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Expanded Cargo Preferences May Be The Easiest Way To Rebuild The U.S. Maritime Industry

Loren Thompson | Forbes | 07/07/2020

The U.S. commercial maritime industry appears to be in a secular decline. Less than 2% of the nation’s waterborne exports and imports are transported on ships flying the U.S. flag….

Trade between Iran, U.S. falls by half in 5 months on year

Tehran Times | 07/07/2020

As reported, the Iran-U.S. trade stood at $20 million during the five-month p...

US-Africa trade will be positively impacted by AfCFTA – Florizelle Liser

Tofe Ayeni|The Africa Report | 07/07/2020

The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) is the ...

US and Kenya to begin negotiating Free Trade Agreement

Bryan Campbell Romero|Foreign Brief| | 07/07/2020

US-Kenya free trade agreement (FTA) discussions start tod...

The North American Trade Dividend

H.R. McMaster and Pablo Tortolero | The Wall Street Journal | 07/07/2020

The revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada pact will help post-Covi...

U.S. trade groups urge China to increase purchases of U.S. goods, services

Andrea Shalal | Reuters | 07/06/2020

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and over 40 trade ass...

U.S. Business Groups Urge China to ‘Redouble Efforts’ to Implement Trade Deal

Lingling Wei and Bob Davis | Wall Street Journal | 07/06/2020

NEW YORK—As senior...

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