About half of US fresh fruit (53 percent in 2017) and a quarter of US fresh vegetables (31 percent in 2017) are imported. Mexico supplied 48 percent of the imported fresh fruit and 68 percent of the imported fresh vegetables in 2017. The US imported $11.6 billion worth of fresh produce from Mexico in 2017; … Read More

As many as half of the respondents had little or no knowledge of the concept of ‘free trade’.  Of those who do know the concept, the majority hold a positive opinion. However, younger people, aged between 16-25 years are significantly less positive. Within this group, only 62 percent believe that trade is beneficial for Sweden. … Read More

A September 2019 Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found that although a majority of Americans disliked paying higher prices as a result of Trump’s tariffs on China, 67 percent said they believed that it was “necessary to confront China over its trade practices.” Polling from YouGov/The Economist in December confirmed that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents all believed, … Read More

“For far too long, Mexico’s unfair trade practices have caused significant harm to Georgia farmers, particularly blueberry growers,” said Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, who also called it “a positive step forward.” The issue was already a topic of discussion during USMCA negotiations but was removed from the table “at the last minute,” Zippy Duvall, … Read More

Canada should be prepared for tariffs to be a permanent fixture in its trade relationship with the United States, according to a former member of Canada’s advisory council in the North American free trade agreement renegotiations. “We finally signed the new NAFTA… We thought we had come to a resolution and we had some closure … Read More

The motivation behind this article can be summed up here: “Currently, China has become the key locomotive of regional and global growth. For Cambodia, the kingdom has received tremendous benefit from its relations with China…one must remember that countering China has provided no benefit to any side, including the U.S. itself,” he said. Read the … Read More

This is merely the latest Commerce Department installment in a longer course of action adding more and more Chinese companies to the sanctions list over the last two years.  Some 57 Chinese companies were added to the list this year alone. The Commerce Department’s Entity List effectively bans US exports of products to the listed companies. … Read More

The average effective tariff rate in Pakistan is the highest in the region against 10.6% in Bangladesh, 7.5% in India, 7.0% in Sri Lanka, 5.2% in China, and 4.5% in Malaysia, said the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) sources. In auto sector, they said, the incidence of import taxes on CBUs is as high as … Read More

Once effective, the rule will subject goods originating from Hong Kong to the same tariffs currently in place on Chinese-origin goods, including additional tariffs of 7.5% to 25% on approximately $370 billion worth of Chinese-origin products. The resulting impact will affect companies that modified their supply chains to rely on Hong Kong as a viable … Read More

A World Trade Organization panel has found the United States broke international trade rules with some of its 2017 tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber, which the U.S. set at 20.23 per cent after accusing Canadian federal and provincial governments of subsidizing softwood. However, it is unlikely that the ruling will take affect since the U.S. … Read More