SOUTHAVEN, Miss.—As President Donald Trump wades through a myriad of foreign policy matters, his supporters weigh in on how he’s doing on the global front. From North Korea to NAFTA, the general consensus at an Oct 2. Make America Great Again rally in Mississippi is that Trump is succeeding in representing America’s interests. “We’re no […]

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is set to flex its muscles by convincing trading partners to pressure China. The revamped deal with Canada and Mexico is a clear sign that Washington is willing to isolate Beijing in a new global trade order by edging China out of trade deals with allies. The new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) contains […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has vowed to further intensify the Trump administration’s tough approach to China, saying Beijing’s “behavior needs to be adjusted in the trade area, in the international, military and political areas.” Speaking in a radio interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show, recorded on Oct. 11 and aired on Oct. 12, […]

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.—President Donald Trump has been wrangling with a bevy of countries over trade deals he says have been hugely unfair to the United States for many years. So far, he’s inked a new deal with South Korea during the United Nations summit in New York on Sept. 24, and reached an agreement with […]

Trade between the United States and Canada has long provided millions of good livelihoods across both countries. Many people thus supported the 1988 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and its expansion in 1994 to include Mexico in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). After more than a year of negotiations, the three national governments, sometimes […]

WASHINGTON—The United States, Canada, and Mexico agreed to sign a new trade deal to “terminate and replace” the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). President Donald Trump says the new agreement will transform North America into a “manufacturing powerhouse.” The new trilateral trade pact will be named the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement, or USMCA. Trump called the deal “historic news for our […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 1 said it was “too soon” for Washington to talk to Beijing about working out a deal on trade, suggesting U.S. tariffs have yet to exert enough pressure to force Beijing into making concessions at the negotiating table. “China wants to talk, very badly, and I said, ‘Frankly, it’s […]