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Punitive Trump trade plan would zap US poor, study says

BOSTON – Donald Trump's plan to slap punitive import taxes on countries like China and Mexico would lead to the erection of global trade barriers and impose "truly catastrophic" costs on the poorest American households, according to a study released Thursday. The New York billionaire and presumptive

Democrats

Senate blocks bid to bar buying Iran’s ‘heavy water’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday blocked a Republican effort aimed at undercutting last year's landmark international nuclear deal with Iran. The Senate fell three votes short of the 60-vote threshold — 57-42 — to move ahead on the amendment sponsored by freshman Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Cotton&

congress

Brazil Congress moves closer to impeaching Rousseff

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A congressional committee has recommended that the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff move forward, bringing the possible ouster of the embattled leader a step closer. Rousseff is facing impeachment proceedings over allegations her administration violated fiscal rules to mask budget problems by shifting around government

mexico

Trade deficit angst

Let's look at the political angst over trade deficits. There cannot be a trade deficit in a true economic sense. Let's examine this. I buy more from my grocer than he buys from me. That means I have a trade deficit with my grocer. My grocer

Barack Obama

US eases security for ships visiting Cuba as Obama trip nears

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. authorities removed Cuba from a list of countries deemed to have insufficient security in their ports, eliminating on Thursday a major impediment to the free flow of shipping in the Florida Straits. The move marks one more step toward normalized relations ahead of President Barack Obama&

Massachusetts

PEM’s ‘Asia in Amsterdam’ exhibit combines culture and commerce

"Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age" is the latest exhibition of marvel at the Peabody Essex Museum. Now through June 5, visitors of the PEM are welcome to explore a sensational presentation of art and cultural innovation through commerce, using all five senses.

china

U.S. merchandise trade deficit with China hit record in 2015

(CNSNews.com) – The merchandise trade deficit that the United States ran with China in 2015 hit a record high of $365,694,000,000, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. "The deficit with China increased $22.6 billion

Republicans

Clinton faces sharp attacks from rivals

Written by Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton dodged questions Tuesday about her positions on trade and the Keystone XL pipeline, telling a New Hampshire voter that if the future of the project opposed by environmentalists remains "undecided when I become president, I