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US Mulls Global Parcel Fee Change as Part of Contraband Fight
A customer wraps a USPS priority mail package at a post office in Maryland in 2017. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 31 designed to combat the flow of foreign counterfeit goods sold on e-commerce platforms like the websites of Amazon .com Inc., eBay Inc. and Walmart Inc.
February 3, 2020Trump Still Plans on China Deal After Chile Cancels APEC Summit
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News)
President Donald Trump still hopes to ink a trade accord with Xi Jinping next month, even after plans were thrown into question Oct. 30 when Chile canceled an upcoming summit where the two leaders planned to meet.
October 30, 2019Trump Says He Could Impose More China Tariffs
President Donald Trump (Al Drago/Bloomberg News)
President Donald Trump reiterated that he could impose additional tariffs on Chinese imports if he wants, after promising to hold off on more duties in a trade-war truce he reached with China’s Xi Jinping last month.
July 17, 2019Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Says There’s ‘Level of Risk’ of US-China Trade War
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said there is “a level of risk” that the tariff dispute between the United States and China will erupt into a full-scale trade war, though he’s “cautiously optimistic” that the world’s two largest economies will resolve differences through negotiations.
April 6, 2018Trump Warns He'll Dump NAFTA if Mexico Doesn't Stop Drug Flows
A soldier from the 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard observes a section of the Rio Grande River at sunset. (U.S. Army)
President Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement if Mexico doesn’t stop people and drugs from flowing into the United States from Central America.
April 2, 2018Oil Slumps to Lowest This Year as Traders Focus on Record Supply
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Oil slumped more than 5% to the lowest close this year after government data showed production cuts from OPEC and other producers have not been enough to reduce U.S. supplies.
March 8, 2017Obama to Request $10-Per-Barrel Oil Tax for Transportation Needs
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President Barack Obama will propose a $10-per-barrel tax on oil in his fiscal 2017 budget to finance self-driving cars, public transit, railroads and other transportation improvements, the White House said.
February 4, 2016TransCanada Keystone Pause Seen Giving Obama, Trudeau New Start
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TransCanada Corp.’s request to pause a U.S. review of its Keystone XL oil pipeline gives President Obama a way to ease a political headache at home and help him repair frayed relations with Canada.
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