HONOLULU (Reuters) - Asia Pacific trade ministers on Friday said they were unable to agree on the terms of an initiative pushed by the United States to boost trade in clean energy and other environmentally friendly technologies."We advanced work to promote liberalization ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Friday vowed to keep pressing for a vote in the House of Representatives on China currency legislation now blocked by Republican leaders."I urge the Republican leadership to put the currency bill on the floor," a top ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation aimed at cracking down on China's currency practice narrowly cleared a major procedural hurdle on Thursday when the Senate voted 62-38 to move to final action on the bill.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said after the vote ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will send three long-delayed trade deals to Congress later on Monday afternoon, a top Republican senator said.Senator Orrin Hatch, in a speech on the Senate floor, said he had been informed of the pending action by ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators said on Thursday they expected the Senate to pass a bill in October that would crack down on China's currency practices they said are costing American jobs.A key provision would direct the Commerce ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican senators on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to quickly send Congress three long-delayed trade deals that they said would help create badly needed jobs."If the president really cares about jobs, he will send up the agreements immediately," Senator ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key panel in the House of Representatives plans to start action this week on three long-delayed free trade agreements after a failed attempt last week in the Senate, congressional aides said on Tuesday.The House Ways and Means Committee ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trade Representative's office on Tuesday welcomed what it called a "significant victory" in a World Trade Organization dispute over Chinese export restrictions on raw materials used for a variety of industrial products."China's extensive use of export ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans boycotted a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday to deny the panel a needed quorum to consider free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.Senator Orrin Hatch, the panel's top Republican, said his party ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday urged Republicans and Democrats to support what it called a "reasonable compromise" to move long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia."For members of Congress who care about American jobs ...