TPP Trumped, Focus Switches to Bilateral Trade Deals

By Ed Zwirn (Read  in Wards Auto, Jan. 27, 2017)

TPP opponents include Trump, protesters in Wellington, New Zealand. Neal Ballantyne

TPP opponents include Trump, protesters in Wellington, New Zealand.
Neal Ballantyne

Now that Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the auto industry faces other trade-policy challenges, particularly the attempts to strike bilateral deals one-on-one with many countries at once. Continue reading

Airports: US eyes infrastructure investment surge from Trump Administration

Ed Zwirn, New York – IHS Jane’s Airport Review
13 December 2016

Elaine Chao has been nominated by President-Elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of transportation.

Elaine Chao has been nominated by President-Elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of transportation.

The victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election has raised hopes of federal support for airport improvements in the country. Continue reading

TPP is not going to happen in a Trump administration

By Ed Zwirn

Just-Style.com, Nov. 10, 2016

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International trade deals, particularly the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), may fall by the wayside following the surprise victory of Republican Donald Trump for the U.S. presidency, participants at the 28th Apparel Importers Trade & Transportation Conference warned yesterday (9 November).  Continue reading