Simon Lester

We've heard many times now from Trump and his advisers that they will be pursuing bilateral trade agreements. For example, in withdrawing from the TPP, Trump said this: it is the intention of my Administration to deal directly with individual countries on a one-on-one (or bilateral) basis in

Donald Trump tweeted the following on Friday: Countries charge U.S. companies taxes or tariffs while the U.S. charges them nothing or little.We should charge them SAME as they charge us! Under NAFTA, Canada, Mexico and the U.S. reduced all tariffs to zero (aside from trade remedies

From a White House press release: President Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn today announced the following additions to the National Security Council senior staff. ... Kenneth I. Juster will serve as Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs.  He will coordinate the Administration’s international economic

Over at Opinio Juris, Julian Ku writes the following about a draft executive order on multilateral treaties being considered by the Trump administration: The draft executive order on multilateral treaties is potentially more significant because the President has broad powers to withdraw from treaties.  But the order itself simply creates

From a press briefing today: Q    If I could just -- MR. SPICER:  Hold on. Q    -- ask real quick on trade.  Now that notices have been given to the TPP countries, are you considering any changes in the roles of your three sort of official trade negotiators?  And what

The position is now open. Here are the details: Job descriptionThere can be few more vital or unique roles at this exciting and challenging time for the UK than that of Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser (also Second Permanent Secretary) of the new Department for International Trade (DIT). To support the

I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this statement from Donald Trump about pharmaceutical prices: TRUMP: I think you know most of my team and you folks have done a terrific job over the years, but we have to get prices down for a lot of reasons. We

Prime Minister Theresa May was here in DC on Friday to talk to President Donald Trump, and a US-UK trade agreement was one of the items they discussed: At the top of the agenda is trade, as the two leaders try to navigate the U.S.-U.K. relationship. Mrs.

My head is spinning trying to keep track of what is real and what is just rhetoric. Here is more from Trump's press secretary: It was not clear exactly how the Trump administration would impose the new tax on Mexican exports. But Spicer said it would be part

This is from a group of European academics, from more than 15 countries, who "set out their belief that a more critical reflection is needed on what an effective and democratic decision-making process in the EU requires": TRADING TOGETHER For strong and democratically legitimized EU international agreements 25