Earlier this month, the Office of the United States Trade Representative released the Trump administration’s 2019 Trade Policy Agenda and 2018 Annual Report, which is required by federal law. According to a fact sheet accompanying […] Read More
Earlier this month, the Office of the United States Trade Representative released the Trump administration’s 2019 Trade Policy Agenda and 2018 Annual Report, which is required by federal law. According to a fact sheet accompanying […] Read More
On March 4 President Donald Trump announced plans to remove India and Turkey from the Generalized System of Preferences, or GSP, a program that allows developing countries to export some products to the United States […] Read More
On March 7, the U.S. Department of Labor released the Trump administration’s proposed overtime rule, which would increase the minimum salary for overtime exemption to $35,308 per year, or, from the currently weekly level of […] Read More
On March 6, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing entitled, “Our Nation’s Crumbling Infrastructure And The Need For Immediate Action.” U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, […] Read More
The U.S. Commerce Department reported last week that the nation’s trade deficit in December 2018 was $59.8 billion, up $9.5 billion from $50.3 billion in November, and at its highest level on record. Exports […] Read More