Topic: Doug Palmer

APEC leaders asked to decide green tech trade plan

HONOLULU (Reuters) - Asia Pacific trade ministers on Friday said they were unable to agree on the terms of an initiative pushed by the United States to boost trade in clean energy and other environmentally friendly technologies."We advanced work to promote liberalization ...

House Democrats push for vote on China forex bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Friday vowed to keep pressing for a vote in the House of Representatives on China currency legislation now blocked by Republican leaders."I urge the Republican leadership to put the currency bill on the floor," a top ...

China currency narrowly clears Senate hurdle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation aimed at cracking down on China's currency practice narrowly cleared a major procedural hurdle on Thursday when the Senate voted 62-38 to move to final action on the bill.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said after the vote ...

Obama to send trade deals to Congress Monday: Senator Hatch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will send three long-delayed trade deals to Congress later on Monday afternoon, a top Republican senator said.Senator Orrin Hatch, in a speech on the Senate floor, said he had been informed of the pending action by ...

Senators eye October approval of China currency bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators said on Thursday they expected the Senate to pass a bill in October that would crack down on China's currency practices they said are costing American jobs.A key provision would direct the Commerce ...

Republicans press Obama to send Congress trade pacts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican senators on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to quickly send Congress three long-delayed trade deals that they said would help create badly needed jobs."If the president really cares about jobs, he will send up the agreements immediately," Senator ...

House eyes action on trade bills after setback

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key panel in the House of Representatives plans to start action this week on three long-delayed free trade agreements after a failed attempt last week in the Senate, congressional aides said on Tuesday.The House Ways and Means Committee ...

U.S. hails victory in raw materials case versus China

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trade Representative's office on Tuesday welcomed what it called a "significant victory" in a World Trade Organization dispute over Chinese export restrictions on raw materials used for a variety of industrial products."China's extensive use of export ...

Republicans block Senate panel meeting on trade

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans boycotted a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday to deny the panel a needed quorum to consider free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.Senator Orrin Hatch, the panel's top Republican, said his party ...

Business group backs compromise on trade deals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday urged Republicans and Democrats to support what it called a "reasonable compromise" to move long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia."For members of Congress who care about American jobs ...