Category: Trade Works for America

Growing up in Michigan meant constantly hearing stories about the long-lost glory days of the Detroit Lions and the American auto industry. After all, our state is the birthplace of the car, and the industry’s economic impact is felt in almost every aspect of our daily lives.

Business lobbyists, facing an uphill battle to get a North American trade agreement approved, are formulating a backup plan: press President Donald Trump to keep the North American Free Trade Agreement if his revised deal falls apart amid a tariff fight with Mexico.

A new North American free trade pact offers what probably is the last flicker of hope for a breakthrough amid gale-force partisan crosswinds in Washington. But people close to the process aren’t necessarily holding their breaths.

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President Trump wants Congress to take up his trade agreement with Mexico and Canada soon, despite his feud with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last week and his resulting threats to refuse to work with Democrats on their top legislative priorities.

A group pushing for a new North American trade deal proposed by President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a new ad campaign aimed at securing the votes of seven Michigan lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

Negotiators from the U.S. and China meet this afternoon, less than 24 hours before the Trump administration escalates its trade war with Beijing by raising tariffs.

Pelosi and other leaders signal they won’t allow a vote without certain changes to labor rules.

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Andrew Koenig is a Michigan-native. He is a senior advisor for Trade Works for America and previously served in the Trump administration as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs.