Sentences with phrase «on trade relations»

The president - elect's harsh stance on trade relations will soften «as things settle down,» Hilton Worldwide CEO Christopher Nassetta says.

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Edward Alden, a reliable observer of trade policy and politics at the Council on Foreign Relations, noted that it's unusual for the commerce secretary to comment so forcefully on a determination that could technically be reversed.

Trade relations between the United States and China have already been strained as Trump has weighed imposing tariffs on up to $ 150 billion of Chinese imports.

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.

As Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations noted, it is unclear how the North American Free Trade Agreement can be tweaked for one member and fundamentally overhauled for another.

On Dec. 17, 2014, President Obama announced plans to renew diplomatic relations, pledging to ease trade and financial restrictions.

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.

The outraged scientist sued under a law governing copyright issues that Colombia created to establish better trade relations with the United States, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which has been advocating on behalf of Gomez.

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.

Whoever replaces him as head of Her Majesty's Government would be likely to invoke Article 50 of the EU's Treaty, under which the two sides would have an initial two years to negotiate their post-divorce relations, notably on trade and the right to free movement.

On China — with which Trump has forged cooperation against North Korea but drawn sharp differences on trade — some 48 percent expect relations to get worse in the next year, while just 17 percent expect things to get betteOn China — with which Trump has forged cooperation against North Korea but drawn sharp differences on trade — some 48 percent expect relations to get worse in the next year, while just 17 percent expect things to get betteon trade — some 48 percent expect relations to get worse in the next year, while just 17 percent expect things to get better.

«We're not wearing our Ottawa stakeholder hats, we're looking at this from a national perspective,» said Chris Smillie, senior adviser on government relations for the AFL - CIO's Canadian chapter, which represents the country's building trade unions.

«What you'll see out of the imposition of these tariffs is the likelihood of localized or regionalized impact on the surrounding economy,» suggests David French, the senior vice president for government relations with the Washington, D.C. - based National Retail Federation, an industry trade group.

Ken W. Cole, Pfizer's senior vice president for government relations, would not comment on Pfizer's lack of disclosure of donations to think tanks and trade associations, nor would he indicate which organizations were in receipt of such donations.

«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.

A year of hellish relations with aboriginal groups; a possibly fatal public - relations cloud over the Keystone project, based precisely on the Harper government's poor environmental record; serious opposition in Europe to any extension in Canada - EU relations at the very same time we're trying to negotiate a trade deal; and a set of controversies that still motivate NDP supporters and the NDP caucus today, another year closer to a federal election.

If Trudeau is looking for a playbook on how to conduct relations with his country's largest trading partner, he could study his predecessor's approach and do the opposite.

There has been a major shift on relations with China that has been clearly designed to enhance trade.

Trump's rejection of a possible return to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the eve of Japan's Prime Minister Abe'e recent visit was a lost opportunity to strengthen US trade relations in the Asia Pacific region and to open markets for US firms and farmers.

Indonesia's ambassador to Canada says that Indonesia - Canada trade relations are «going on relatively smoothly» but a drawback is that trade contact is carried out through the United States and it could be carried out directly.

News that the UK PM, Theresa May, is having issues with her inner Cabinet on how to deal with future trade relations with the EU, sent the GBP / USD to a fresh 4 - month low.

On the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, Canada and Japan can look back with satisfaction on a long - standing friendship that was restored and revived, following the disruption of the war years, primarily through strong trade tieOn the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, Canada and Japan can look back with satisfaction on a long - standing friendship that was restored and revived, following the disruption of the war years, primarily through strong trade tieon a long - standing friendship that was restored and revived, following the disruption of the war years, primarily through strong trade ties.

Trade experts like Edward Alden at the Council on Foreign Relations say Trump already squandered his best chance to nail down a stronger deal than Obama did after he left.

Other calming geopolitical factors weighed on gold as there was a continued thawing in North - South Korea relations (South said it will remove loudspeakers that blared propaganda across to the North, North said it would align its clocks to the South), and a growing optimism over the upcoming US - China trade talks this Thursday and Friday.

There are two basic technical setups for swing trading on the short side, each with very different looks in terms of where these stocks are trading in relation to their 52 - week highs.

Successful applicants will have a background in Asia - related research in a variety of fields, including (but not limited to) social sciences, humanities, business, education, statistics, and natural sciences, and will be based on excellence and fit with the Foundation's research priorities (energy and the environment; trade and investment; education; and sub-national relations with Asia.)

Over the next decade, Cohn used his mob connections to smooth the younger Trump's relations with construction unions; inked a stingy prenuptial agreement with Trump's first wife, Ivana; leaned on city politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rate.

It's dawning on foreign leaders that warm relations with the United States carry little weight with a president dismissive of diplomatic norms and the ground rules of trade.

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.

On July 16 the Financial Times reported Steve Biegun, Ford's vice president of international governmental relations, as saying that «geopolitics has gotten ahead of the trade considerations....».

The MPC of the Bank of England concluded that its projections are based on the median outcome of its trading relations with the European Union (EU) going forward.

«The outlook is extremely negative,» said Edward Alden, a trade expert at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Trade union officials, as surveyed by the Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training (ACIRRT), have revised up their forecasts of inflation for the year to June 2001 in recent quarters, reflecting the incorporation of the effect of the GST on prices by more respondents.

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Speaking at an event in Ottawa in June, Canada's Ambassador to the United States David MacNaughton spoke at length about his outlook on Canada-U.S. trade relations and the upcoming NAFTA renegotiations.

On the negative side were concerns about deteriorating trade relations between the United States and China, the world's two largest economies, worries about inflation and rising bond yields, and tensions in the Middle East.

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.

«It doesn't spell out exactly how the United States will pursue these goals, but it is quite a clear and ambitious agenda for reform of the WTO,» said Edward Alden, a trade expert at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Within this priority area, MIT will capitalize on technologies to increase opportunities for trade diversification, strengthen government - to - government relations to drive economic benefits for Ontario, and leverage talent to capitalize on global trade networks.

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

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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.

«There are going to be political costs domestically for every nation that reopens the agreement — and Trump is a wild card,» Edward Alden, a trade scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations, told me.

«I think it was a trial balloon intended to get a market reaction, which it did,» Edward Alden, a trade expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, told me.

Trump's warm personal relations with Xi have softened his anti-China campaign stance; Trump hasn't followed through on his many, many promises to punish the country for what he sees as unfair trade practices.

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

The Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) decided on 28 January 2013 to prohibit the short selling only in relation to shares of credit institutions admitted to trading on the Athens Exchange and comprising the FTSE / AthEX - CSE Banking Index from 1 February 2013 until 30 April 2013.