Tag: Trade

Stronger demand for liquified natural gas fetching higher prices in more competitive Asian markets has diverted cargoes away from Europe.

Beltway Confidential

China is thirsty for American liquefied natural gas, but Trump’s tariffs are messing it up

Mark J. Perry · August 15, 2018 8:58 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

In Indiana Senate race, Republican Mike Braun avoids Trump’s bravado but stays close on policy

David M. Drucker · August 15, 2018 1:00 pm

A shopper carries a Coach retail bag in New York's SoHo neighborhood. Coach parent Tapestry Inc. is monitoring the effects of President Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, which analysts say will hurt retail-industry profits.

US retailers: Trump’s ‘tariff environment is manageable’ so far

James Langford · August 14, 2018 9:34 pm

In this 2015 photo, workers inspect the new aluminum-alloy body Ford F-150 trucks before they get painted at the company's Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo. Heidi Brock, president of the Aluminum Association, said the Trump administration needs to support strong fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks to undergird that investment, since the rules are projected to cause a transition from steel to lighter aluminum use in vehicle chassis to make cars and pickup trucks lighter to meet the standards. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Aluminum exec claims US firms are blaming tariffs for their management mistakes

Joe Williams · August 14, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump listens during a meeting with state leaders about prison reform on Aug. 9, 2018, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.

CBO slightly lowers economic growth projections, sees higher uncertainty from Trump tariffs

Josh Siegel · August 13, 2018 8:31 pm

Overseas sales of U.S. military equipment such as Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet, above, are outpacing last year's despite concerns that President Trump's tariffs would hinder deals.

Overseas military sales surge to $63 billion despite tariff woes

James Langford · August 13, 2018 6:26 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gestures as he delivers a speech to Turkish ambassadors at the Presidential Palace in Turkey, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Erdogan says his country is under an economic "siege" that has nothing to do with its economic indicators. He insisted that Turkey's economic dynamic remain strong and said the Turkish currency would soon settle "at the most reasonable level."

Recep Tayyip Erdogan: ‘Turkey is under siege’ economically

Joel Gehrke · August 13, 2018 5:15 pm

White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett gives an economic update.

White House: We may have to kick China out of the WTO

Pete Kasperowicz · August 13, 2018 1:02 pm

Meet the Footsoldiers in Trump’s Trade War

Tony Mecia · August 13, 2018 9:00 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has decided to step away from the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Devin Nunes: Providing more energy to Europe is the ‘only way’ to take on Russia

Josh Siegel · August 12, 2018 7:16 pm

This file photo shows a farmer holding Monsanto's Roundup Ready Soy Bean seeds at his family farm in Bunceton, Mo.

US ship carrying soybeans arrives at Chinese port after being stalled amid trade war

Josh Siegel · August 12, 2018 6:23 pm

Kevin Cramer of North Dakota is a talkative first-term senator who says he speaks with the president once a week on oil policy matters after being Trumpâs energy adviser during the campaign.

Kevin Cramer breaks with Trump on legal immigration but treads carefully on trade

David M. Drucker · August 11, 2018 10:08 pm