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Trump Considering ‘Explosive’ Executive Order on Unfair Trade

A White House official told Breitbart News that it is likely any executive order to emerge prior to the investigation into trade deficits is completed would be narrowly tailored to commodities and metals such as steel and aluminum and wouldn’t include broader manufactured goods such as appliances.

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Trump Executive Orders Target Trade Abuses Amid NAFTA Intrigue

The orders direct the government to launch a large-scale study of the massive and persistent U.S. trade deficit and instruct regulators to strictly enforce U.S. anti-dumping policies aimed at preventing foreign manufacturers from undercutting U.S. companies with unfairly low prices. They mark the latest step in the administration’s efforts to bolster U.S. manufacturing and prevent trading partners from taking advantage of the U.S.’s free trade stance.

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Enemy Within: Top TPP Negotiator Now Part of Trump Administration

One of the chief negotiators and public advocates for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been named as President Trump’s new special assistant on international trade, investment, and development for the National Economic Council. Andrew Quinn is a former deputy chief negotiator of the TPP who was named to the National Economic Council on Monday by NEC Director Gary Cohn.

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Trump on Trade: I Am a Nationalist in a True Sense

Monday after speaking the nation’s governors at the White House, President Donald Trump offered a preview of his upcoming address to Congress set for Tuesday night. One of those topics included trade, which Trump said he would be pushing for

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Britain, Egypt, Finalise Loan Deal

Cairo (AFP) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday finalised a $150 million loan guarantee agreement tied to crucial IMF financing for Egypt. In Johnson’s first visit as foreign secretary to Egypt, he

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Top Trump Adviser: Anglo-American Trade Deal Could Be Ready Within ‘First Six Months’ of Administration

Donald Trump expects to be in a position to offer the United Kingdom a free trade deal within the ‘first six months or the first year’ of his administration, says Anthony Scaramucci, the noted entrepreneur and host of the Wall Street Week programme who will serve as the incoming president’s Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs.

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Chinese President Xi to Promote Globalization at Davos

China’s President Xi Jinping will promote “inclusive globalization” at this month’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and will warn that populist approaches can lead to “war and poverty”, Chinese officials said on Wednesday.

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