Sentences with phrase «u.s. trade policy»

I find it fascinating how a discussion four years ago on «American values» and Latin America has led me to a position shaping U.S. trade policy in Latin America.

Laurel S. Terry, The GATS, Foreign Lawyers and Two Recent Developments: Could Your State's Actions Affect U.S. Trade Policy?

Enbridge fuels debate over U.S. trade policy after confirming re-exports of Canadian crude via U.S., Reuters

The fact that proposals discriminating against a particular (and very large) category of patents would undermine U.S. trade policy in connection with intellectual property is presumably anything but an unintended consequence.

Despite recent changes in U.S. trade policy, the cost of photovoltaic (PV) technology continues to fall dramatically, and in many places solar is cost - competitive — without subsidy — relative to conventional electricity.

Due to an expected additional drag on global investment connected to U.S. trade policy uncertainty, the report included slightly lower projections for export growth in 2017 and 2018 compared to the bank's earlier predictions.

While there are potentially serious issues surrounding U.S. trade policy, for the first time in years there is clarity over corporate taxes.

The events many worried about in early 2017 — including the election of a far - right government in France and aggressive U.S. trade policy — didn't materialize.

As a member of the ATAC for Trade in Processed Foods and ITAC 16, Jack provided recommendations to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative on U.S. trade policy matters important to frozen food makers and distributors.

USTR's Office of South and Central Asian Affairs oversees development and implementation of U.S. trade policy and negotiation strategies for South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and the Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan).

TPA reaffirms Congress's overall constitutional role in the development and oversight of U.S. trade policy.

A stronger link to these cities will be vital to the future of our tech sector, and a stronger presence in Washington D.C. will be vital for the years ahead as there may be a marked shift in U.S. trade policy.

The president's desire for wholesale change in U.S. trade policy has met with increasing resistance from congressional Republicans as well as the business community, normally a reliable GOP ally.

While there are potentially serious issues surrounding U.S. trade policy, for the first time in years there is clarity over corporate taxes.

That should be the primary goal of U.S. trade policy during the Trump administration.

Representing the U.S. at the negotiating table is the Trump administration's chief negotiator John Melle, the assistant trade representative responsible for U.S. trade policy in the Western Hemisphere.

Still, the Trump administration's decision to impose tariffs indicates that it is serious about turning decades of U.S. trade policy on its head, and that it might be willing to risk a trade war to get what it wants.

The Trump administration's plans to impose $ 50 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, as well as tariffs recently placed on imported steel and aluminum and on imports of solar panels and washing machines, mark a distinct break from decades of U.S. trade policy, which long has generally favored lower tariffs and fewer restrictions on the movement of goods and services across international borders.

USTR's Office of the Western Hemisphere is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring U.S. trade policy in the Western Hemisphere.

Donald Trump's surprise U.S. presidential election victory promises to result in an overhaul of U.S. trade policy, including the immediate end of support for the Trans Pacific Partnership, the controversial trade pact involving 12 Pacific countries including Canada, the U.S., and Japan.

Since then, we've seen a modest widening in spreads as investor sentiment shifted and volatility picked up amidst U.S. trade policy uncertainty and building geopolitical tensions.

Brady, whose committee has jurisdiction over U.S. trade policy, was speaking on the sidelines of the latest round of NAFTA...

«I expect it to be front and center» at the meeting, said Kevin Brady, the Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, which oversees U.S. trade policy.

MEXICO CITY, March 4 - Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will on Sunday meet a top U.S. Freeland will hold talks with a bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Kevin Brady, the senior Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee that oversees U.S. trade policy.

House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over U.S. trade policy,...

U.S. trade policy has risen to the top of the list of «biggest external risks» facing the members of the CNBC Global CFO Council.

More than a quarter (27.3 percent) of council members responding to a quarterly poll say U.S. trade policy is now the biggest risk their company faces.

While Kudlow has not yet officially begun working in the Trump administration, Ross said he has already been involved in discussions on U.S. trade policy.

Trump's campaign said in a statement that U.S. trade policy constitutes «unilateral economic surrender» and needs complete change because it allows foreign competitors to shut out U.S imports, devalue their currencies and unfairly target U.S. industries.

Poloz said several forces were restraining Canada's economy, including new mortgage rules, uncertainty about U.S. trade policy and the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and a range of competitiveness challenges.

With their growing surpluses on American trades, China, Japan and the European Union are defying U.S. trade policies — and getting away with it.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

The Mexican peso fell to a record low amid concern U.S. trade policies will become more protectionist.

Like EM equities, EM bonds have experienced outflows and poor performance due to concerns about the impact of potentially new U.S. trade policies on emerging economies.

An overview of recent changes in U.S. trade policies, and how they might affect international relations and the U.S. and global economies.

Not exact matches

U.S. - based trade experts said they expected Beijing to offer Trump's team a package of policy changes that may include some previously announced moves, such as a phase - out of joint venture requirements for some sectors, autos tariff reductions and increased purchases of U.S. goods.

With U.S. president Donald Trump vowing to pursue border taxes, renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and implement policies that put «American workers and businesses first,» Canada has reason to be concerned.

Michael Michalak of the U.S. - ASEAN Business Council and former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam says Southeast Asia remains a focus for U.S. companies, though there is some caution because of uncertainty around the impact of regional trade policies.

Deep policy divisions appear to exist between the business and labor groups: The report cites the «majority» of members preferring to focus on issues outside trade deficits in favor of a «mutually beneficial» trade deal, sentiments to which the labor union representatives dissent in favor of promoting U.S. investment and jobs.

More, it's a one - company version of the U.S. - China trade policy mutually assured destruction: Neither Beijing nor Washington wants to endanger Apple's (aapl) contractors» hundreds of thousands of employees in China or Apple's profits there.

The Conservatives are in a full identity crisis now, and will have to figure out if they want to play tough with the U.S. and go back to the Sir John A. MacDonald days of a National Policy — essentially copying Trump's Buy American stance with a Buy Canadian — or if they want to follow the pro-free trade Mulroney - Harper path, which is more likely but offers less differentiation from the Liberals.

Neutral reports on the Trump administration's trade policy tend to include a line advising readers that most economists disagree with just about everything that comes out of the mouths of the president, Ross and Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative and leader of the American side at the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreetrade policy tend to include a line advising readers that most economists disagree with just about everything that comes out of the mouths of the president, Ross and Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative and leader of the American side at the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreetrade representative and leader of the American side at the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade AgreeTrade Agreement.

The president has long complained of what he says are unfair Chinese policies contributing to a huge U.S. trade deficit.

Nearly 4 million U.S. jobs have been lost since NAFTA took effect and since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001, according to Robert E. Scott, director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington,Trade Organization in 2001, according to Robert E. Scott, director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington,trade and manufacturing policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washingtonpolicy research at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in WashingtonPolicy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C.

With President Donald Trump due to arrive in Germany later on Thursday, a lawmaker in the country has voiced concerns over a potential trade war between the U.S. and Europe as a result of Trump's protectionist policies.

Markets in Europe were lower Monday morning as investors eyed trade and economic policies in the U.S. and looked ahead to new economic data

This time, the conversation often turned to how the world will cope if the U.S. refuses to lead on issues from international trade to human rights to environmental policy.

The relationship between China and the U.S. has always been tense when it comes to trade and this is unlikely to change, a member of the monetary policy committee at the People's Bank of China told CNBC Friday.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - An economist who believes that Chinese goods are literally poisoning Americans, advocates ending Washington's «One China» policy and says trade deals have weakened the United States economically with the connivance of U.S. business has emerged as the big winner from renewed turmoil in the White House.

The E.U.'s decision to fall in with U.S. policy on Ukraine and join it in applying sanctions has angered Moscow, which had counted on the importance of their bilateral trade relations — especially in energy — to protect it.