But that doesn't mean tainted Chinese shrimp aren't making it into the U.S. Industry and
trade experts say many companies transship Chinese shrimp by... creating disposable import companies that can simply fold, or reincorporate under another name, at the first sign of regulatory scrutiny.»
Trade experts say significant obstacles to a Trans - Pacific deal remain, including the question of whether Japan, which is deeply protectionist on some fronts, will agree to major concessions.
However, several
trade experts say the United States is going to be pushing for the environment chapter in NAFTA to be more closely aligned with the now - defunct Trans Pacific Partnership or TPP.
Trade experts say it's a big legal gamble, since Section 232 has been used only a handful of times in the past 40 years and hasn't been used since the World Trade Organization — which is effectively the world's Supreme Court on trade — was formed in 1995.
WASHINGTON / BEIJING The most likely outcome for tense U.S. - China trade talks launching on Thursday is an agreement to keep talking, with U.S. President Donald Trump maintaining his threat to press ahead with punitive tariffs on Chinese goods,
trade experts say.
Trade experts say Chapter 19 could be a red line for Canada.
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.
However,
trade experts said that American companies had not come close to meeting their existing quota last year, and that American carmakers had not done enough to tailor their products for South Korean consumers, who prefer smaller vehicles.
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, auto tariff reductions and increased purchases of U.S. goods.
Not exact matches
As 1 World
Trade Center starts to claim a place on the Lower Manhattan skyline, the area's retail scene is beginning to revive, with landlords raising rents in anticipation of thousands of new office workers, tourists and residents, commercial real estate
experts said.
Time - management
expert Laura Vanderkam, author of What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast (Portfolio
Trade, 2013)
says one of the reasons people
say they don't like mornings is that they stay up too late.
«The TPP literally replicates and expands on the same model as NAFTA,»
says Lori Wallach, a
trade expert at Public Citizen, a liberal - leaning advocacy group.
While it may seem counterintuitive that board members at publicly
traded companies can remain so secretive,
experts say that isn't so unusual.
CTIA, the
trade association for wireless carriers including AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.,
said it follows
expert guidance on health effects.
Investors are eagerly awaiting another «connect» program that will allow them to invest in the Chinese market as exchange -
traded funds become the next product to join the party, a China stocks
expert said Tuesday.
Besides targeting sources of weapons technology, the curbs were the first time the United States sought to directly attack North Korea's daily consumer
trade,
said Peter Harrell, a sanctions
expert at the Center for a New American Security.
China
expert Gordon Chang
says if he were advising the Trump administration, he would have had the China
trade delegation come to Washington, as Beijing needs the U.S. more than the U.S. needs China.
«Nowadays,»
say the two
experts, «valuations are much more sober: the average NASDAQ - listed company today
trades at around 21x PE, and even high - flying companies such as Apple, the most valuable company ever,
trades at only 15x PE.»
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.
Professional traders have used leveraged money from brokers and lenders to invest in exchange -
traded funds and other stocks for decades, but this tactic can be ruinous for the average individual investor who is not careful,
say investment and finance
experts.
«It has a symbolic significance in that you could
say from a political perspective, it indicates that Canada welcomes Chinese investment,»
says Lawrence Herman,
trade law
expert at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP.
Nevertheless,
experts say that to call the current state of play anything other than a
trade war is disingenuous.
Meanwhile, Symphony can also connect other layers in a
trading operation that are typically left out of the loop, such as back - office and middle - office workers, who can play an important role in longer - term
trades,
experts said.
Some
trade experts have
said a Comeau victory could trigger lawsuits across the country seeking to dismantle similar government - run corporations for cannabis.
The key question is, does the U.S. retaliate against that retaliation,»
said Derek Scissors, a China
trade expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a pro-business think tank.
«A lot of instant
experts on NAFTA don't really understand
trade and what drives
trade,»
said Kemmsies.
«Smoot - Hawley really demonstrated what a bad idea tariff increases are,»
said Alan Deardorff, a
trade expert at the University of Michigan.
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.
Daniel Schwanen, the Toronto - based C. D. Howe Institute's resident
expert on
trade and international policy,
says one possibility is that negotiators will quickly prioritize a short list of topics truly up for serious discussion.
Trading generous perks for productivity might seem like the obvious answer, but
experts say workplace happiness isn't about things like free food in the cafeteria or a foosball table in the break room.
«CETA is more relevant to Canada and the TPP is more relevant to the United States,»
said Peter Clark, an international
trade expert and president of the Ottawa firm Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates.
The US delegation to China, which consists of both hawks and moderates on
trade issues, is likely to seek a balanced outcome on bilateral
trade issues with China rather than taking the predicted adversarial approach,
said Chinese
experts.
Trump's being cunning — not dumb — over China,
says trade expert ING analyst: U.S. president could «emerge as the winner in the noisiest
trade quarrel» in two decadesU.S.
«I think failure is an option,»
said C. Fred Bergsten, a veteran
trade expert and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
«The outlook is extremely negative,»
said Edward Alden, a
trade expert at the Council on Foreign Relations.
«There's a real chance that this opens the floodgates,»
said Chad Bown, a
trade expert at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Experts say that what separates a
trade dispute from a
trade war is the way that third situation unfolds.
«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.
President's «economic protectionism» harkens back to errors that fueled Great Depression,
say experts including 14 Nobel winnersOver a thousand economists have written to Donald Trump warning his «economic protectionism» and tough rhetoric on
trade threatens to repeat the mistakes the US made in the 1930s, mistakes that plunged the world into the Great Depression.The 1,140 -LSB-...]
Experts say that those Canadian government sources might have actually been trying to provoke a reaction from investors to demonstrate to the Trump administration the perils of leaving the free
trade agreement.
While Lighthizer is unabashedly protectionist on his approach to
trade, many
trade industry
experts, including those who know him personally, have
said Lighthizer could be the force needed to temper Trump's aggressive «America First» policies.
But
trade experts and stakeholders who've been following the negotiations closely
say they've seen no progress on any of the thorny issues and no discernable headway, even on the simple things where all three countries should be in agreement.
«The Chinese are deeply concerned and we hear now from reliable sources in Beijing who suggest the Chinese government, the Communist Party, are developing lists of U.S. interests against which they could retaliate, commercial interests, and obviously one merely has to look at top U.S. exports to China to get a quick sense of whose heads may be on the chopping block,»
said one China
trade policy
expert who interacts closely with U.S. business.
«There was a feeling that it was not the right time to do this, given what Trump was doing essentially in the opposite direction, that it would be sending mixed signals,»
said William Reinsch, a foreign
trade expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank.
MLA's market
experts on the ground in Japan and Korea
say those
trading in Australian product are using more than price to guide their decisions.
NATC Single Service Tea «It may come as a surprise to many consumers that the ordinary and familiar teabag — such as those filled with fannings [small pieces of tea that are left over after higher grades of tea are gathered to be sold *]-- may actually fare better in a competition like this than teabags filled with loose leaf tea,»
said Lydia Kung, an NATC judge, tea buyer and
expert with Eastrise
Trading Corp in Monrovia, Calif. «Most tea drinkers are probably predisposed to dismiss the «lowly» teabag in favor of sachets, etc. that come in fancier packaging.
Trade group Specialised Nutrition Europe (SNE)
says the objections could derail the result of two years of «intense discussions» between the European Commission, members state
experts and stakeholders.
Experts say information and communication technology could help Africa overcome infrastructure inadequacies, satisfy rising consumer demand, boost regional
trade and diversify economies, ending reliance on raw materials.
King
says a plan to reorganize the World
Trade Center Health Program could deprive participants of occupational health
experts.
Phil Pugh, regional director for BASC in the north of England
said «There will also be
experts in the fields of ferreting, wildfowling, gundogs and gamekeeping as well as plenty of
trade stands.