http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/trade trade news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112312_border_roundup/roundup-cross-border-agreements-new-immigration-bills-works/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112312_border_roundup/roundup-cross-border-agreements-new-immigration-bills-works/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Cross-border agreements between U.S. and Mexican officials, Republican politicians evaluate their stance on immigration and an update on the Department of Homeland Security’s investigation into Border Patrol’s October shooting in Nogales 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062112_g20_summit_op/g20-los-cabos-study-ineptitude/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062112_g20_summit_op/g20-los-cabos-study-ineptitude/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The world is going to hell, from the economy to the environment. But don’t worry, the leaders are on it. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060212_az_border_panel1/panel-border-issues-hindering-economic-opportunities/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060212_az_border_panel1/panel-border-issues-hindering-economic-opportunities/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S.-Mexico border holds a huge opportunity for increased trade and job creation, but it has become increasingly difficult to develop those opportunities since 2000. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_solar_tariffs_china/us-slap-huge-tariffs-chinese-solar-panels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_solar_tariffs_china/us-slap-huge-tariffs-chinese-solar-panels/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Department of Commerce said Friday that it will seek to slap tariffs ranging from 31 percent to 250 percent on solar panels imported from China. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_cross_border_bankrupt/mexican-firms-bankruptcy-case-has-cross-border-impact/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_cross_border_bankrupt/mexican-firms-bankruptcy-case-has-cross-border-impact/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Investors and financial analysts have their eyes on a bankruptcy case, pending in a Dallas courtroom, that they say could systematically shift how American firms do business with Mexican companies. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mccain_myanmar/mccain-wants-us-sanctions-against-myanmar-lifted/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mccain_myanmar/mccain-wants-us-sanctions-against-myanmar-lifted/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In a speech at Washington, D.C.‘s Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sen. John McCain advocated suspending — not permanently removing — almost all American sanctions against Myanmar. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041612_obama_americas_op/cuba-policy-costs-obama-summit-americas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041612_obama_americas_op/cuba-policy-costs-obama-summit-americas/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Forget the horny Secret Service agents and their Colombian hookers. It was U.S. diplomacy that really got screwed at this weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Cartagena. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_summit_americas_obama/obama-legalization-not-answer-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_summit_americas_obama/obama-legalization-not-answer-drug-war/#When: 13:35:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Speaking at the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama on Saturday told Latin American leaders that legalization was not the answer to the drug war. 2012-04-14T13:35:16-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_obama_summit/us-face-heat-from-friends-foes-americas-summit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_obama_summit/us-face-heat-from-friends-foes-americas-summit/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Barack Obama will likely hear pointed criticism from allies over the U.S.-backed drug war and monetary policy during the Summit of the Americas this weekend in Colombia. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_tex_mexico_trade/tx-lawmakers-want-include-mexico-trade-pact/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_tex_mexico_trade/tx-lawmakers-want-include-mexico-trade-pact/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A group of Texas lawmakers recently sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk asking him to consider including Mexico in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040212_energy_summit/obama-talks-energy-trade-with-canada-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040212_energy_summit/obama-talks-energy-trade-with-canada-mexico/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com President Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up the “three amigos” North America summit Monday where energy and trade topped the agenda. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121311_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-senate-president-hopes-avoid-budget-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121311_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-senate-president-hopes-avoid-budget-cuts/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a newsmaker interview with Arizona Senate President Steve Pierce. Also, the Tuesday Money Maker Report with Shelly Fishman, certified financial planner. Next, we’ve got Keith Rosenblum, Buckmaster Show contributor on Mexico, who breaks down Sonoran shopper numbers. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121211_border_trucks/pilot-program-has-seen-little-cross-border-trucking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121211_border_trucks/pilot-program-has-seen-little-cross-border-trucking/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Five months after the U.S. and Mexico ended a stalemate on long-haul international trucking, the agreement has led to a handful of cross-border deliveries — all by the same truck. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111211_global_tech/panel-global-market-success-depends-embracing-tech/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111211_global_tech/panel-global-market-success-depends-embracing-tech/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com With all the new technology and endless data produced in a rapidly changing world, companies must adapt or risk being left behind, a group of global business leaders said at a Glendale meeting. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110111_border_trade/growing-mexican-trade-boosts-az-exports/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110111_border_trade/growing-mexican-trade-boosts-az-exports/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A strong Mexican economy is helping Arizona keep pace with other states in export sales this year. Mexico accounted for more than a third of the state’s international trade in the first half of 2011, when Arizona’s total export sales jumped $1.2 billion. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101311_canada_us_border/canada-us-border-deal-sparks-worry-north/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101311_canada_us_border/canada-us-border-deal-sparks-worry-north/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Security and trade deal between countries has some envisioning the U.S. gaining some control over Canadian immigration and refugee policy by getting a say in who enters Canada. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071311_border_trucks/trucking-program-raises-border-policy-questions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071311_border_trucks/trucking-program-raises-border-policy-questions/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Some Texas Republicans are embracing a cross-border trucking agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that labor unions worry could kill jobs and drastically reduce border security. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060911_chamber_border/chamber-outlines-steps-21st-century-us-mexico-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060911_chamber_border/chamber-outlines-steps-21st-century-us-mexico-border/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Chamber of Commerce laid out a coordinated border plan Wednesday that calls for combined improvements in infrastructure, security, immigration policies and trade, instead of the current piecemeal approach. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072210_texasports/cross-border-trade-up-texas-ports-prosperity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072210_texasports/cross-border-trade-up-texas-ports-prosperity/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com After a sluggish 2009, Texas’ top trade districts — Houston, Laredo and El Paso — are rebounding well from the national recession and witnessing huge increases in the value of trade passing through their ports this year. 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00