Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Two decades analyzing U.S. trade data by port, country, export, import Exports are down to eight of the top 10 markets, including ...

Corporate lobbyists, Democratic lawmakers, and Wall Street-type Republicans will all tell you that the U.S. Export-Import Bank helps U.S. companies export. They’ll castigate subsidy opponents as ...

A June 29 posting on The Hill’s Congress Blog carried the headline: “The Arguments for Ex–Im No One Can Rebut.”[1] The author, John Murphy, the senior vice president of international policy of the U.S ...

The Constitution allows Congress to regulate and tax international imports and exports, and the U.S. has traditionally relied on an effective tariff system, together with careful regulation of ...

WASHINGTON — The federal Export-Import Bank expired June 30 when Congress failed to renew its charter. The bank is a small federal agency that helps U.S. companies sell their products overseas, by ...