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Last week, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its Trade Policy Agenda for 2020, which outlines the Trump administration’s trade and tariff priorities for the next year. The administration said it will […] Read More

While the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on February 28 upheld the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s Section 232 tariffs (read about the decision here), the Congressional Steel Caucus held a hearing […] Read More

As the American Action Forum (AAF) explained in a December 2019 policy brief, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) strengthens rules of origin for automobiles. Once the agreement goes into effect (likely later in 2020), 75 […] Read More

  The goods and services trade deficit in the United States was $45.3 billion in January 2020, down $3.3 billion from $48.6 billion in December 2019. imports. The decline reflected a decrease in the goods […] Read More