Redesigning NAFTA is not a bad idea if workers rather than vested interests win
May 01, 2017 14:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Late April saw an odd couple of days for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 23-year-old deal between the United States, Canada and Mexico. At the start of Thursday April 27, President Donald Trumps...
US under Trump Series: Paris Climate Accord likely to meet its premature end in US
May 01, 2017 08:00 am UTC| Commentary
Last year, President Obama agreed to a climate agreement known as the Paris Climate Accord with other global leaders in an attempt to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses. However, the agreement was reached...
US under Trump Series: US will not terminate NAFTA but renegotiate
Apr 27, 2017 10:17 am UTC| Commentary Economy
President Donald Trump and his team decided against pulling the plug on North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after the President held two separate phone calls with the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the...
US under Trump Series: Trump administration unveils tax proposals
Apr 27, 2017 09:14 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin finally unveiled portions of the much anticipated Trump tax proposals on Wednesday. Mr. Mnuchin said that the proposal would reduce corporate tax rates from the current 35 percent...
US under Trump Series: Lumber crash between Trudeau and Trump
Apr 26, 2017 12:25 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The relations between the two biggest neighbors in North America deteriorated after the Trump administration in the United States decided to impose countervailing duties ranging from 3-24 percent on five Canadian lumber...
US under Trump Series: Canadian dollar suffers slump as US imposes lumber tariffs
Apr 25, 2017 11:35 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Canadian dollar has slumped to the lowest point of the year on the news that the United States is considering new tariffs on imports of lumber. The Trump administration will impose new tariffs on imports of Canadian...
US under Trump Series: Trump’s steel executive order likely to hurt iron ore
Apr 21, 2017 11:05 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The President of the United States Donald Trump has used a 1962 law to sign an executive order to launch an investigation with gives the department of commerce to assess, whether importing steel, which has both civilian...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects