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WASHINGTON - The panel that evaluates international trade disputes in the United States has squashed a complaint about Canadian blueberries. Recent spik...

Winnipeg Free Press By: James McCarten, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 3:55 PM CST Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 Save to Read Later WASHINGTON - The panel that evaluates international trade disputes in the United States has squashed a complaint about Canadian blueberries. Freshly picked blueberries are see at Emma Lea Farms in Ladner, B.C., on July 21, 2014. The panel that evalua...

Print this article Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said he had few allies in the Trump administration to help push his free market, free-trade agenda and criticized many of his colleagues. When asked during an interview with the Washington Examiner who his closest allies within the Trump administration are, Kudlow could cite only Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “Besides Mnuchin, no, hate to say it, hate to say it, but there were very few other good folks to work with and to...

Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 1/15/2021 The U.S. Trade Representative recently issued findings in the Section 301 investigation of Vietnam’s acts, policies, and practices related to currency valuation, concluding that Vietnam ’s acts, policies, and practices including excessive foreign exchange market interventions and other related actions, taken in their totality, are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce.  In ma...

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The Trump administration said Vietnam's currency practices, including "excessive foreign exchange market interventions," hurt American businesses, but that it decided not to take any punitive action.

Rhode Island Republican state Rep. Justin Price marched to the U.S. Capitol on January 6 for what became the deadly pro-Trump riot. Price has also promoted coronavirus and QAnon conspiracy theories that originated from social media and far-right media.  Price is facing calls from fellow Rhode Island lawmakers to resign after his participation in the January 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C. He has responded by tweeting that he “marched to the capitol with 1 million peaceful patriots” and ...

Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Thursday she would leave office on January 11. In the day since violent protesters breached the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were in the process of certifying the results of the presidential election, many Trump administration officials, including a number of Cabinet secretaries, have condemned the violence and a few officials have ...

By Staff The European Union has finalized an agreement to eliminate tariffs on live and frozen U.S. lobsters, retroactive to Aug. 1. The deal should substantially boost sales of Maine lobster to European markets. The agreement is expected to last for five years, with the EU taking steps to make it permanent, according to a news release. “This is a step in the right direction for U.S. lobster businesses,” said Annie Tselikis, executive director of the Maine Lobster Dealers Ass...

Wed, 12/23/2020 - 6:30pm WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins, in a news release, welcomed the finalization of the agreement to eliminate tariffs on live and frozen American lobster, which will help to substantially boost sales of Maine lobster to European markets. The deal was solidified following President Trump signing a proclamation. Senator Collins strongly advocated for this agreement and raised the concerns of Maine’s lobster industry directly to the White House an...