Tag: China

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Dow Jones takes a beating from rising trade war fears

Daniel Strauss · June 18, 2018 3:07 pm

A central Illinois corn farmer, on top of his combine, is silhouetted against the setting sun while harvesting corn Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Wet, cool conditions across much of Illinois have put farmers behind schedule in bringing their corn in from the fields. Illinois' corn harvest continues to lag at a pace roughly one-quarter of the average over the previous five years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest weekly update.

Des Moines Register warns Iowa farmers Trump’s tariffs will take more than half a billion out of their pockets

Christian Datoc · June 17, 2018 4:11 am

Trump is unapologetically jettisoning long-entrenched GOP orthodoxy on trade. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

US, EU unions issue joint slam on Trump trade policy

Sean Higgins · June 15, 2018 10:31 pm

China flag waving in sunset.

China targets U.S. energy in tariff counterattack

John Siciliano · June 15, 2018 9:39 pm

Beltway Confidential

China abuses trade, but tariffs are the wrong way to fight

Clark Packard · June 15, 2018 8:23 pm

The tax bill will open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

Oil from Alaskan refuge not coming before 2030, Energy Department says

John Siciliano · June 15, 2018 7:22 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has come under fire from the Left for his work on gun legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Marco Rubio: Hitting China with a ‘Theft Tax’ is an ‘excellent move’ by Trump

Joel Gehrke · June 15, 2018 5:00 pm

"It was a very productive call," the White House said in a statement. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Stock market wilts as Trump’s China tariffs escalate trade worries

James Langford · June 15, 2018 3:48 pm

Business groups warn Trump’s tariffs on China could backfire

Sean Higgins · June 15, 2018 3:45 pm

China's President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

China retaliates after Trump announces new tariffs

Anna Giaritelli · June 15, 2018 2:34 pm

Trump hits China with tariffs on $50 billion worth of exports

Sean Higgins · June 15, 2018 8:35 am

President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn outside the Oval Office in Washington, Friday, June 1, 2018, after meeting with former North Korean military intelligence chief Kim Yong Chol. After the meeting Trump announced that the Summit with North Korea will go forward.

Beltway Confidential

China and Russia are breaking the North Korea sanctions regime; Trump and Mike Pompeo must fix it

Tom Rogan · June 14, 2018 4:58 pm