The $1.2 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden late last year has been heralded by some as the solution to the problem of how to repair and expand the nation’s crumbling and antiquated system of roads, rails, ports, airports and waterways. One can only hope.
Trade in agricultural products between the U.S. and Mexico is massive: the U.S. ships nearly $20 billion in farm exports to Mexico each year. But that relationship could be in jeopardy.
The Trump Administration unceremoniously withdrew the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership among 12 Pacific Rim nations before the pact was even officially born. Along with it went the potential for key protections of American intellectual property rights.
With the pandemic still raging and the U.S. domestic economy slumping, how will President Biden address critical issues of international trade? Read more.