by Sarita Jackson | Sep 13, 2019 | California, China, U.S. Trade Policy
The U.S. manufacturing sector has contracted this year, even though the overall economy has shown growth over the last 10 months. This contraction has been attributed to the U.S.-China trade war, sparked by U.S. tariffs placed on select imports from China. As a...
by Sarita Jackson | Nov 16, 2018 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA
We still have a way to go regarding the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), as I have shared with business owners and executives throughout Southern California. As a result, North American trade is still operating under the original North American Free Trade Agreement...
by Sarita Jackson | Nov 3, 2018 | Asia, Philippines, Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Policy, Updates
There have been talks about U.S. interest in trade talks with the Philippines starting this month. (News reports indicated that the United States and the Philippines were going to enter into trade talks in September.) We will see what happens this month. However,...