Tag: Trade

According to a report from the IP Commission, America loses between $225 billion and $600 billion in intellectual property each year. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg)

Abroad, intellectual property rights are under assault

Dan Schneider · November 7, 2017 5:01 am

In a survey, 55 percent said his threats to pull out of the free-trade deal are posturing as part of the renegotiations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Slight majority of investors think Trump bluffing on NAFTA

Sean Higgins · November 6, 2017 10:54 pm

On Monday, CNN published a story that included this snide headline: "Trump asks Japan to build cars in the U.S. It already does." This would have been a great own, if it were anywhere near the truth. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

CNN runs second bogus story in single day

Becket Adams · November 6, 2017 9:47 pm

"We are going to get this done," House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t let a potential trade violation block tax reform

Ian Adams, Clark Packard · November 6, 2017 4:39 pm

President Trump leaves for Asia Friday, just as the investigation into Russia's influence in the 2016 elections heat up. The president's foreign travel has helped him stabilize things when Russia-related developments have rocked the White House before, though. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Trump leaves for Asia as tax reform and Russia probe heat up at home

Sarah Bedford · November 3, 2017 4:01 am

It would deter Chinese aggression in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Beltway Confidential

To restrain Chinese imperialism, US should deploy anti-ship missiles to Alaska

Tom Rogan · November 1, 2017 9:11 pm

The price increases that would result from attempting to bail out two companies would eliminate 88,000 construction and installation jobs. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Trade case threatens more than just the solar industry

Billy Parish · November 1, 2017 4:01 am

Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, speaks during the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mexico mulls other options should NAFTA talks fail

Sean Higgins · October 31, 2017 10:14 pm

Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said Tuesday at a Chamber of Commerce forum that NAFTA has been a resounding success for the economy, but this was nevertheless poorly understood. (AP Photo)

Ted Cruz, Pat Roberts warn against NAFTA pull out

Sean Higgins · October 31, 2017 9:05 pm

Trump is the first president since George H.W. Bush to spend nearly two consecutive weeks in the region. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump won’t be visiting the DMZ when he goes to South Korea

Gabby Morrongiello · October 31, 2017 3:07 pm

The top tiers of the country have been flourishing nicely, while those underneath have been taking a beating. And one reason is international trade. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

And that’s why Trump won

Noemie Emery · October 31, 2017 4:01 am

In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, photo, Zavian Tate, a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, pushes a large Amazon Dash button, in Birmingham, Ala. The large Dash buttons are part of the city's campaign to lure Amazon's second headquarters to Birmingham. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Amazon should build its second home in a city that could use it

Washington Examiner Staff · October 30, 2017 4:01 am