Sentences with phrase «free trade policies»

He doubted there would be any big jolts to the wine market from shifts in free trade policies and other policy changes.

Third, the implementation of free trade policies based on the idea that specialization furthers growth and appeal to fallacious interpretations of the principle of comparative advantage have left large portions of the Third World unable to feed themselves.

Stocks slid lower after Gary Cohn, Trump's top economic advisor who supported free trade policies, announced his resignation on Tuesday evening.

Not exact matches

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.

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 challetrade policy and the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and a range of competitiveness challeTrade Agreement, and a range of competitiveness challenges.

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.

Zuckerberg edged closest to taking a controversial stand, perhaps, when he argued that Millennials should identify with globalism over nationalism, encouraging policies like free trade.

It's rare that economists agree on policy, but when it comes to free trade, experts are nearly unequivocal in their support.

Canada's embrace of market - oriented policies in the»90s, such as free trade and lower corporate taxes, generated some pretty good times — but not great times.

Kudlow favors free - trade policies, contrary to Trump's more protectionist leanings.

One of the genuinely unique policy ideas Donald Trump has brought to the national stage is a deep skepticism of the once - bipartisan consensus on free trade.

Since Trump took office, his administration has been split into two camps: one that favors free trade and is resolutely opposed to using tariffs to reboot American industries, and another that thinks tariffs are both good policy and good politics.

In short, while protecting those hurt by a free trade regime should remain a priority, there are policy steps that can be taken that would have a more direct effect on living standards than trade policy.

Trump signed an executive order to investigate the trade policies around steel and aluminum in April 2017, a directive that sparked an internal struggle within the Trump administration, pitting free trade advocates, like chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, against trade hawks like White House adviser Peter Navarro.

And, of course, the issues Bert championed in them — free trade and less regulation — were central to the policy conversation in the 1980s, when I was an undergraduate here at the University of Melbourne.

Last year, Xi Jinping defended globalization and free trade in the first - ever address given by any Chinese president in Davos, and rebuked many of Donald Trump's «America First» policies without mentioning his name.

He said it: «Free trade is now under assault,» Stanley Druckenmiller writes in a WSJ op - ed that says the Trump administration is similar to its predecessor when it comes to economic policy.

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«With free - trade agreements, one often sees strong trading relationships will first become even stronger,» says Nevin French, vice-president of policy at the Information Technology Association of Canada.

The pattern on trade policy through the first 14 months of the Trump administration has been to pair blustery talk — about pulling out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, for example — with more modest policy actions and negotiations that may avert real economic datrade policy through the first 14 months of the Trump administration has been to pair blustery talk — about pulling out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, for example — with more modest policy actions and negotiations that may avert real economic daTrade Agreement, for example — with more modest policy actions and negotiations that may avert real economic damage.

«If I'm the Bank of Canada, I would take these latest numbers with some encouragement,» Holt said, adding policy makers should be concerned about future trade policy, referring to suggestions from President - elect Donald Trump he may want to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreetrade policy, referring to suggestions from President - elect Donald Trump he may want to renegotiate the North American Free Trade AgreeTrade Agreement.

With the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) currently under review and free trade agreements in discussion with several economies in Asia, the question of linking human rights with trade policy looms large.

Others see in Trump's electoral victory the end of neoliberal economic policy, which promoted free trade and free markets, and limited the scope of government.

Many executives now lament the populist backlash that threatens free trade and a laissez - faire approach to economic policy.

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.

The U.S. trade deficit is a major reason President Donald Trump promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), even though economists generally agree that a bilateral trade balance is not directly linked to trade potrade deficit is a major reason President Donald Trump promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), even though economists generally agree that a bilateral trade balance is not directly linked to trade poTrade Agreement (NAFTA), even though economists generally agree that a bilateral trade balance is not directly linked to trade potrade balance is not directly linked to trade potrade policy.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wrote in a report Wednesday that «China has appeared to be moving further away from market principles in recent years» and that «as a sovereign nation, China is free to pursue whatever trade policy it prefers.&rTrade Representative Robert Lighthizer wrote in a report Wednesday that «China has appeared to be moving further away from market principles in recent years» and that «as a sovereign nation, China is free to pursue whatever trade policy it prefers.&rtrade policy it prefers.»

The document lays out the skeleton of Trump's trade policy for the first 200 days of his presidency, focusing on a set of principles including renegotiating or withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement — a frequent promise Trump made on the campaign ttrade policy for the first 200 days of his presidency, focusing on a set of principles including renegotiating or withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement — a frequent promise Trump made on the campaign tTrade Agreement — a frequent promise Trump made on the campaign trail.

But few are rejoicing U.S. independence from NAFTA on this side of the border, where free trade and open borders have been the bedrock of Canada's economic policy for decades.

Mr. Laurier's record of governance includes liberalizing immigration policy to populate the country particularly in the new western provinces, supporting the construction of transportation infrastructure to bolster economic development and export growth, steadily reducing tariff rates to provide Canada with a tax advantage relative to the United States, and pursuing free trade and market access for Canadian goods and services.

Tong blamed China for adopting «market - distorting policies and practices» and stressed that the US valued free, fair and open trade.

The WSJ's Erin Ailworth reports that Suniva's demand for tariff and other restrictions on foreign manufacturers has united disparate forces, including green - energy advocates and conservative free - trade policy groups that oppose the tariffs.

Industrial Viability in a Free Trade Economy: A Program of Adjustment Policies for Canada, Canada in the Atlantic Economy 12, by Roy A. Matthews.

Capital Flows and International Policy Harmonization, edited by H. Edward English, comprising two studies in the Canada in the Atlantic Economy series: No. 9, Fiscal Harmonization under Freer Trade: Principles and Their Applications to a Canada-U.S. Free Trade Area, by Hirofumi Shibata (1969); and No. 10, Canadian Economic Policy and the Impact of International Capital Flows, by Richard E. Caves and Grant L. Reuber (1969).

Business Strategies and Free Trade: Focus on Corporate Adjustment, Policy Study 5, edited by Maureen Farrow and Alan M. Rugman.

The new China - Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) has some of the «best - ever commitments from China» in terms of opening its markets to imports, according to a new analysis by trade policy experts Laura Dawson and Dan CiuTrade Agreement (ChAFTA) has some of the «best - ever commitments from China» in terms of opening its markets to imports, according to a new analysis by trade policy experts Laura Dawson and Dan Ciutrade policy experts Laura Dawson and Dan Ciuriak.

Harmonization of National Economic Policies under Free Trade, Canada in the Atlantic Economy 3, by Harry G. Johnson, Paul Wonnacott, and Hirofumi Shibata.

With mounting uncertainty over the future of the North American free - trade agreement and more states eyeing possible Buy American rules, Ontario is keeping the policy ready in case it is needed, a senior government official told The Globe and Mail.

But the hawkish rhetoric of the campaign has given way to more measured statements on trade from the administration that track more closely with the stance of many congressional Republicans, who are avid promoters of free trade and deeply skeptical of policies they view as restrictive or protectionist.

Mr. Melby was a senior staff member on the National Security Council from 1987 to 1993, during which he participated in bilateral and multilateral trade and economic negotiations, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, bilateral economic issues, international energy policy and export conttrade and economic negotiations, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, bilateral economic issues, international energy policy and export contTrade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, bilateral economic issues, international energy policy and export controls.

He has long cautioned Republican lawmakers against free trade and encouraged protectionist policies as a way to spur economic growth.

He might call for strengthening «rules of origin» standards that mandate that a certain percentage of specific finished products must be made in a TPP country in order to be considered eligible for the TPP free trade treatment (a policy that encourages domestic manufacturing).

The two men take nearly opposite approaches to trade: According to Lighthizer, American jobs and businesses must be protected from what he views as unfair global competition, while Froman has expressed that negotiating free trade deals helps America to set the standards for international trade policies that benefit American economic growth.

But joining the TPP also meant effectively renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), with the United States under onerous terms of entry that put Canada's other traditional defensive areas on the negotiating table (including Canadian content in media, intellectual property regime preferences, telecommunications ownership policies, and remaining investment restrictions), with little prospect of any valuable concessions from the United States.

«Economists are pretty united in their opposition to protectionist trade policy,» Bryan Riley, director of the NTU's free - trade initiative, said in an interview.

«We have to have policies that take care of the people who become roadkill [because of free trade],» Buffett said.

Cohn headed a globalist, free - market wing of the White House often at odds with Trump's own nationalist policies on immigration and trade.

The Council of Canadians, a group that opposes various government policies including free trade, has launched a national campaign to stop Energy East.

- liberalization of trade with open market trade policies, and of exchange with freer movement of money as between countries

Under the apparently attractive rubric of «free trade,» we are asked to adopt policies that will enrich a few and ruin us all.