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Solar Tariffs On Pace to Slash 62,000 Jobs, Group Says
The Solar Energy Industries Association is planning a rally Thursday calling for an end to the duties. Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump will cost the U.S. solar industry $19 billion in...
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Lost at Sea: The Impact of New Maritime Trade Regulations
IMO 2020 regulations point to shipping delays, new costs and supply chain vulnerabilities. As more and more suppliers arrange search parties [pun for: conducting cost-benefits analysis], significant...
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Chinese-Made Scooters Get Caught Up in Trump's Trade War
Scooter-sharing business models have relied on an assumption that they'd always be able to import large numbers of low-cost vehicles from China. The scooter-sharing service Lime warned the U.S....
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Steel Rules for Cars Stall USMCA Progress
An agreement to source 70% of steel and aluminum used in vehicles from North America is a sticking point for Mexico, which often uses metal from Brazil, Japan, and Germany. The rules governing the use...
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German Industrial Slump Deepens With Worst Output Drop in Decade
Output fell the most in a decade. Automakers and machine manufacturers contributed significantly to job losses. Germany’s industrial slump unexpectedly deepened in October amid a steep decline in...
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Pelosi, White House Have Tentative Deal on Trump’s NAFTA Rewrite
The tentative deal raises hopes that Congress could approve USMCA before the end of the year. The Trump administration and House Democrats have a tentative deal on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade...
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Mexico Says All Three Countries Will Sign USMCA Today
House Speaker Pelosi reportedly expects the House to vote on the deal next week. Mexico, Canada and the U.S. have all agreed to sign the USMCA regional trade accord on Tuesday, Mexican President...
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USMCA: Finally
Manufacturing and business leaders look forward to closure on NAFTA replacement. Labor, manufacturing and business organizations breathed a collective sigh of relief as leaders from the U.S., Mexico...
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There’s Still Concern About America’s Reliance on Mineral Imports —...
It’s an overlooked problem, and it’s a big one. Minerals are essential to manufacturing components for everything from electric vehicles, smartphones and medical screening to weapons systems used by...
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U.S. Launches Forced Labor Enforcement Initiative
Widening scope also seen in ban of Chinese products over mistreatment of Uyghur minority. The federal government is getting serious about modern slavery and forced labor, and American companies need...
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