Tag: China

President Donald Trump, center, speaks as he announces a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. The new deal, reached just before a midnight deadline imposed by the U.S., will be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It replaces the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which President Donald Trump had called a job-killing disaster.

Beltway Confidential

From NAFTA to USMCA, Trump just got a win for America

Tom Rogan · October 1, 2018 5:42 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks at the Pentagon.

Rising tensions with China: Jim Mattis cancels visit and US warship has ‘unsafe’ encounter at sea

Jamie McIntyre · October 1, 2018 4:41 pm

In this photo provided by the Miraflores Presidential Palace, President Nicolas Maduro stands at attention during a event marking the 81st anniversary of the National Guard, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, August 4, 2019. Venezuela's government says several explosions heard at a military event were an attempted attack on President Maduro. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said in a live broadcast that several drone-like devices with explosives detonated near the president. He said Maduro is safe and unharmed but that seven people were injured.

Cut Venezuela’s oil exports, and cut its tyrant down to size

Washington Examiner · October 1, 2018 12:12 pm

What the Vatican’s Deal with China Says About the Church’s Priorities

Philip Luke Jeffery · October 1, 2018 8:42 am

The next arena for Earth’s old rivalries

Joel Gehrke · October 1, 2018 4:00 am

Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmitt has a warning about China

Steven Nelson · October 1, 2018 4:00 am

The tariffs that President Trump imposed on steel and aluminum imports may erode corporate investment that was poised to surge after major tax cuts last year, according to the Business Roundtable.

China slashes steel, textile tariffs as Trump ratchets up pressure

Steven Nelson · September 30, 2018 6:27 pm

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the company's Cloud Next '17 event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. The Cloud Next conference brings together industry experts to discuss the future of cloud computing.

Google CEO to testify before House Judiciary as bias concerns mount

Joe Williams · September 28, 2018 3:33 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow on Tuesday. Russia and China agreed Tuesday that North Korea should halt missile tests and the United States should not deploy a missile shield or conduct large-scale military exercises with South Korea. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)

China and Russia call for easing of North Korea sanctions

Joel Gehrke · September 27, 2018 5:29 pm

Mnuchin: Trump sees China’s tariff retaliation as election interference

Sean Higgins · September 27, 2018 4:19 pm

FILE - This is Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 file photo of CIA Director Michael Pompeo, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Iran nuclear deal was in near terminal condition and on life support even before President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, but his dismissal this week may hasten its demise. As CIA chief and Iran hawk Mike Pompeo prepares to take the helm of the State Department, the Trump administration is weighing whether to withdraw from the agreement earlier than the president has threatened, according to officials and outside advisers briefed on the matter.

Pompeo warns China, Russia to stop violating North Korea sanctions

Joel Gehrke · September 27, 2018 4:16 pm

Google China's headquarters is seen in Beijing.

Beltway Confidential

The US should stop tech giants from playing nice with China

Tom Rogan · September 27, 2018 3:22 pm