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Trade

Trump picks Lighthizer for USTR

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert Lighthizer as U.S. Trade Representative, where he0ll play a major role in Trump0s plan to scrap or renegotiate multilateral trade deals including NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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USTR has a beef with EU on trade

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is threatening to bring back tariffs against certain European Union agricultural exports if the trading bloc doesnÐt ease its ban on U.S. beef treated with hormones.
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Class action over Syngenta corn moves forward

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2016  A class-action lawsuit filed by corn growers against Syngenta over corn exports that were rejected by China should go to trial next year, as scheduled, after the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to review the lower courts certifi
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