Tag: China

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on budget on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Washington.

Mike Pompeo: China threatens ‘our continued democracy’

Joel Gehrke · March 27, 2019 10:33 pm

President Trump on Wednesday seemed to rule out the possibility of negotiating some kind of truce with North Korea, just days after his secretary of state suggested that strategy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump’s weakening of North Korea sanctions is even worse than it seems

Erin Dunne · March 27, 2019 4:29 pm

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. speaks during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on possible tariffs and the effect on the U.S. economy and jobs, Thursday, April 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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US-China trade negotiators: Bootleggers and Baptists ride again

Bruce Yandle · March 27, 2019 1:47 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The leaders of China and France are trying to ramp up efforts against climate change and are calling for a global rethink of investments to make them more planet-friendly.

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China tries to bribe France to break with America

Tom Rogan · March 26, 2019 7:31 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald Vitiello speaks.

Immigrant families may be to blame for 15 Chinese citizens slipping through border checkpoint: DHS official

Anna Giaritelli · March 26, 2019 6:08 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte shake their hands.

Italy, China sign accord deepening economic ties

Associated Press · March 24, 2019 1:00 am

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, center, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, right, after a group photo at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. At left is U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Mnuchin, Lighthizer heading China for more trade talks, White House says

Melissa Quinn · March 23, 2019 7:17 pm

Brownback: Vatican deal lets Communists control leadership of Chinese church

Joel Gehrke · March 23, 2019 2:33 am

The agreement was signed in the presence of President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping during his state visit to China on Thursday, according to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, one of the party's to the deal along with the State of Alaska. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump hints at possible compromise in Chinese tariffs

Sean Higgins · March 23, 2019 12:44 am

Trump says he’s halting ‘additional’ North Korea sanctions after enforcement action

Steven Nelson · March 22, 2019 6:09 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, talks to Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow and his wife Adele Fleet Bacow at The Great Hall Of The People.

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Harvard’s president makes a fool out of himself and America in Beijing

Tom Rogan · March 22, 2019 4:05 am

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Chuck Hagel Forum in Global Leadership.

Biden’s Obama-style trade record puts him to the Right of Trump

Sean Higgins · March 22, 2019 4:05 am