Tag: Trade

President Trump speaks during meeting in the Oval Office of the White House.

Beltway Confidential

Trump is blaming China for the trade war’s consequences, but he must fix the problem he created

Erin Dunne · September 18, 2018 6:12 pm

A window cleaner moves past an advertisement for a jewelry boutique in Beijing on Thursday, April 10, 2014. China reported an unexpected contraction in exports in March, raising the danger of job losses as Beijing tries to overhaul its slowing economy.

Average Americans won’t notice tariffs? Retailers are already raising prices

James Langford · September 18, 2018 5:59 pm

An Auto Zone store is shown in Dallas, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. AutoZone, Inc. reported Tuesday, March 1, net sales of $1.7 billion for its second quarter (12 weeks) ended Feb. 12, 2011, an increase of 10.3% from the second quarter of fiscal 2010 (12 weeks). Domestic same store sales, or sales for stores open at least one year, increased 7.1% for the quarter.

AutoZone will raise prices to counter ‘significant’ impact from China tariffs

Joe Williams · September 18, 2018 4:13 pm

Dockworkers discuss the placement of a 40-foot shipping container onto a ship at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. China has promised retaliation if Washington goes ahead with more tariff hikes, raising the risk Beijing might target operations of American companies if it runs out of imports for penalties.

New China tariffs will cost estimated 94,000 jobs

Sean Higgins · September 18, 2018 3:32 pm

The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at a terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016.

Energy and Environment

China hits Trump where it hurts with retaliatory tariffs on US natural gas

Josh Siegel · September 18, 2018 3:17 pm

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross speaks during the Americas Economic Summit.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross claims that no one will notice Trump’s China tariffs

Sean Higgins · September 18, 2018 2:37 pm

China said Tuesday that it will take "countermeasures" to President Trump's decision to raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports and an American business group warned a "downward spiral" in their trade battle appears certain.

China announces $60 billion in new tariffs to retaliate against Trump’s escalation of trade dispute

Robert Donachie · September 18, 2018 1:57 pm

President Trump speaks an event in the Rose Garden.

Trump vows ‘great and fast’ retaliation if China targets US farmers, industrial workers

Caitlin Yilek · September 18, 2018 1:38 pm

Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, announced Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 that he will step down as the company's chairman next September.

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma warns of 20-year trade war with US

Pete Kasperowicz · September 18, 2018 11:45 am

China said Tuesday it would take unspecified countermeasures after the US imposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of its exports, raising the prospect of a full-blown trade war.

China to retaliate, raising prospect of all-out trade war with US

Pete Kasperowicz · September 18, 2018 11:14 am

Labor-market expansion masks growing risk in US manufacturing

James Langford · September 18, 2018 4:00 am

In this March 14, 2014 file photo, a 2015 Chrysler 200 automobile moves down the assembly line at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. Automakers report sales for May on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. All automakers report U.S. sales figures for August 2014 on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Chrysler and Nissan both posted double-digit U.S. sales gains last month, signs of strong August for the industry. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Rattled auto industry braces for ‘extremely painful’ fallout from Trump’s tariffs

Joe Williams · September 18, 2018 4:00 am