On Sunday, President Obama told Waxman-Markey-bill drafters that he likes the vision of a clean green economic future in their sights, but wants them to lose the tariff approach they're currently favouring to get there.

The House is set to vote today on H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, colloquially known as Waxman-Markey.

Just got off the phone with Chris Braddock, director of procurement policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, based in Washington, D.C. He's just a tad frustrated with Buy American – the riders added to short-term stimulus funding that imply only U.S. companies can bid on stimulus-related contracts at the ...

I had a conversation earlier today in Montreal with Jeffrey Immelt, the chairman and CEO of General Electric Co. (GE), who was pretty blunt in his assessment of the so-called Buy American provision in President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill.

Perrin Beatty, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, just sent out a letter to members about the Buy American provisions of the US stimulus package. Here it is: "Dear Canadian Chamber of Commerce member:

Every morning, a pile of clippings from around the world arrives on my desk, courtesy of sagacious newsgatherer and Canadian Business research associate Miguel Rakiewicz. Selections from this morning’s pile: