Free Trade

In this June 18 2015 file photo, vapour forms across the wings of an Airbus A380 as it performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget airport, north of Paris.

US and EU agree to end 16-year Airbus-Boeing trade dispute

Zach Halaschak · June 15, 2021 2:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

Free trade needs to reflect American, not Chinese, intellectual property values

Ryan Ellis · May 20, 2021 11:56 am

Trade war truce boosts spirits of US whiskey distillers

Trade war truce boosts spirits of US whiskey distillers

Paul Bedard · May 17, 2021 12:00 am

Washington Secrets

Biden can’t shake Trump era 50% whiskey tariff

Paul Bedard · May 10, 2021 1:01 pm

First woman and African appointed to helm WTO following Biden endorsement

Jake Dima · February 15, 2021 9:54 pm

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow talks with reporters about trade negotiations with China, at the White House, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Washington.

Larry Kudlow torches Trump administration colleagues as he exits

Nihal Krishan · January 20, 2021 12:38 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario on Thursday, May 31, 2018. The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe, Mexico and Canada. Trudeau said: "These tariffs are totally unacceptable." Canada announced plans to slap tariffs on $16.6-billion Canadian (US$12.8 billion) worth of U.S. products, ranging from steel to yogurt to toilet paper.

Trudeau calls for Biden to bring a ‘reengaged’ US back to world stage

Carly Roman · January 14, 2021 7:06 pm

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the EU3 and Iran at EEAS headquarters in Brussels on Thursday Jan. 11, 2018. European Union foreign ministers held talks with their Iranian counterpart in Brussels on Thursday amid doubts over the future of an international agreement curbing the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions.

UK and EU negotiators reach Brexit deal before Dec. 31 deadline

Tyler Van Dyke · December 24, 2020 9:00 pm

UK and EU extend trade talks, going 'the extra mile'

Callie Patteson · December 13, 2020 4:10 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to questions as Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

AOC’s sweatshirts accidentally make the case for free trade

Tim Worstall · December 8, 2020 6:14 pm

An anti-Brexit supporter stands by European and British Union flags placed opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, March 18, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Britain and EU trade standoff goes to the wire

Tom Rogan · December 7, 2020 5:19 pm

Groups argue the 12-nation Pacific rim trade deal was dead before the new president took office. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

The Pacific free-trade deal, revisited for the Biden era

Dan Hannan · November 30, 2020 5:00 am