Trade correspondent L.C. reports: As expected, the US and Mexico this morning announced agreement on a trade deal which, if Canada accepts, will constitute NAFTA 2.0. “But a number of key factors remain unresolved in Trump’s effort to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement — the biggest among them whether Canada will sign on […]
Mexico should take in the migrants or stop their passage to the US
A previous Founders Broadsheet set down what we believe to be the principles of a sound immigration policy. We believe those principles still hold but wish to update them with some topical comments in the wake of the firestorm over the Trump administration’s alleged mistreatment of migrant children. The firestorm has provided non-stop haters of […]
President Trump’s non-Bismarckian, Kaiser Wilhelm II trade strategy
President Trump is continuing his two-front trade war – battling allies and China at the same time — despite the fact that the allies want to work together with the US within the World Trade Organization (WTO) to curb Chinese abuses. The President’s trade policy might be called a non-Bismarckian or “Kaiser Wilhelm II” approach, […]
Tariff exclusions create complications for Trump and Republican allies
Our trade expert L.C.’s weekly trade report follows: President Trump’s March 8th proclamations of tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum — but with tariff exclusions for Canada and Mexico — have created considerable political and economic complications for the President and his Republican allies. Trump issued the proclamations under Section 232 of […]
