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This April 20, 2011, file photo shows some of the 30,000 solar panels that make up the Public Service Company of New Mexico's new 2-megawatt photovoltaic array in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan,File) **FILE**

Trump applies tariffs to solar panels, washing machines

Associated Press

NAFTA critics in Mexico see a silver lining to renegotiating the trade deal with a Donald Trump administration, saying they would like to see protections put in place for Mexican corn, beans, rice and sugar against U.S. exports and that the deal has hurt workers, farmers, unions and the environment. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Donald Trump’s trade stance is right on the money

By Dan Burton

Obama files trade complaint against China’s aluminum dumping at WTO

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama files new trade complaint against China with WTO

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 16, 2010, file photo, a customer looks over Hewlett Packard ink cartridges for his printer at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. More than 50 countries in the World Trade Organization have agreed to eliminate tariffs on 200 technology products, including video game consoles, printer cartridges and GPS devices. The expansion of 1997’s Information Technology Agreement is the WTO’s first tariff-killing agreement in 18 years. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Trade deals wipes out tariffs on more than 200 tech products

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

U.S., India end dispute on food security, clearing way for major trade deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping continued their talks at an economic summit in the capital city of Beijing. Despite the two nations vowing to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Mr. Obama's detractors say that he should be pressing China harder on economic agreements that keep U.S. interests front and center. (Associated Press)

Obama’s China trip not yet a success: critics

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman announces a trade enforcement action related to India, Feb. 10, 2014, during a news conference at the US Trade Representative's office in Washington.(AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

US trade protest over India solar energy program

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

President Obama and Ron Kirk have renegotiated deals begun under President George W. Bush but have not made an enthusiastic push to pursue any more trade agreements, critics say. (Associated Press)

EXCLUSIVE: Obama trade reps’ U.S. junkets outnumber overseas visits for deals

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Clove cigarettes are bundled together at a factory in Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Indonesia is the fifth-largest cigarette producing market, with an industry that employs millions. (AP Photo)

Indonesia demands U.S. pay for pulling clove cigarettes from shelves

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Cuban ladies smoke the country's famous cigars. (AP Photo)

Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Congress, in attaching a human rights provision to trade legislation, is “making a big mistake.” (Associated Press)

Senate to vote on Russia trade and rights bill

By Jim Abrams - Associated Press

A Boeing flag flutters as an Airbus A380 makes a demonstration flight at the 49th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris in 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

EU seeks $12B in sanctions against U.S. over Boeing case

By Don Melvin - Associated Press

President Obama smiles Sept. 17, 2012, to the crowd as he leaves after speaking at a campaign event at Eden Park’s Seasongood Pavilion in Cincinnati. (Associated Press)

White House challenges China trade on car parts

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Trucks transport shipping containers at the port of Tianjin, China, in February 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China files trade case against U.S. over appliances, paper

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

TONELSON: Defining trade-policy failure out of existence

By Alan Tonelson - Special to The Washington Times

Vladimir Putin

Putin signs protocol for Russia to join WTO

Associated Press

Obama administration stalls economic engine of new free-trade pacts

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio, Thursday, July 5, 2012. Obama is on a two-day bus trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President tells of trade complaint against China on Ohio tour

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

EU presses rare earths dispute with China

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press