A Tale of Two Experiences: New Tariffs Have Widely Differing Impact on Americans Searing heat and wildfires in the west, tropical downpours and flooding in the east. Folks in the U.S. had vastly different experiences with weather last month.  The same goes for trade.  In this issue we highlight the widely disparate experiences different parts of the economy and Foreign-Trade […]

Washington Says Goodbye to John McCain This past weekend the nation and its capital said goodbye to John McCain, whom colleagues described as “the last lion of the Senate.” After lying in state at the U.S. Capitol, the Vietnam veteran and longtime Arizona senator was honored with a memorial service at Washington National Cathedral.  John Sidney McCain III was praised […]

While Justice Was In The Balance, Huge Trade Moves In September, the nation was gripped by the succession plans for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement. At the same time, there was a lot of important trade news of interest to the FTZ community in the month. First and foremost, the negotiating deadline which expired just last night brought us […]

  Leaves haven’t changed, but will the color of the House or Senate? The trees surrounding your Capitol building have not yet changed color due to the warm and wet weather last month in Washington DC. Those trees will turn eventually, but what about the Capitol itself? Will either or both chambers change from Red to Blue? Should that happen […]

  The FTZ Industry Waited All Month November made for a lot of waiting in the FTZ industry. Significant leadership changes in Congress as a result of Election Day won’t all be worked out until next year. The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the free trade agreement intended to replace NAFTA, was signed on the last day of the month, with frenetic negotiations […]

We Interrupt This Broadcast – The FTZine Staff wants to wish all of our readers a Happy New Year! 2019 is shaping up to be another big year for trade, with major U.S. negotiations taking place with the world’s largest economies including China, Japan, Canada, and Mexico.  Amid all of those discussions the federal government needs to find a way […]

A Historic Month The Federal Government returned to work earlier this week after the longest government shutdown in American history. At 35 days it easily surpassed the previous record holder which took place over 21 days from 1995 to 1996 under President Bill Clinton. Reopening the government put the Department of Commerce back to work, but no FTZ Board activity […]