Sean Higgins

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Chinese Vice Premier Liu He attends the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Sunday, March 3, 2019.

China shows eagerness to deal despite Trump tariff threat, analysts say

Sean Higgins · May 8, 2019 4:00 am

Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., leaves the U.S. Capitol building through the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019.

Toomey slams Republicans for reactivating Export-Import Bank

Sean Higgins · May 7, 2019 9:01 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks.

China reneged on commitments in trade talks, Lighthizer says, prompting Trump to raise tariffs

Sean Higgins · May 6, 2019 9:42 pm

Women walk past blighted row houses in Baltimore.

White House weighs adjusting poverty definition, shrinking welfare rolls

Sean Higgins · May 6, 2019 6:46 pm

In this May 25, 2018, photo, Angel Gonzalez shovels leaves into a trailer at Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, Maine. Gonzalez is one of several Puerto Rican workers hired by the resort to do landscaping, housekeeping, and kitchen work.

Trump ally Tom Cotton bashes administration for issuing 30,000 additional temporary worker visas

Sean Higgins · May 6, 2019 5:00 pm

The Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) Anzu container ship is docked next to gantry cranes as shipping containers sit stacked at the Yangshan Deepwater Port, operated by Shanghai International Port Group Co.

China-US trade talks still on, Beijing says, despite Trump tariff threat

Sean Higgins · May 6, 2019 2:07 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting with China's Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 4, 2019.

Trump hikes tariffs on Chinese goods to 25%

Sean Higgins · May 5, 2019 11:49 pm

The rising sun illuminates headstones at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 in Arlington, Va.

How the GOP tax overhaul attempt to stop estate tax dodgers hit Gold Star families

Sean Higgins · May 5, 2019 4:00 am

Container ships are unloaded at the Port of Oakland on Monday, July 2, 2018, in Oakland, Calif.

US trade deficit rises to $71 billion

Sean Higgins · May 3, 2019 12:44 pm

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2019.

Kudlow says US-Japan trade deal is possible this month

Sean Higgins · May 3, 2019 11:36 am

Ernst vs. tariffs

Sean Higgins · May 3, 2019 4:00 am

In this 2015 file photo, a worker stands outside the U.S. Steel Corp. coke plant, part of the company's complex in Granite City, Ill.

Trump takes credit for $1 billion US Steel investment

Sean Higgins · May 2, 2019 10:38 pm