Tag: China

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.

Beltway Confidential

China challenges Trump with pressure on Australia and Canada

Tom Rogan · June 19, 2020 8:20 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a statement on Iraq, at President Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Pompeo applauds IAEA vote to rebuke Iran over suspected nuclear sites

Joel Gehrke · June 19, 2020 8:16 pm

National Security

Navy cites leadership ‘paralysis’ in upholding firing of Roosevelt commander

Mica Soellner, Abraham Mahshie · June 19, 2020 7:11 pm

Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton is President Trump's national security adviser pick.

National Security

Democrats wield Bolton book as shield against Trump ‘Beijing Biden’ attacks

W. James Antle III · June 19, 2020 4:00 am

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National security adviser John Bolton look on as President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Washington.

‘Traitor’: Mike Pompeo accuses John Bolton of lying and hurting US with memoir

Joel Gehrke · June 19, 2020 1:32 am

** HOLD FOR STORY CHINA US TRADE BEIJING'S CALCULATION BY JOE MCDONALD ** FILE - In this Saturday, June 29, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan.

Bolton misquoted Trump comments about third term, former adviser says

Nihal Krishan · June 18, 2020 11:37 pm

Leaked: Trump’s ‘exact words’ to Xi Jinping blocked by White House review of Bolton book

Caitlin Yilek · June 18, 2020 8:59 pm

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee Chairman Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio waits to open a subcommittee hearing into Backpage.com knowing facilitation of online sex trafficking, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

‘Just scratching the surface’: Rob Portman bill aims to expose and prevent Chinese theft of US research

Jerry Dunleavy · June 18, 2020 7:51 pm

In this Oct. 20, 2018 photo, Ann Coulter participates in the "AAA: Ask Ann Anything" panel at Politicon at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles.

‘It’s all about HIM’: Ann Coulter rips Trump for focusing on Bolton book amid nationwide unrest

Spencer Neale · June 18, 2020 7:12 pm

Newly ousted national security adviser John Bolton listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Monday, April 9, 2018.

Religious freedom advocates praise Trump for signing Uighur rights bill after Bolton accusation

Nicholas Rowan · June 18, 2020 6:23 pm

Beltway Confidential

Anthony Fauci lied about masks; now he complains that people ‘distrust authority’

Becket Adams · June 18, 2020 4:22 pm

Republican nominee Donald Trump could have trouble grabbing headlines this weekend after Friday's "big" FBI bombshell. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump says China may have intentionally spread coronavirus

David Hogberg · June 18, 2020 4:05 pm