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The Commerce and State departments have floated new rules for firearms, other guns and ammunition.

Under scrutiny: How the deal “will affect American workers and America’s interests in the Indo-Pacific region.”

Colombia’s quest to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which could be concluded as soon as April, could have major implications for other Latin American countries -- such as Brazil -- as well as future trade relations with the U.S., according to analysts and private-sector sources.

Kenneth Juster suggests a strategic view of the trade relationship could “lead to a roadmap for a U.S.-India free trade agreement,” though “we are a long way right now from that aspiration.”

From 2004 to 2007, Victor Cha he was the director for Asian affairs on the National Security Council.

“But there was also a lot of truth to it.”

Matt Matthews, the U.S. Ambassador for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, on Thursday outlined the Trump administration's priorities for the 2017 APEC summit, which will take place during President Trump's Asia tour in November, insisting the U.S. remains highly engaged in the region despite its withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Taiwanese officials this week signed letters of intent to purchase almost $3 billion worth of U.S. soybeans, corn and wheat during a trade mission that also involved talks with U.S. officials about the prospects for a bilateral free trade agreement, as well as issues with U.S. pork imports.

Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso said Wedneday that Mexico would not continue to renegotiate NAFTA if President Trump begins the process of withdrawing from the deal.