Trade correspondent L.C. reports: The NAFTA renegotiation was finally concluded with the October 1st release of the text of the revised agreement. This will allow it to be signed by the three member countries before Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto leaves office on December 1st. Getting the NAFTA re-do out of the way raises the […]
Trade war threat beginning to damage global markets and investments
L.C.’s weekly trade report follows: Tariff trigger pulled; some damage to global markets and investments appears Following the failure of bilateral talks the Trump administration has followed through, as expected, by imposing 25% tariffs on about $50 billion worth of Chinese exports. That represents about 10% of the annual value of US goods imports from […]
