Two-and-a-half years into his presidency, Donald Trump’s batting average on trade is 0.00. They say its enforcement language isn’t strong enough and that the Trump administration should re-convene negotiations with Canada and Mexico to strengthen them. Trump threw a wrench into his hoped-for trade agreement with the European Union by agreeing to limit negotiations to non-automotive industrial goods, then reneging on that and insisting that agriculture be put on the table as well. Perhaps owing to these failures, the Trump administration is hoping for a quick agreement with Japan on a bilateral trade agreement. were negotiating a trade agreement, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

Source: Forbes May 19, 2019 02:23 UTC