Trade Dispute

by Frank James President Bush was said to be seeking a horse-trade from President-elect Obama during their White House meeting yesterday. The current president evidently offered to support a bailout for the auto-industry if the future president...

by Mark Silva President Bush, who will convene a summit of world leaders on the economic crisis with a dinner at the White House on Friday and meetings on Saturday, will spell out his goals today in an address to......

by Mark Silva President Bush has gone to Peru. But Bush, making his last scheduled trip abroad as president, has not gotten away from the economic crisis that has beset his nation and many others near the close of his......

by Christi Parsons EAST PEORIA, Ill.-- President Barack Obama preached a message of hope about the economy here today, praising employees gathered in a Caterpillar plant for soldiering through tough times, and promising that help is on the way. But......

by Rebecca Cole As President Barack Obama landed in Canada today for his first official trip outside the country, he addressed concerns about a protectionist "Buy American" clause in the $787-billion stimulus act and how it could affect the two......

by Peter Nicholas and Frank James The White House confirmed today that President Barack Obama will visit Mexico next month on his way to the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago in mid-April. Obama's visit to Mexico, his......

by Tracy Wilkinson and Peter Nicholas MEXICO CITY -- President Obama arrived today in embattled Mexico, where he faces a test of his ability to bring fundamental change to one of Washington's most important relationships. Obama stepped off of Air......

by Mark Silva Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who still has $250 million to "roll out'' for job creation, maintains that the Obama administration is "not looking at just a quick fix'' for the economy and allows that this is "the......

by Mark Silva Mark this as the week in which one of the potential players for 2012 set out to brand herself: Sarah Palin, the "common-sense conservative.'' Three years from now -- think about that phrase a moment -- we'll......

by Mark Silva While President Obama seeks "a new era of engagement'' with the rest of the world, Americans are showing less interest in reaching outward than they have in a long time. "For the first time in more than......

by Frank James The disagreement between the Bush Administration and congressional Democrats over the Colombia free trade agreement (the administration is for, many Democrats in Congress are against) has reached the he-started-it-first stage. This morning,...

After five days of battling over meeting with Iran's leader, McCain today targets Obama for his (and Clinton's) opposition to a trade pact with Colombia and his willingness to meet with Cuba's leaders: "These steps would send the worst......