Trump Administration Decides Not To Extend USMCA for Another Term: What Does That Mean Exactly?
Today, as part of the first joint review of the USMCA, the three governments held a virtual meeting.
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Tracking Exports under Trump: Country Comparisons
In a previous post, I noted that one of the reasons some traditionally pro-trade members of Congress may be supporting Trump's trade policies is because they are hoping these aggressive policies will pry open foreign markets and lead to increased U.S. exports of agricultural and other products.
Tracking Goods Exports under the Trump Administration's Trade Policies
My sense is that one of the reasons some traditionally pro-trade members of Congress have continued to support Trump's trade policies, despite misgivings they may have about tariffs, is because they hope these policies will pry open foreign markets, leading to increased US exports.
Comparing the Digital Trade Provisions in the New U.S. Trade Deals
My series of posts comparing specific provisions across the Trump administration's Agreements on Reciprocal Trade got interrupted, but let me get back to it now, with a focus on certain digital trade provisions in the nine agreements for which we now have the full legal text.
The Section 301 Surge Continues: Investigating the Adoption/Enforcement/Administration of Forced Labor Import Bans
This Section 301 investigation intends to pressure all sixty named trade partners (even, inexplicably, including Canada and Mexico) to adopt similar enforcement procedures. This announcement is highly problematic for the four reasons I address below.
Guest Post: Are President Trump’s New Section 122 Tariffs Legal?
This is a guest post from Bryan Riley and Joe Bishop-Henchman. Bryan is Director of the Free Trade Initiative at the National Taxpayers Union; Joe is Executive Vice President at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation
President Trump has issued new 10% tariffs, shortly after raised to 15%, based on
Section 122 as a (Partial) Replacement for the IEEPA Tariffs
Apparently, this is the era of dusting off old international economic policy statutes and figuring out what they mean and how they work. After the Supreme Court's ruling today in Learning Resources, holding that "IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs," we are now
Comparing the Forced Labor Provisions in the New U.S. Trade Deals
Continuing my multi-part blog posting series on comparing provisions in the Trump administration trade agreements, let's look now at the provisions that try to induce U.S. trading partners to take action against imports made with forced labor.
More on the Trump Administration's Dollar Policy
Last May, I asked, "Does the Trump Administration Want a Strong or a Weak Dollar?" That post was about a House hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and I didn't get an answer to the question posed in the title of my post.
Comparing the Enforcement Provisions in the New U.S. Trade Deals
Building on the comparison of trade agreement provisions in my last post, let's take a look at the "enforcement" provisions of the six agreements for which the legal texts have been published.