of trade negotiations that will include a head - on collision with China and ripping up NAFTA.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are among the U.S. officials participating in the meeting.

Arguably the biggest promotion in today's federal cabinet shuffle goes to François - Philippe Champagne, who vaults from parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Bill Morneau, a supporting role just outside cabinet, to succeeding Chrystia Freeland in the high - profile post of minister of international trade.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, for one, staked out different ground, telling reporters in Davos that «trade wars are fought every single day, the difference is U.S. troops are now coming to the ramparts.»

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

Secretary Clinton may try to re-negotiate environmental and labour issues in the treaty, but let's not typify a knee jerk reaction since she has publicly committed to find common ground and purpose to boost the US economy and promote free trade with like - minded partners.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and other top American officials are in Beijing this morning for trade talks, appealing to Chinese leaders to help preserve U-S support for free trade.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross didn't necessarily allay those fears at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, stating: «Trade wars are fought every single day, the difference is U.S. troops are now coming to the ramparts.»

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears to be confident the developing trade conflict between the U.S. and China will come to a resolution in due time — though he didn't suggest when that time could actually come.

Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Cohn's fellow Goldman Sachs alum in the White House, backed the tariffs, but tried to tamp down talk of a trade war.

What does «victory» in the commerce secretary's trade war look like?

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may visit China, in a move that could help defuse rising trade tensions between the world's two largest economies that threaten to derail a global economic recovery.

In a statement Friday from the IMF meetings, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged the IMF to «step up to the plate» to call out countries engaged in unfair trade practices — a frequent refrain from the Trump administration is that its trade penalty threats are not protectionist, but simply seeking «fair» exchangIn a statement Friday from the IMF meetings, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged the IMF to «step up to the plate» to call out countries engaged in unfair trade practices — a frequent refrain from the Trump administration is that its trade penalty threats are not protectionist, but simply seeking «fair» exchangin unfair trade practices — a frequent refrain from the Trump administration is that its trade penalty threats are not protectionist, but simply seeking «fair» exchange.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she's «delighted» that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin wants her organization to increase transparency on trade imbalances and debt sustainability in countries like China, an effort she said is already underway.

Earlier this week, Clinton spoke out against the Trans - Pacific Partnership, the 12 - nation trade pact that she boosted as secretary of state and that liberals in the Democratic Party have vehemently opposed.

Mark Garnier, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade, made the admission in an interview with Bloomberg News.

US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin complained about persistent trade surpluses and stated that «We urge the IMF to speak out more forcefully on the issue of external imbalances, including by providing clear policy recommendations for countries with large surpluses, in support of more balanced global growth.»

In an interview Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the delays come as trade talks with these U.S. allies are ongoing, but not to expect more.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told a trade discussion in Washington last week that the U.S. would likely make a specific request to Canada for more access to its dairy and poultry markets.

All along, there has been a camp of advisers in the administration who have been pushing for tariffs and other «tougher» trade policies — including White House aide Peter Navarro and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recently expressed interest in restarting trade talks with the EU, be it revitalizing TTIP or establishing some sort of new series of sectoral and thematic agreements.

By the end of the trading day on October 16, which was a Friday, the DJIA had lost 4.6 percent.5 The weekend trading break offered only a brief reprieve; Treasury Secretary James Baker on Saturday, October 17, publicly threatened to de-value the US dollar in order to narrow the nation's widening trade deficit.

All the latest economic and financial news, as a US delegation lands in Beijing for crucial negotiations that could avert a trade war

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Protectionist forces in the White House are rising — figures such as trade adviser Peter Navarro, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and US Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer — and all signs point to Trump continuing to push ahead on the tariff trade adviser Peter Navarro, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and US Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer — and all signs point to Trump continuing to push ahead on the tariff Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer — and all signs point to Trump continuing to push ahead on the tariff idea.

Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, will lead a delegation of President Trump's top economic advisers to Beijing next week in hopes of brokering an agreement to avert a trade war.

«I think that it's very dangerous to get into a tit - for - tat war in trade, because even if your goal is to be moderate and proportional in response, one thing can lead to another and it can get out of control,» Jacob J. Lew, the Treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, told CNBC last week.

For his part, Energy Secretary Rick Perry tried to allay concerns at a major energy conference this week in Houston, downplaying, and perhaps gleefully oblivious to, the fallout of the looming trade war for US energy.

This came following Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that a weaker dollar «is good for us as it's related to trade and opportunities.»

US and Chinese officials will hold highly anticipated trade talks in China on Thursday and Friday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Fox Business Network, saying he was «cautiously optimistic» about the meeting.

«The Chinese for quite a little while have been superb at free - trade rhetoric and even more superb at highly protectionist behaviour,» said US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross in Davos this week.

As previously reported, Roth Capital estimated that Secretary Ross» proposed trade actions would add 1 - 3 cents per watt in the cost of PV installations, by making the raw material for PV module frames, racking, tracking and mounting systems more expensive.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a member of the U.S. trade delegation to China, leaves a hotel in Beijing, China May 3, 2018.

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Borzi, assistant secretary of the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration and chief architect of the fiduciary redraft, told Investment Advisor in an exclusive interview in mid-March that while brokerage industry trade groups have been prodding the DOL and SEC to collaborate on their fiduciary rules so that they end up with «one fiduciary standard,» having identical rules just isn't possible.

Porter had been organizing weekly trade meetings in which senior officials and Cabinet secretaries debated the merits of the proposals.

In a statement Tuesday, Wilbur Ross, the Commerce Secretary, said the administration would ultimately reduce the trade deficit by enforcing trade rules, renegotiating existing trade pacts and forming new ones.

Speaking on the sidelines of an official trip to Jakarta, Yau, the city's secretary for commerce and economic development, said: «We will continue to be a voice of the multilateral rule - based free trade system... and a valued partner of all participants in the system, including the US.»

While talking to business leaders in Austria today, the Brexit Secretary will try to reassure critics that they are mistaken to think Britain will focus on deregulation after it leaves the trading bloc, and how UK hopes that «mutual recognition» of regulations will continue after Brexit.

This new initiative was announced by Ms Low Yen Ling, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education, at the 2018 World Intellectual Property Day Event held in April which saw more than 200 participants from the creative and innovation community gather to celebrate World IP Day alongside 191 member states across the world.

Fabrice Morel, deputy secretary general of the Berne Union in London, says there has been greater use of trade credit insurance among exporters around the world, including companies exporting to and from Asia.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Friday recommended that Trump impose measures against foreign suppliers of the metals in the name of national security, the latest sign of a tougher stance on trade by the administration.

BEIJING (Reuters)- A U.S. trade delegation in China has been having very good conversations, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday, as he headed into the second and likely last day of talks in Beijing.

A U.S. trade delegation in China has been having very good conversations, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday, as he heads into the second and likely last day of talks in Beijing.

The Trump administration's trade policy team — USTR Robert Lighthizer, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, and National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro — is in Beijing this week, presumably to get China to commit to certain actions that would enable tensions to be dialed trade policy team — USTR Robert Lighthizer, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, and National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro — is in Beijing this week, presumably to get China to commit to certain actions that would enable tensions to be dialed Trade Council Director Peter Navarro — is in Beijing this week, presumably to get China to commit to certain actions that would enable tensions to be dialed down.

All the latest economic and financial news, as a US delegation lands in Beijing for crucial negotiations that could avert a trade warIntroduction: US delegation is in China for trade talksTreasury secretary Mnuchin leads big delegationTalks could de-escalate recent tensions..

This was followed by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin implying that «there is potential of a trade war» in his interview with CNBC on the situation.

Jessica Littlewood (NDP — Fort Saskatchewan - Vegreville): Appointed as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade with responsibilities for small business, Littlewood is another rising star in the NDP caucus.

In the past 10 days, Lighthizer has met with EU Trade Commission Cecilia Malmström, Japanese Minister of Economy Hiroshige Seko, and UK International Trade Secretary Liam Fox.