Tag: Trade

President Trump pauses during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

White House says China trade talks have hit a great wall

Sean Higgins · October 17, 2018 4:33 pm

President Donald Trump stands next to the podium after speaking about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord, Thursday, June 1, 2017, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Trump draws fresh battle lines with China by withdrawing from shipping treaty

Robert Donachie, Sean Higgins · October 17, 2018 3:31 pm

President Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018.

Trump administration moves to begin trade talks with UK, EU, and Japan

Sean Higgins · October 16, 2018 8:43 pm

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks.

No vote on USMCA until next year, McConnell says

Sean Higgins · October 16, 2018 5:12 pm

Andrew Scheer, leader of Canada's Conservative Party, speaks during a news conference following the Conservative Party Of Canada Leadership Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Canada's Conservative Party has settled on a stay-the-course candidate to be its next leader, electing Scheer to be Prime Minister Justin Trudeauâs chief rival in a surprise multi-ballot victory.

Justin Trudeau ‘capitulated’ to Trump in trade deal, opposition leader says

Sean Higgins · October 15, 2018 9:13 pm

Bank of America is the fourth of the largest U.S. lenders to report earnings for a quarter marked by gyrating financial markets and the sixth interest-rate hike since 2015.

Bank of America profit climbs 32 percent on tax cuts, higher interest rates

James Langford · October 15, 2018 12:14 pm

President Donald Trump, on board Air Force One speaks to members of the traveling press corps, as he watches a live television broadcast of the Senate confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. Trump was traveling from Washington enroute to Topeka, Kan., for a campaign rally.

Beltway Confidential

Just how much do Trump’s tariffs cost? In August 2018, $1.4 billion

Erin Dunne · October 12, 2018 10:38 pm

Steel coils sit at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc. galvanizing mill in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018.

Canada imposes its own steel tariffs in response to Trump’s

Sean Higgins · October 12, 2018 3:06 pm

Most subsidiary companies within megabanks are four to six corporate layers below the parent company, and some are as many as 20 below. JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank, has more than 2,500 legal entities. (AP Photo)

JPMorgan beats Wall Street profit estimates as interest rates surge

James Langford · October 12, 2018 11:33 am

In this June 5, 2018, file photo, steel pipes are seen through a roll of steel at the Borusan Mannesmann Pipe manufacturing facility in Baytown, Texas.

Trump administration granting thousands of exclusions to steel tariffs, one in every five

Sean Higgins · October 12, 2018 4:18 am

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump says China will make a deal

Salena Zito, Sean Higgins · October 11, 2018 7:06 pm

White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.

Larry Kudlow: Trump may meet with China’s Xi Jinping next month amid trade standoff

Sean Higgins · October 11, 2018 2:44 pm