Record US goods trade deficit seen cutting into fourth-quarter GDP growth
The U.S. trade deficit in goods widened to a record high in December, likely as businesses front-loaded imports of industrial ...
Commerce oversees everything from weather and salmon to trade and census − here are 3 challenges awaiting new secretary
The commerce secretary manages a sprawling organization including trade, fisheries, weather forecasting and cutting-edge AI ...
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History of the US Customs Agency: Possible Implications of the Trump Administration’s ERS Announcement
The US Customs Agency, established in 1789 under the US Department of the Treasury, has undergone significant transformations throughout its ...
A Trade Weapon
For most of U.S. history, tariffs were a solution to specific economic problems. Washington used them to raise money and to ...
US Border Patrol and Mexican cartel members trade gunfire at southern border: report
US Border Patrol agents and suspected Mexican cartel members traded gunfire near the southern border Monday as a group of ...
Trump And The External Revenue Service: What Just Happened?
What follows are my initial responses to Trump’s creation of the External Revenue Service, or ERS, future rival of the IRS. The short answer is no, not without congressional cooperation. Like other ...