Tag: China

President Donald Trump speaks to the members of the media on the South Lawn before leaving the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Sanctions and tariffs: Trump manages to make the same mistake on both

Tim Worstall · November 2, 2018 7:32 pm

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Trump claims progress with China on trade, even as advisers downplay prospects for deal

Colin Wilhelm · November 2, 2018 7:31 pm

Federal agents gather at a parking lot near an upscale apartment complex, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, in Irvine, Calif. Shortly after sunrise, federal agents swarmed the complex in the Orange County where authorities say a birth tourism business charged pregnant women $50,000 for lodging, food and transportation. The key draw for travelers is that the United States offers birthright citizenship.

Beltway Confidential

Ways to crack down on ‘birth tourism’ without touching the 14th Amendment

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 2, 2018 12:58 pm

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Once again, Commerce Department shows how to target China on trade without tariffs

Erin Dunne · November 1, 2018 10:42 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says thereâs a âdangerous movementâ to erode protections for Americans to worship and believe as they choose.

Justice Department indicts Chinese company, three Chinese nationals for economic espionage

Kelly Cohen · November 1, 2018 6:45 pm

President Trump hangs up after talking with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Trump needs to ditch his cellphone — China is listening

Tyler Grant · November 1, 2018 3:55 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Trump are engaged in a high stakes trade dispute. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Trump has ‘long and good’ talk with China’s Xi on trade

Sean Higgins · November 1, 2018 2:36 pm

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, to Marine One for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to speak at a rally, in Erie, Pa.

Trump tariffs are pushing companies’ China branches to other Asian countries, not US

Sean Higgins · November 1, 2018 11:00 am

President Trump speaks at Elko Regional Airport on Saturday in Elko, Nev., during a campaign rally.

Beltway Confidential

Additional China tariffs will bring Trade War pain to everyone. That’s not a good thing

Erin Dunne · October 31, 2018 11:59 pm

Lipsticks sit on display at an Estee Lauder Companies Inc. store in the Raffles City shopping mall in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. RetailÂ cosmetics sales for all companies will total $7.4 billion in China in 2021 fromÂ $4.3 billion last year, forecasts Euromonitor. Fueling growth are social media websites, such as Weibo, Youku, iQiyi and Tudou, that women are increasingly turning to for tutorials on everything from shading eyes to highlighting cheekbones.

Estee Lauder predicts Chinese demand for cosmetics will trump tariffs

James Langford · October 31, 2018 11:18 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), center, speaks with reporters.

Ron Wyden on DNI silence over possible China election interference: ‘You can’t have it both ways’

Diana Stancy Correll · October 31, 2018 11:17 pm

White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in D.C.

Kudlow downplays odds for China meeting on trade

Sean Higgins · October 31, 2018 8:22 pm