This week’s report with trade correspondent L.C. covers US trade developments with Canada (lumber), Vietnam (tires), Brazil (steel), and Taiwan (FTA); the Republican convention; and Japan-Australia-India talks for “supply chain resilience” A WTO dispute settlement panel has found that the US erred in determining that Canadian softwood lumber was unfairly subsidized and that it therefore […]
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 […]
