The Gipper loved him some free trade. Photo: The Independent One of Donald Trump’s most interesting political achievements has been to force a Republican Party that had embraced…
Read more Trump Is Attacking Canada When He Should Be Attacking ReaganThe alcohol industry recently dodged an attempt to smuggle a neo-Prohibitionist agenda into the U.S. Dietary Guidelines revisions. While the industry was able to breathe a sigh of…
Read more Tariffs are starting to crush America’s small liquor businessesSince President Donald Trump took office, Congress has abdicated its constitutional authority—and responsibility—to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises” to the executive branch. On Tuesday, the…
Read more House Republicans just voted to give even more tariff power away to TrumpNA Earlier this week, the Trump administration filed a petition for certiorari urging the Supreme Court to review the Federal Circuit decision in the case challenging the president’s…
Read more The Government’s Cert Petition to the Supreme Court in Our Tariff Case – and Our ResponseThe White House celebrated Labor Day by announcing that President Donald Trump’s “protectionist trade policies have helped drive more than $8 trillion in new U.S. investment.” The accompanying…
Read more The White House says Trump’s tariffs have raised $8 trillion in revenue. That’s not even close.Around 20 percent of American workers must hold a professional license to do their job. Why? Andrew Heaton has an answer. And it’s infuriating. Actor / Writer :…
Read more Why do so many jobs require a license?Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DAVOS, Switzerland — Britain’s top finance minister Jeremy Hunt has warned Donald Trump that a return to…
Read more UK finance chief warns Trump: Return to protectionism a ‘profound mistake’BRUSSELS — The chips industry faces a different kind of summer heat: Chinese and Western governments meddling with its supply chains. From Tuesday, China is putting the brakes…
Read more Chip supply chains at risk as China fires back at WestPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. This article is part of the Europe’s strategic impotence Special Report. At NATO summit after NATO summit,…
Read more The US wants Europe to buy American weapons; the EU has other ideasPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — France’s feisty Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has another opportunity to pick a fight with…
Read more American takeover of French nuclear firm raises concerns in ParisDAVOS, Switzerland — As snow pounds the Swiss mountain town of Davos, American lawmakers are huddled in warm, quiet rooms trying to assuage European concerns that the United…
Read more US lawmakers in Davos tell Europeans: America’s not protectionistHong Kong CNN — China has challenged a move by the United States to block sales of advanced computer chips and chip-making equipment to Chinese companies by launching…
Read more China challenges US chip curbs at WTO, citing ‘trade protectionism’ | CNN BusinessPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Three years after leaving the EU to chart its own course, Britain finds itself caught…
Read more Brexit Britain trapped in the middle as US and EU go to war on tradePress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The transatlantic reset between Brussels and Washington is on life support. After four years of discord and…
Read more Bitter friends: Inside the summit aiming to heal EU-US trade riftPress play to listen to this article PRAGUE — U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai traveled more than 4,000 miles to prevent a transatlantic trade war over electric vehicles,…
Read more America’s Tai faces uphill battle to defuse EU trade war fearsPress play to listen to this article BERLIN/PARIS — After publicly falling out, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron have found something they agree on: mounting alarm over unfair…
Read more Scholz and Macron threaten trade retaliation against BidenPARIS — Emmanuel Macron called for a “Buy European Act” on Wednesday to protect carmakers on the Continent in the face of competition from China and in response…
Read more Emmanuel Macron calls for ‘Buy European Act’ to protect regional carmakersPress play to listen to this article PARIS — U.S. President Joe Biden needs to watch out; France is resuming its traditional role as Europe’s troublemaker on the…
Read more France plays bad cop as transatlantic trade tensions ramp up
