International Trade

We’re just over four weeks away from a deadline for the U.S. to escalate tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods if no breakthrough deal on trade relations is reached.

Had enough of Brexit? How about 10 more years of it?

Bloomberg | January 29, 2019 | International Trade

US charges Huawei with stealing trade secrets, bank fraud

International Trade

Bloomberg | Top Story | January 28, 2019

US charges Huawei with stealing trade secrets, bank fraud

U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest technology company, alleging it stole trade secrets from an American rival and committed bank fraud by violating sanctions against doing business with Iran.

Trump to wade Into China trade talks as US targets Huawei

Bloomberg | January 28, 2019 | International Trade

US confirms China trade talks to begin this week in Washington

Bloomberg | January 28, 2019 | International Trade

Mexico posts record-high trade surplus even after NAFTA redo

Bloomberg | January 28, 2019 | International Trade

US trade barriers will hurt the economy, CBO says, contradicting Trump

Bloomberg | January 28, 2019 | International Trade

SMC3’s Jump Start 2019 leaps into gear as legislator calls for infrastructure fix

International Trade

Paul Scott Abbott | Top Story | January 28, 2019

SMC3’s Jump Start 2019 leaps into gear as legislator calls for infrastructure fix

U.S. transportation infrastructure is in dire need of fixing and will require funding from multiple sources, a member of Congress said today [Jan. 28] as Jump Start 2019, presented by SMC3, leaps into gear in suburban Atlanta.

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U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions increased in 2018 but will likely fall in 2019 and 2020

AJOT | January 28, 2019 | Energy | Alternative | International Trade

According to EIA’s recently released Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) estimates, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased by 2.8% in 2018 but will decrease in 2019 and 2020. The 2018 increase is the largest in energy-related CO2 emissions since 2010.

Supermarkets warn Government of empty shelves in no-deal Brexit

Bloomberg | January 28, 2019 | International Trade

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Secretary Perdue Statement on Reopening the Federal Government

AJOT | January 28, 2019 | International Trade

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement in response to President Donald J. Trump’s announcement of reopening the federal government:

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In 2018, U.S. coal production declined as exports and Appalachian region prices rose

AJOT | January 28, 2019 | Energy | International Trade

EIA estimates that total 2018 U.S. coal production was 755 million short tons (MMst), 20 MMst less than in 2017 and 36% less than in the previous decade. In 2018, coal prices rose in three of the five major coal-producing regions, particularly the Northern and Central Appalachian regions. Although U.S. coal exports increased by about 10 MMst in 2018, volumes were not great enough to offset the decline in U.S. coal consumption, resulting in declining coal production.