Insights and Stories on Trump

Ryan sets May 17 deadline for NAFTA deal

May. 11, 2018 at 4:54 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan has set a May 17 deadline to be notified of a new NAFTA trade deal to give the current Congress a chance of passing it, while Mexico’s top trade official on Thursday said time was running short to meet such a […]

Trump said considering counting ethanol exports toward quotas

May. 9, 2018 at 12:49 am CDT

By Jarrett Renshaw

‘Progress’ seen by ministers at NAFTA talks, but breakthrough elusive

May. 8, 2018 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Anthony Esposito

NAFTA officials set for Washington meeting to push for progress

Apr. 17, 2018 at 6:52 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Steel tariff shrapnel hits U.S. farmers

Apr. 14, 2018 at 1:18 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

U.S. to take another look at Pacific trade pact

Apr. 12, 2018 at 11:49 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked his trade advisers to look at rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade pact he withdrew the U.S. from last year, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said. Republican senators met with Trump on Thursday and he told them that he […]

By Reuters

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

Apr. 11, 2018 at 8:53 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering allowing the sale of a higher-ethanol fuel blend in the summer, a source familiar with the issue said, a move that would placate corn growers worried about the future of U.S. biofuels policy. U.S. President Donald Trump recently met with […]

By Chris Prentice Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of promises to shield farmers from trade dispute

Apr. 6, 2018 at 7:23 pm CDT

Overland Park, Kan. | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers and the farm industry were skeptical of the Trump administration’s promise to shield farmers from the rapidly escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, concerned about the lack of details in protecting the agricultural export sector now embroiled in the back-and-forth. […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans close firm despite trade threats

Apr. 6, 2018 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday, with traders shrugging off rhetoric about escalations in a trade war between China and the U.S. to focus on fresh export deals. China warned on Friday it was fully prepared to respond with a “fierce counter strike” of fresh trade […]

By Mark Weinraub

Trump proposes US$100 billion more in new tariffs on China

Apr. 5, 2018 at 7:55 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had instructed U.S. trade officials to consider US$100 billion in additional tariffs on China, fueling an already heated trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies. Trump said in a statement the further tariffs were being considered “in […]