Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
EU Considering Retaliatory Measures on U.S. Exports of Whiskey, Juice, and Dairy Products Over Steel
The European Union is threatening to impose retaliatory measures on several key export products, including whiskey, orange juice, and dairy products, if President Trump follows through with plans to limit steel imports…
First Look Into Trump Administration's NAFTA Strategy
USTR Releases NAFTA Negotiating Objectives One Month Ahead of Anticipated Start to Renegotiations In a next step toward renegotiating NAFTA, USTR has released a summary of the administration's negotiating objectives.…
Manufacturing Sector Leads Foreign Direct Investment in U.S., According to New Commerce Report
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis has released the 2016 figures in their data series on foreign direct investment in U.S. Businesses. This series allows businesses, researchers, and policy…
Commerce and OMB Issue 'Buy American' Guidance to Federal Agencies
On Friday June 30, Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, and Director of OMB, Mick Mulvaney, released a memorandum providing guidance to executive departments and agencies that must, pursuant to the directives of…
Breggsit: Soft or Hard Boiled?
The basics are well-known: having triggered Article 50 to terminate its membership in the European Union, the United Kingdom has a precious 18 months to get a deal done. Unless every one of the 27 other Member States…