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America's tense meeting with other top economies

by David Brancaccio
Mar 20, 2017
The U.S. resists anti-protectionism agreement.
Participants in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting pose for a photo in Baden-Baden in southern Germany on Friday.
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NAFTA Explained

Mexico's NAFTA architect on why he doesn't take Trump's critiques personally

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 20, 2017
Jaime Serra was part of a trio that put the deal together. And he doesn't take the president's critiques personally.
President Donald Trump has called the North American Free Trade Agreement unfair to American workers. He wants to renegotiate the trade agreement.
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Merkel brings along BMW’s chief, others for first meeting with Trump

by Adam Allington
Mar 17, 2017
The South is a good reminder of how important German automakers are to the U.S.
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Let’s do the numbers: the U.S. relationship with Germany

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 16, 2017
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has spent weeks preparing for her meeting with Donald Trump.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the appointment of German Education Minister Johanna Wanka at Bellevue Palace on February 14, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.
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Is a border adjustment tax illegal?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 15, 2017
It very well could be.
Under the GOP plan, the border adjustment tax amounts to a 20 percent tax on imports.
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What would a trade war between China and the U.S. look like?

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 15, 2017
President Donald Trump has promised to take a tough line with China over bilateral trade. Now word comes that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said at China’s National People’s Congress that China does not want a trade war, but that if it did happen, the U.S. could be hurt. Neither the U.S. nor China has taken […]
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US trade deficit jumps to 5-year high of $48.5 billion

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 7, 2017
American exporters have struggled over the past couple of years because of a rising dollar.
The trade deficit jumped 9.6 percent to $48.5 billion last month, driven by a surge of imported mobile phones, oil and foreign cars.
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Businesses are bracing for a Trump tsunami

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 3, 2017
With taxes, health care and trade deals up in the air, companies are worried.
With major trade policy change possible, companies are trying to understand border taxes and imports and exports.
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Multilateral trade deals? Trump's just not that into them

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Mar 3, 2017
Now that the U.S. is out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, what are the benefits of one-on-one negotiations?
President Donald Trump shows the executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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How important is US participation in international organizations?

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Mar 1, 2017
Assessing relationships with the UN and others as budget cuts loom.
The American flag flies outside of the United States Mission to the United Nations on January 26, 2017 in New York City
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