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US trade deficit falls in February as shortfall with China decreases 28%

Jeff Cox | CNBC | 04/17/2019

The U.S. goods and services deficit with its global trading partners fell to $49.4 billion in February, its lowest level since June 2018 and well below estimates, the Commerce Department…

EU proposes tariffs on £15bn of US products in Boeing row

BBC News | 04/17/2019

The EU has proposed tariffs on $20bn (£15bn) of US goods in a long-running disput...

PM reveals international trade priorities

AAP | 04/17/2019

Scott Morrison has nominated finalizing a trade deal with the European Union and extending the Trans-Pa...

Pelosi warns there will be no U.S.-U.K. trade deal if Brexit harms the Irish peace accord

William Booth | The Washington Post | 04/17/2019

House Speaker Nancy Pel...

Trump Stirs Alarm That He May Be Giving China a New Trade Weapon

Nikhil Raj | 04/17/2019

High on the list of President Donald Trump’s priorities as he tries to cl...

Trump’s Trade War Forces Volvo To Shift Gears In South Carolina

Camila Domonoske | NPR | 04/17/2019

Volvo is a Chinese-owned Swedish company making cars in ...

U.S. Manufacturing Squeezed by Global Slowdown, Trade Pressures

Sarah Chaney and Austen Hufford | The Wall Street Journal | 04/17/2019

American manufacturing pro...

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