Tag: China

A visitor to the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo looks at a computer chip through the microscope displayed by the state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup project which has emerged as a national champion for Beijing's semiconductor ambitions in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 17, 2018. The Trump administration has threatened to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion in Chinese imports to punish Beijing over trade practices requiring American companies to hand over technology in exchange for access to the Chinese market. China has counterpunched by targeting $50 billion in U.S. products.

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Tariffs and regulations will not dissuade China’s ambitions in tech development

Erin Dunne · June 26, 2018 4:06 pm

Michael Wirth, vice chairman of Chevron Corp., speaks during a panel discussion at the Gastech Exhibition & Conference in Chiba, Japan, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The global gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) conference will continue until April 7.

Oil and gas chiefs: Trump’s trade agenda a ‘drag’ on economic growth

Josh Siegel · June 26, 2018 3:25 pm

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue will deliver his annual State of American Business address Thursday.

Huge alliance of business groups urges Senate to curb Trump’s tariff power

Joe Williams · June 26, 2018 2:33 pm

Why Australia’s Parliament Is Going After China

John Lee · June 26, 2018 5:06 am

A worker sits near a shelve displaying bottles of American whiskey for sale at a supermarket in Beijing, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. President Donald Trump says the U.S. lost a trade war with China "years ago." In a tweet Wednesday after China announced a list of U.S. products that might be subject to a 25 percent tariff, Trump said: "We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the U.S." China announced tariffs worth $50 billion on a series of U.S. products including soybeans, whiskey and cars.

A trade war against American spirits

Sarah Longwell · June 26, 2018 4:01 am

America has the world’s envy, but no longer its respect

Angelo M. Codevilla · June 26, 2018 4:00 am

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Here’s why China banned John Oliver

Erin Dunne · June 25, 2018 10:36 pm

FILE - In this April 16, 2015, file photo, an employee monitors prices at the tech-driven Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. From Silicon Valley to Shanghai, surging share prices for technology companies means the industry is making up an ever-larger chunk of stock funds. Tech companies have been able to produce strong profit growth for years, even when the global economy was scuffling, but the strong performance also raises worries that theyâre overpriced.

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Trump just lowered the value of every tech company in the US

Tim Worstall · June 25, 2018 9:39 pm

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the Trump administration that pulling out from the Iran nuclear deal would undermine talks with any other nation that signs a deal with the U.S.

Iran: US wants us to quit the nuclear deal

Joel Gehrke · June 25, 2018 8:51 pm

Major U.S. stock indexes slid Monday as President Trump dug in on trade policies that business fears will undermine economic benefits of tax cuts.

Wall Street dives as Trump trade tactics grate on US businesses

James Langford · June 25, 2018 5:22 pm

China's President Xi Jinping, right, speaks to French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, June 25, 2018.

China’s Xi Jinping vows to ‘punch back’ on tariffs

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2018 5:01 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin arrives to speak with reporters about trade with China outside of the White House, Monday, May 21, 2018, in Washington.

Steven Mnuchin: New investment restrictions to go beyond China

Gabby Morrongiello · June 25, 2018 4:25 pm