Sentences with phrase «u.s. trade relations»

The Office of the Western Hemisphere also manages U.S. trade relations with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM), including bilateral trade councils with Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.

Transition to the new reality of post-NAFTA Canada — U.S. trading relations should include looking at customers in new markets and the benefits of new trade partnerships.

Not exact matches

And, when asked about the impact of potential trade war escalation, Cook seemed surprisingly sanguine about the state of U.S. - China relations.

NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as potential U.S. restrictions on Chinese telecom companies reinforced investor concerns about worsening trade relations between the United States and China.

The specter of deteriorating U.S. - China trade relations has weighed on Wall Street over the past few weeks.

In the U.S., exporting and improved trade relations have become economic bright spots for small - business owners.

With respect to China it can pursue the same path that other parts of Europe and the U.S. are doing: engaging in deeper trade relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

And it sounds like it would, if you don't know anything about economics or trade relations between Mexico and the U.S., or really trade relations at all.

Despite the thawing of Cuba - U.S. relations, the trade embargo remains in place, and can only be removed by an act of Congress.

Indeed, the U.S. - German relations began to deteriorate very fast early last year after Washington criticized Germany for its large, growing and systematic trade surpluses with America, and threatened to levy import duties on German car manufacturers.

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.

I was at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia last week, and it was very clear from my conversations with former DNC chairs, U.S. politicians, Bernie Sanders supporters, business executives, and even celebrities and athletes: a Clinton presidency will be viewed as positive for Canada-U.S. bilateral relations and a major step in the right direction for trade with Canada.

The Chinese are prepared for a trade war with the U.S., and the cost of that to Americans and American firms should be considered, said an expert on U.S. - China relations.

Despite having a troubled relationship with India since the Sino - Indian War of 1962, China knows that having Most Favored Nation status with the U.S. (rechristened as Permanent Normal Trade Relations) is much too important to jeopardize.

If Trump wants to argue that U.S. - Mexico trade relations have been lousy for the better part of three decades, then that's an argument he's free to make.

«Notwithstanding the current position of the new U.S. Administration on (TPP), we will continue to engage with our American colleagues to strengthen our bilateral trade and economic relations, given the U.S.'s importance as our third - largest trading partner and a major source of investment,» Mustapa Mohamed said in a statement.

The decision escalates the bitter trade dispute between the two air craft manufacturers, a battle that has ensnared one of the largest U.S. airlines and strained relations between the U.S. and Canada.

OMFIF Managing Director and Co-Founder David Marsh discusses takeover bids for European broadcaster Sky and U.S. - China trade relations.

The acquisition would come at a sensitive time for relations between the United States and Mexico, following a pledge by U.S. President Donald Trump to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and tighten immigration controls.

Then his commerce secretary went out of his way to link this dispute to broader complaints, about dairy and about NAFTA: «It has been a bad week for U.S. - Canada trade relations,» Wilbur Ross said.

The U.S. Senate recently passed a resolution condemning the prosecution and continuing incarceration of former prime minister Yuliya Tymoshenko and her political allies.8 Various European leaders, including OSCE Parliamentary Assembly members, have made a special point of visiting Tymoshenko in prison and lobbying for her release.9 Her incarceration has become one of the main obstacles in Ukraine's relations with the EU, stalling Ukraine's hitherto successful bid for a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with Brussels.

Results of the survey come as Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne continues efforts to ward off «Buy America» talk in the U.S. — such a policy comes into effect in New York as of April 1 — while boosting trade relations south of the border.

The corollary is that other countries» balance - of - payments surpluses do not stem primarily from trade relations, but from financial speculation and a spillover of U.S. global military spending.

US stocks fell on Wednesday as potential U.S. restrictions on Chinese telecom companies reinforced investor concerns about worsening trade relations between the United States and China, Reuters reported.

The Trump administration has taken a similar stance on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which has governed trade relations between the U.S., Canada and Mexico for more than two decTrade Agreement (NAFTA), which has governed trade relations between the U.S., Canada and Mexico for more than two dectrade relations between the U.S., Canada and Mexico for more than two decades.

Trade Policy in the 1980s: An Agenda for Canadian - U.S. Relations, Policy Commentary 3, by Rodney de C. Grey.

If the TPP is not ratified before the end of Obama's term in November, it's hard to know what the future of the agreement would be, and how trade relations between the two countries would proceed, given that the U.S. presidential candidates are unanimously rejecting the deal.

The U.S. withdrawal from the Trans - Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Britain's exit from the EU have created a favourable global environment for Canada to pursue deeper trade relations with China.

For many, this signalled a warming trend in trade relations between the Canada and the U.S., which had been cooling over contentious issues such as the rejected Keystone XL Pipeline project.

These safeguard measures are absolutely stupid as a matter of economics, but relatively trivial as far as the impact on U.S. - China relations and the prospects for trade war are concerned.

The spectre of deteriorating U.S. - China trade relations has weighed on Wall Street over the past few weeks.

After a prolonged period of friendly trade relations between the U.S. and China, the Trump administration has adopted a much tougher stance on China's trade policies.

The agreement provides a vehicle for strengthening U.S. - Argentina trade and investment relations at an important time.

This is more than has been done in the history of U.S. - China relations on trade.»

CHICAGO / WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. President - elect Donald Trump's challenges to China on trade and Taiwan are rattling American companies who have long benefited from stable relations between the two countries but now fear retaliation by Beijing if Trump were to act.

Nigeria's trade minister says the country could be a springboard for U.S. businesses in Africa, predicting good relations under President Trump.

NEW DELHI (AP)-- Given a rare opportunity to lunch with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Gaurav Dalmia was less interested Thursday in discussing the planned topics at hand, including climate change or even the trade dispute between India and the U.S. Instead, the Indian businessman was focused on Kerry himself — and whether he would be able to smooth over brittle relations between Washington and New Delhi for the sake of economic growth.

Trade relations with the U.S. may come under strain, in part due to the tensions with North Korea, and hurt exports.

While it seems tedious, the U.S. State Department constantly calls out and pressures China to crackdown on Human Rights violations in exchange for normal trade relations.

We should not blame this entirely on trade and U.S. capital investments, but the policies that led to this drop were connected with Mexico's financial relations to the outside world.

Increased trade between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. may be a step toward warming relations between them.

«Free trade agreements that place the US on equal footing with other wine producing countries are absolutely essential to growing U.S. wine exports,» said Charles Jefferson, Wine Institute Vice President of Federal Relations and International Public Policy.

Trump definitely deserves credit for creating the circumstances in which China would feel the need to pressure North Korea towards a more peaceful path, both through his public statements and the current strained trade relations between the U.S. and China, since China may believe that by stepping down the Korean conflict they could ease some of the rhetoric coming from the administration.

The outreach comes at a time of strained relations between the administration of President Donald Trump and Mexican authorities over the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, immigration policies and Trump's pledge to erect a wall along the U.S. southern border with Mexico.

Just 2 weeks ago, the U.S. Senate passed the permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) bill, a measure aimed at further opening China's markets, bringing billions of dollars in new business to American companies.

But when the book came out it coincided with George Bush's trip to Japan and enormous interest in U.S. - Japanese relations because of the trade imbalance.

For example, a bond issued by a large, financially healthy company typically trades at a relatively low spread in relation to U.S. Treasuries.

In its quarterly monetary policy report, which was also released Wednesday, the bank said its outlook once again factored in some of the effects caused by ongoing unknowns around the potential introduction of U.S. changes, especially in relation to trade and fiscal policies.

While trade relations between the U.S. and China have become increasingly strained, business continues for the Trump Organization's Indonesian resort project.

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