trade
Posted May 18, 2012, 8:11 am
Samantha Stainburn
/Global Post
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.... Read more»
Posted May 17, 2012, 1:54 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
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.... Read more»
Posted May 15, 2012, 9:27 am
Patrick Winn
/GlobalPost
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.... Read more»
Posted Apr 16, 2012, 9:04 am
Nick Miroff
/GlobalPost
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.... Read more»
Updated Apr 14, 2012, 2:35 pm
Global Post
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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.... Read more»
Posted Apr 13, 2012, 1:21 pm
Nick Miroff
/GlobalPost
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.... Read more»
Posted Apr 11, 2012, 9:32 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
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.... Read more»
Posted Apr 2, 2012, 4:24 pm
Global Post
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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.... Read more»
Posted Dec 13, 2011, 1:53 pm
Buckmaster Show
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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.... Read more»
Posted Dec 12, 2011, 9:52 am
Joshua Armstrong
/Cronkite News Service
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.... Read more»
Posted Nov 12, 2011, 7:57 am
Elvina Nawaguna-Clemente
/Cronkite News Service
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.... Read more»
Posted Nov 1, 2011, 9:18 am
Joshua Armstrong
/Cronkite News Service
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.... Read more»
Posted Oct 13, 2011, 12:59 pm
Sandro Contenta
/GlobalPost
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.... Read more»
Posted Jul 13, 2011, 9:24 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
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.... Read more»
Posted Jun 9, 2011, 1:57 pm
Cristina Rayas
/Cronkite News Service
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.... Read more»
Posted Jul 22, 2010, 9:51 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
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.... Read more»