While President Barack Obama is weighing in against new trade protectionism in one bill, the trade-skeptic bloc in Congress has decided they want more protectionism in another.

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.

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.

Robert Page had his work cut out for him today. The Calgary, AB-based chair of Canada's National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy was fielding a packed morning's worth of media from all across the country.

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:

Canada has decided to take its issue with the U.S. country-of-origin-labelling rules (also known as COOL) to the World Trade Organization.

Anyone who's been following the Doha round at the World Trade Organization (even if that someone's only been following casually--and really who could take it full-time?) cannot even pretend to be surprised that yet again the trade talks have faltered.

Nobody wants to see unsafe toys getting into the hands of their children. Lead in SpongeBob Squarepants? Is nothing sacred?