The Economist has a long-standing aversion to tariffs: it was founded in 1843 to campaign for their elimination—specifically, ...

A former executive of a subsidiary of famed candymaker Mars Inc. has been charged with stealing more than $28 million from ...

If it’s built by Canadian workers on Canadian docks, it should be made with Canadian steel and aluminum.” — Mark Carney, X, ...

Like Miran, Robert Lighthizer, a former US trade representative, characterizes trade deficits as a transfer of wealth from the US to China, Europe and other countries. To the argument that the US ...

Steed was appointed in early 2021 by then-U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to serve on an agricultural trade advisory committee for ...

Greer previously served as chief of staff to Trump’s first-term trade chief, Robert Lighthizer, helping him implement paradigm-shifting duties on China and U.S. allies alike. Though few question ...

Greer was formerly chief of staff to Trump’s first trade representative Robert Lighthizer. Lighthizer in October 2017 wrote to then federal Liberal trade Minister Steven Ciobo and requested ...

He said he agreed with former US trade envoy Robert Lighthizer – the man who led President Trump‘s tariff policies during his first administration – in believing that free trade was a ...