The emphasis on eliminating all significant bilateral trade deficits is already being reflected in the Trump administration’s preparation for trade negotiations. For example on July 17, 2017, when the USTR issued a summary of specific negotiating objectives for the upcoming negotiations to amend NAFTA, the first objective listed was to improve the U.S. trade balance and reduce the trade deficit with the NAFTA countries. This appears to be the first time ever that trade deficit reduction has been listed as an explicit goal of a trade agreement negotiation, as opposed to more general objectives such as reduction of trade barriers. This theme of reducing the U.S. trade deficit has been reiterated in other bilateral trade negotiations, such as the Comprehensive Economic Dialogue with China, and in the USTR’s request for a meeting with Korea regarding the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement. … [Read more...] about Customs and International Trade: Summer Update
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Politics India celebrates 70th Republic Day in Ho Chi Minh City Pet sitting service emerges for Tet holiday in Vietnam
Consul General of India Dr. K Srikar Reddy speaks before delegates at an event to celebrate the 70th Republic Day of India at the premises of the Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on January 26, 2019. Photo: Consulate General of India India-Vietnam ties have been prospering with regular exchanges of high-level visits. … [Read more...] about Politics India celebrates 70th Republic Day in Ho Chi Minh City Pet sitting service emerges for Tet holiday in Vietnam
Asia stocks cheer Sino-U.S. trade talk, still see red for the year
Across the region, the worst performer of the year was the index of Chinese blue chips <.CSI300> which lost a quarter of its value. The only major market in the black for the year was India, where the BSE <.BSESN> was ahead by almost 6 percent. … [Read more...] about Asia stocks cheer Sino-U.S. trade talk, still see red for the year
Government News 23/7
Chairman of the provincial People Committee Pham Vu Hong said that the collaboration has made significant contributions to the socio-economic development of each sides as well as the special friendship between the two countries in general and between Kien Giang and the Cambodian provinces and city in particular. … [Read more...] about Government News 23/7
Energy & Environmental Law Update – March 30, 2015
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said March 30 that the Keystone XL pipeline alone would not be a climate disaster, as some project opponents have claimed. She also said that there would not be one climate change solution. The agency raised concerns with the State Department about the pipeline’s climate impact in February, saying that it should consider seriously whether the sharp oil price reduction would increase the pipeline’s environmental impact and stimulate production in the Canadian oil sands. During the same remarks, Administrator McCarthy said that she does not have a “Plan B” if the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit blocks the agency’s Clean Power Plan before it releases a final rule, and said that she does not expect that to happen. … [Read more...] about Energy & Environmental Law Update – March 30, 2015