Sentences with phrase «supraregional trade negotiation»

Comparing trade negotiations to war is standard fare for the Trump administration, where hyperbolic, confrontational rhetoric is the vernacular.

«Even though payrolls came in pretty much in line with expectations, it's encouraging to see this type of growth in the face of geopolitical tensions, trade negotiations, and pronounced market volatility.

«We've been in a trade war for decades,» new U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross told Bloomberg News recently, as he clarified why the U.S. is launching a radical series of trade negotiations that will include a head - on collision with China and ripping up NAFTA.

Mark Zuckerberg was 17 when the on - going Doha Round of free - trade negotiations began in 2001.

Stronger Ties: CETA Tariff Elimination and the Impact on Canadian Exports shows that average tariffs on merchandise in Canada and Europe are low, thanks to years of successive bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations.

«Tariffs are a result of trade negotiations that take place multilaterally,» he added.

When asked whether Europe was willing to continue those trade talks with the U.S., even if for a less ambitious trade package than the original, France's Le Maire said: «We don't want to enter into a global trade negotiation with the United States.»

With the provinces gaining enhanced ability to dictate trade negotiations, and with Quebec and Ontario heavily invested in supply management, Ottawa is going to have to find new ways to deliver on trade deals that individual provinces dislike.

The CEO of Standard Chartered said tariffs could be an «effective» opening gambit for trade negotiations, but ultimately would provide a negative if there were escalating tensions between China and the U.S.

Elias Haddad of Commonwealth Bank also discussed the risks for the British pound ahead of Brexit trade negotiations.

Earlier this month, analysts speculated that China could use its huge stockpile of US Treasurys as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations.

Both candidates lamented the lack of U.S. focus on Latin America as a place of economic interest, and they lambasted President Obama for delaying trade negotiations with countries in the region.

On Day 100, Trump would target China, attempting a crackdown on the country through bilateral trade negotiations and by seeing whether it could be labeled a currency manipulator.

First complete trade negotiations with the EU and Japan, which leaves only 16 countries, most of which are minor European nations such as San Marino and Montenegro.

Tensions with Canada and Mexico have escalated during contentious free trade negotiations and as President Donald Trump threatens to slap sanctions on steel and aluminum imports.

It is the most ambitious trade negotiation under way globally today.

«The stakes are so high here,» said Brady, who has been involved in a dozen free trade negotiations «in one way or another.»

The month is book - ended by contentious trade negotiations with South Korea, beginning Jan. 5 in Washington, and with Mexico and Canada, beginning Jan. 23 in Montreal.

«Canada and the European Union wrap up ninth round of historic free trade negotiations,» proclaimed the headline.

A not - so - «grate» proposal from the European Union to ban U.S. cheese makers from using names like Parmesan and Feta is stinking up trade negotiations.

Trudeau was in China on a four - day tour to kick off free trade negotiations between the two countries.

«With Doha being stalled, this is the only supraregional trade negotiation that shows promise on the planet.»

This gives us a total of seven countries where the GPT changes affect a country where there are ongoing trade negotiations.

If it is a tactic, however, it is a particularly poor one in this instance as it mostly affects countries we are not in trade negotiations with, and ignores the majority of countries currently at the bargaining table.

The Trans - Pacific Partnership may be Canada's most ambitious trade negotiation; of the 11 other countries in that negotiating group, three are in our list of 52: Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia.

Washington has signed a flurry of trade agreements and is pressing ahead with two massive trade negotiations, one with Asia, the other with the EU.

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.

Zhang Baohui, a specialist in Chinese politics and international relations at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, said Xi's address was strategic in that it allowed China to save face at home, while paving the way for trade negotiations with the US to prevent any further escalation of the trade spat.

While the documents released Friday paint a rosy picture of gains from Canada's most ambitious trade negotiation since the North American Free Trade Agreement of two decades ago, the European gains are also considerable.

It will depend on the trade negotiations between UK and the remaining countries in the European Union.

Europe's participation reflects the eagerness to partner with China's economy, the world's second largest, and comes amid prickly trade negotiations between Brussels and Washington.

Peter Clark, an Ottawa - based international trade strategist who was involved in the original NAFTA and Canada-U.S. free trade negotiations, said the American behaviour is a vivid and unprecedented example of how not to negotiate.

U.S. stocks pared most of their losses on Thursday, as subpar corporate earnings and high - stakes trade negotiations with China influenced...

One part of that is Trump has stated his intention to make Commerce Secretary (and billionaire investor) Wilbur Ross the lead authority on trade negotiations.

In recent weeks, Trump has used the tariffs — or the threat of tariffs — as a bargaining chip in broader trade negotiations.

To learn more about U.S. agriculture, including crop research and trade negotiations, visit http://www.syngenta-us.com/thrive.

You cite the investors suddenly turning risk averse, global capital spending faltering and those trade negotiations going awry.

Even as recently as last September, associates of the president made it clear that he was willing to withdraw from trade negotiations with South Korea if he thought the result would be unfair.

The disconnect between the United States and Brazil echoes the broader state of the trade negotiations, which have been clouded by confusion, miscommunication and a general state of uncertainty over the rules of engagement.

The United States has an expertise advantage in trade negotiations with China; solar tariffs are scrambling the industry; and Tesla's «bizarre» conference call sent shares...

It is Bolivia's position that services like health, education and water should be excluded from commercial trade negotiations because they are basic human rights.

People involved with the negotiations say the reorganization robbed resources and support from the ministry's office of trade negotiations.

As we move on to the trade negotiations with the EU27, may I seek assurances that aviation will be one of the priority areas?

Mr. Lighthizer, Mr. Navarro and other proponents of a harder line against China have argued that the Chinese tend to use such dialogues as a delaying tactic, and that past trade negotiations with them have not been productive.

It hurts Canadian manufacturers and other exporters because Canada's insistence on protecting supply management puts Canada at a disadvantage in every trade negotiation, hindering access to international markets.

We would become more concerned about a negative growth impact from trade negotiations if we were to see rising tariffs on the goods that bulk the largest in the exchange between the U.S. and its main trading partners.

Canada needs to puts IPR laws at the centre of its trade negotiations.

The United States has an expertise advantage in trade negotiations with China; solar tariffs are scrambling the industry; and Tesla's «bizarre» conference call sent shares sliding.

Earlier this month, analysts speculated that China could use its huge stockpile of US treasuries as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations.

Rather, it is the expansion of trade negotiations from agreements that once focused primarily on tariff reductions to far broader regulatory documents that now mandate domestic legal reforms and establish dispute resolution systems that can be result in huge liability for national governments.