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US stands fast on cutting trade deficit in new NAFTA wish list

Bloomberg The Trump administration reiterated its goal to reduce the trade deficit with its NAFTA partners in revised negotiating objectives, while adding in proposals it made during talks that were opposed by Canada and Mexico. The US wants reciprocal market access for manufactured goods as part of its push to improve its trade balance with Canada and Mexico, the office ...

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New SUVs offset UK drag on Europe car sales

Bloomberg New sport utility vehicles like the Peugeot 5008 and a jump in demand in France helped revive European car sales in October, offsetting another month of consumer unease in the UK on big-ticket purchases. Registrations rose 5.9 percent from a year earlier to 1.21 million vehicles, the Brussels-based European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, or ACEA, said in a statement. This ...

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US Thanksgiving travel to jump in 12 years

Bloomberg US Thanksgiving travel will jump to the highest level since 2005 boosted by a stronger economy, even as gasoline prices will be higher than a year earlier. About 50.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home for the November 22-November 26 holiday period, the ninth consecutive increase and a 3.3 percent jump over a year earlier, ...

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