Trade

The United States Trade Representative announced on Wednesday a list of $7.5 billion in tariffs on European products that take effect Oct. 18.  The World Trade Organisation authorized the annual tariffs on a range of European goods, including luxury goods and premium spirits, that...

A lobbyist for C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: CHRW) believes the United States will approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement sometime between November and March. Negotiations among the three nations to replace NAFTA concluded in September 2018. Mexico has signed the USMCA into law, and...

Mexico's legislature is considering proposals that would limit the permitted weight of double tractor-trailer trucks — called "fulles" in Mexico — to decrease truck-involved accidents and relieve traffic congestion. Cities across Mexico – such as Monterrey, Puebla, Jalisco and Mexico City – are...

Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives had a simple reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet that companies need to look for alternatives to China: for a company like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), it's a "nightmare that doesn't go away." What Happened Trump's Friday tweet in...

Mexico manufactured 104,214 buses, heavy-duty and tractor-trailer trucks in the first half of 2019 (January-June), up 36.50 percent compared to the same period last year. The data was released August 21 by Mexico's National Association of Bus, Truck and Tractor Truck Producers (ANPACT). Miguel...

Shares of a Latin American shale play are up for grabs, as the exploration and production company seeks a U.S. listing this week. The IPO Terms Mexico City, Mexico-based Vista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V. plans to offer 10 million Series A shares, including Series A shares, represented by ADSs,...

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Improved sentiment between U.S. and China after the G-20 summit may be short-lived after China reiterated its "clear and consistent" policy on trade. What Happened China's Minister of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng told reporters Thursday the U.S. needs to remove all imposed tariffs...

The United States may delay imposing new tariffs on Mexican products.  President Donald Trump said last week that he’d place 5-percent tariffs on Mexican goods until Mexico stopped the flow of migrants across the border. The tariff is set to go into effect Monday. Bloomberg and The...

Good day, Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, an architect of NAFTA's forerunner, said the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement "will prevail" despite President Trump's new tariffs on Mexico. "All I know is that it's indispensable," Mulroney said during the Journal of Commerce's...

FreightWaves is providing a forum – Market Voices – for a number of market experts. The United States is in the midst of well-publicized trade disputes with China and Mexico, two of its biggest trading partners. There are also simmering trade tensions between the European Union and the United...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States is committed to a “phenomenal trade deal” with the United Kingdom once it leaves the European Union and suggested the two countries could double or triple the trade between them. Speaking at a joint news conference in London with...

The auto industry is beginning the week with worries about President Donald Trump’s threat to put tariffs as high as 25 percent on U.S. imports from Mexico as officials from the two countries begin talking details. Mexican Economy Minister Graciela Marquez planned to meet Monday with U.S....

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has called President Donald Trump's latest trade move a “radical and disturbing development” in a Friday column.   Trump announced a 5-percent tariff on all goods coming from Mexico Thursday, demanding...

President Donald Trump said Thursday that tariffs the U.S. has imposed are causing companies to flee China for elsewhere in Asia or the United States and that his trade policy is working. The impact on the American consumer has been minimal, because prices haven't gone up much in the...