Feb 11 White House criticizes India’s solar industry regulations amid WTO dispute By Andy Swab The Obama administration criticized India’s solar energy policies Tuesday for discriminating against U.S. exporters and creating challenges for investing in India’s solar infrastructure. The announcement came after Michael Froman, the U.S. trade representative, filed a complaint with… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Trade Tensions Flare Between U.S., China as G-20 Nears New U.S. tariffs on Chinese tire imports have created a feud between the two nations ahead of next week's meeting of the Group of 20 industrial and developing nations. Trade experts speak with Jeffrey Brown about how the dispute will… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch Air Force Tanker Contract Stirs Controversy An Air Force decision to award Northrop Grumman and its European partners a contract to build $40 billion worth of new aircraft is drawing criticism from U.S. producer Boeing as well as members of Congress. A Washington state congressman and… Continue watching
May 11 Watch U.S. to Set Trade Guidelines on Environment, Labor President Bush and House leaders came to an agreement on environmental and worker protection guidelines to attach to trade deals with other countries. A trade policy expert talks about the agreement's significance. Continue watching
Nov 20 U.S.-Russia Trade Pact Paves Way for Russia to Join WTO By Admin, PBS News Hour A trade agreement signed by the United States and Russia over the weekend clears a major hurdle for the former communist country's entry into the World Trade Organization, the international body that regulates trade rules and disputes. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch Expert Explains Collapse of Global Free Trade Talks An expert discusses the failure of global free trade talks, known as the Doha round, and assesses what countries may do from here. Continue watching