WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. trade official expressed doubt on Tuesday that negotiators could reach a deal this year in long-running world trade talks despite a goal set by President Barack Obama and other leaders. But in remarks at the National ...
The United States will expose "troublesome" trade barriers erected by countries as part of stepped-up enforcement, President Barack Obama's top trade official said Tuesday. "Unfair" non-tariff barriers imposed on farm exports will also be identified in a new report this month, US ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 56 lawmakers urged President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday to resolve quickly a dispute with Mexico over cross-border trucking that has damaged bilateral trade. "The current situation is unsustainable and untenable," the lawmakers said in a ...
US President Barack Obama's administration came under bipartisan fire Wednesday in Congress for dragging its feet on implementing three key free-trade pacts, warning of competition from the European Union. The agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea were signed during the administration ...
The United States asked nations like China, India and Brazil on Monday to clarify their market-access measures in a bid to break the deadlock on the long-stalled Doha Round of global trade talks. President Barack Obama's top trade envoy Ron Kirk said ...
The United States on Monday asked key emerging economies China, India and Brazil to clarify how much they were willing to open their markets under the long-stalled Doha Round of global trade talks. President Barack Obama's top trade envoy Ron Kirk said ...
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief U.S. trade negotiator signaled Wednesday he was in no hurry to rush pending trade pacts to Congress, saying it would not happen until the Obama administration was convinced the deals reflected its values on labor and the ...
<div><p>PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The U.S. government will get tough with governments that don't live up to trade deals, including those with substandard labor practices, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk was set to announce on Thursday.</p><p>The USTR and U.S. Labor and State departments ...
<div><p>The top US trade envoy said Thursday that Washington is preparing a tougher stand on violations of trade agreements, including on "substandard labor practices."</p><p>US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said that President Barack Obama's administration has made enforcement of trade pacts a priority ...
