Pacific trade ministers fail to reach deal in Hawaii talks
By AUDREY McAVOY Trade ministers from a dozen Pacific Rim nations failed to reach a deal on a new trade agreement that would cover nearly 40 percent of the global…
International trade
Cruz, on Senate floor, accuses GOP leader McConnell of lying
By ERICA WERNER and LAURIE KELLMAN In a stunning attack on a leader of his own party, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of lying to…
Trade bill clears Senate hurdle, at brink of final passage
By CHARLES BABINGTON The Senate pushed bipartisan trade legislation to the brink of final approval Tuesday in a combined effort by President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders to rescue…
Obama’s trade agenda faces tougher odds heading into House
By JIM KUHNHENN and CHARLES BABINGTON After several near death experiences in the Senate, the trade agenda that President Barack Obama is pushing as a second term capstone faces its…
Emotions over Obama’s trade agenda roil Senate, delay action
By CHARLES BABINGTON Emotional disagreements over trade erupted in Congress on Wednesday, when a liberal senator delayed a committee’s likely endorsement of a top trade priority for President Barack Obama.…
Raul Castro: US must return Guantanamo for normal relations
By JAVIER CORDOBA and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on…
Kerry urges rapid growth in US-India trade, commercial ties
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called for a rapid expansion of U.S.-India trade and commercial ties as he attended an international investment conference ahead…
Taiwan, Hong Kong a challenge for China’s Xi
By RALPH JENNINGS and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN In this Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014 photo, police officers throw a pro-democracy protester on the main road outside government headquarters in Hong Kong as…