Tag: US exports

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:46 UTC

  Record US port exports to China while US consumers face shortages

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nation's food supply even as workers got sick and died. Yet the plants have increasingly been exporting to China while U.S. consumers face shortages, analysis of government data showed.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  UK will not lower its food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with US

  

  The UK will not lower food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, the government says. It comes after Washington published its objectives for a US-UK trade pact. The US wants “comprehensive market access” for its farmers' products that would see more US-made food on British supermarket shelves.

• Friday, October 31st 2014 - 06:49 UTC

  US economy expands 3.5% in third quarter boosted by government spending and exports

  

  The US economy grew at an annual rate of 3.5% in the July-September quarter, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday. That was better than the 3% pace that economist had been expecting and follows the 4.6% growth rate recorded in the April-June quarter.

• Saturday, October 4th 2014 - 10:29 UTC

  US trade deficit down, while oil imports fall to their lowest in four years

  

  The U.S. trade deficit slipped 0.5% in August to 40.1 billion, the lowest since January, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Oil imports fell to their lowest level in four years.U.S. exports increased 0.2% in August to a record 198.5 billion, while imports grew 0.1% to 238 billion. After a 40.3 deficit in July, analysts expected a 40.9 billion trade gap in August.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 21:27 UTC

  US after transparent trade across Asia-Pacific region; plans to double exports in five years

  

  The United States will step up efforts for free, open and transparent trade across the Asia Pacific region as it seeks to double US exports in five years, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.