Sentences with phrase «u.s. trade officials»

At the same time, U.S. trade officials have started arguments with several of the country's largest trading partners, driving up prices for materials like lumber and steel.

«If U.S. trade officials do only one thing at the negotiating table next week, they should reject this proposal,» Solomon said.

When asked whether Japan would be open to negotiating a bilateral trade pact with the United States, Ishihara said it was still uncertain whether U.S. trade officials would start such negotiations.

At a news conference following a series of meetings with senior U.S. trade officials and lawmakers in Washington, Guajardo said that Mexico was still trying to understand the U.S. proposals that would require 50 % of vehicles» value content be produced in the United States as part of updated North American Free Trade Agreement rules.

He does not support the recent Trans - Pacific Partnership free trade agreement proposals and frequently criticizes U.S. trade officials.

All three parties want to move forward,» said Lighthizer, the top U.S. trade official.

Ambassador Froman's appearance at the Global Services Summit with Peter Allgeier, a former top U.S. trade official and now a spokesman for the services industry, illustrates the revolving door relationship between USTR and corporate power brokers.

Not exact matches

The mission including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is due to hold talks later Thursday and Friday with Chinese officials led by Liu He, President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser.

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.

The White House had no comment on specifics of the discussions, but an administration official said China should change its behavior and take action to change the trajectory of its trading relationship with the U.S.

Even as U.S. officials try to assure Americans that a war - of - words with China over trade tariffs is merely a negotiation tactic, the National Retail Federation is highlighting just how much the U.S. has to lose if a trade war does come to pass.

BEIJING — A high - powered U.S. delegation arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks with Chinese officials on defusing tensions that are propelling the world's two largest economies toward a trade war.

Trade talks between officials from the U.S. and China were in focus as some investors worried about trade tensTrade talks between officials from the U.S. and China were in focus as some investors worried about trade tenstrade tensions.

As the Trump administration considers what action to take on trade tariffs on steel and aluminum, European Union and Chinese officials are considering taking aim at politically strategic products made in the U.S., such as bourbon and motorcycles.

With U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs set to take effect within days, France's top finance official said the EU shouldn't get caught in a trade war.

U.S. government debt prices were mixed in choppy trade as investors eyed fresh economic data and remarks from Federal Reserve officials.

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

U.S. RESTRICTIONS: U.S. officials are pushing for quotas and «other restrictions» on steel and aluminium imports, a top trade official said after the White House announced a month - long extension of tariff exemptions for Canada, Mexico and the European Union.

Amidst a brewing trade war, executives of U.S. tech giants will head to China this weekend for the China Development Forum, an annual gathering to bridge ties between Western corporates and Chinese officials.

European officials have said the U.S. tariffs violate international trading rules, and they have threatened to retaliate with levies on iconic American brands such as Harley Davidson motorcycles and Kentucky bourbon.

«They won't liberalize dairy very much,» said Gary Clyde Hufbauer, a former U.S. Treasury international trade official who is now a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington D.C. «They might do some token stuff on ice cream but it won't amount to anything.»

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.

The investigation also found strong evidence China supports and conducts cyberattacks on U.S. companies to access trade secrets, according to the official.

Any U.S. trade partner has the option of asking to be excluded from the tariffs, the official said, and allies could be excluded if they can demonstrate how the tariffs would damage their national security.

Trump agreed to exclude Canada and Mexico from the duties because of their status as key regional allies and partners with the U.S. in renegotiating a new North American Free Trade Agreement, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

A U.S. official said wording had been agreed upon for anti-corruption, telecommunications, goods market access, sanitary and food safety measures and technical barriers to trade with spaces left for disputed sections.

Positioning in the currency markets saw the pound slip in early trade on Wednesday morning before finding its feet and trading mostly flat against the U.S. dollar in the run - up to the official triggering of Article 50 — which kickstarted the negotiations between the U.K. and Brussels shortly before 12:30 p.m. London time.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- President Donald Trump will announce tariffs on Chinese imports on Thursday, a White House official said, in a move aimed at curbing theft of U.S. technology and likely to trigger retaliation from Beijing and stoke fears of a global trade war.

Rhetoric from Trump and Chinese officials fed worries about a possible trade war and U.S. jobs data came in weaker than expected.

The extension comes just as U.S. officials travel to China Thursday and Friday for talks on a separate trade dispute.

Gold prices rose on Friday, as Wall Street stocks tumbled and the dollar fell as rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese officials fed worries about a possible trade war, and after U.S. jobs data came in weaker than expected.

Officials have so far been evasive when asked how the three nations can continue trying to update the North American Free Trade Agreement at a time when the U.S. president is about to take a highly protectionist measure.

Airlines for America, a U.S. trade group, said the changes «are complex security measures» but praised U.S. officials for giving airlines flexibility in meeting the new rules.

A China - based business source with knowledge of discussion among senior European officials said there had been a «clear effort» by the U.S. government over the past six months to introduce a coordinated approach to Chinese industrial policy, but that Trump's proposed metals tariffs under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 had undermined support from Europe.

Trump only wants back in if the U.S. can win better terms, and those countries» trade officials say they are not open to renegotiation.

On June 26 — 27, 2017 the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will be an Official Partner of the Trans - Caspian East - West Trade & Transit Corridor Forum

HONG KONG (Nikkei Markets)-- Hong Kong shares suffered their steepest single - day percentage retreat in two weeks on Thursday amid uncertainty over trade negotiations between Chinese and U.S. officials.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday praised his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping as officials from the world's two largest economies began trade talks in Beijing, while state media said China would stand up to U.S. bullying.

The focus was turning to talks beginning Thursday between U.S. and Chinese officials in Beijing aimed at resolving festering trade...

South Korean officials won a permanent exemption from steel tariffs in March as part of an updated free trade agreement with the U.S..

«Syngenta remains engaged with U.S. government officials to monitor impacts in renegotiations and trade - dispute actions,» Peterson says.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)-- Global stock markets rebounded Thursday from sharp losses triggered by escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China — the world's two largest economies — as traders banked on conciliatory statements from U.S. officials.

In November 2017, three Chinese state companies signed an agreement to invest in a $ 43 billion LNG project in Alaska.120 Xi's engagement with Alaskan state officials may have been a way to mediate potential fallout from rising tensions over trade between China and U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, yet it suggests that Beijing conducts careful diplomacy on Arctic issues on both the regional and national levels.

U.S. officials have played down the threat of a broader trade dispute, saying a negotiated outcome is still possible.

Bittrex, a U.S. - based trading platform for cryptocurrencies, announced the hiring of three senior executives, including two former U.S. government officials, to help manage the company's rapid growth and ensure compliance with the emerging legal and regulatory environment.

BEIJING (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday praised his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping as officials from the world's two largest economies began trade talks in Beijing, while state media said China would stand up to U.S. bullying.

This prompted Chinese officials to counter U.S. attempts to blame it for running a trade surplus by retorting that U.S. financial aggression «risked bringing mutual destruction upon the great economic powers.»

Political news may also garner attention today, as U.S. trade delegation Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are set to meet with Chinese officials in Beijing today and tomotrade delegation Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are set to meet with Chinese officials in Beijing today and tomoTrade Representative Robert Lighthizer are set to meet with Chinese officials in Beijing today and tomorrow.

G - 20 Finance Ministers and central bankers meeting in Baden - Baden over the weekend dropped a long - standing reference to the pursuit of free and open trade and the rejection of protectionism in their official commnique, a move many saw as a swipe at U.S. - focused trade policies pursued by the Donald Trump administration.

BEIJING / WASHINGTON — Top Chinese and American officials have begun the long process of sorting out trade frictions between the two economic superpowers, with the stakes raised higher by a new U.S. threat to impose restrictions on tech companies ZTE and Huawei Technologies.