Tag: China

Sen. Rick Scott

Beltway Confidential

Rick Scott’s brilliant proposal accidentally reveals everything wrong with Trump’s trade war

Tim Worstall · August 12, 2019 9:15 pm

Specialist Peter Mazza works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. There are fears from some that a recession might be on the horizon given the Fed's hiking of interest rates.

Odds of recession grow to 1-in-3 as trade war weakens US economy

James Langford · August 12, 2019 9:04 pm

Protesters demonstrate at the airport in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. Several thousand people gathered on Monday for a fourth day of protest against a proposed extradition law at Hong Kong's busy international airport.

China vows no ‘mercy’ for Hong Kong protesters

Joel Gehrke · August 12, 2019 8:54 pm

Protesters surround banners that read "Those charge to the street on today is brave!," center top, and "Release all the detainees!" during a sit-in rally at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International airport in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019.

US urges restraint by ‘all sides’ as Hong Kong protests gain momentum

Rob Crilly · August 12, 2019 6:15 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo, second from left, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, third from left, and Palau's Vice President Raynold Oilouch hold a news conference after their meetings in Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia Monday, Aug. 5, 2019.

Trump team turns to overlooked countries to blunt China’s cruise missile threat

Joel Gehrke · August 12, 2019 4:00 pm

A student dressed in black gather on the University Mall at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) during a class boycott rally in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Hong Kong airport grounds all flights amid escalating protests

Ellie Bufkin · August 12, 2019 2:28 pm

A woman walks by a money exchange shop decorated with different countries currency banknotes at Central, a business district in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019.

China’s success is a story of capitalism eradicating poverty

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2019 4:00 am

Combines harvests soybeans.

Trump tariff tweets thicken fog of trade war for farmers and retailers

James Langford · August 11, 2019 4:01 am

Container ships are unloaded at the Port of Oakland on Monday, July 2, 2018, in Oakland, Calif.

Beltway Confidential

The US isn’t winning Trump’s trade war, everyone is losing

Bruce Yandle · August 9, 2019 6:50 pm

President Donald Trump listens to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speak during their meeting, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Trump ‘not ready’ to deal with China, says September talks may be canceled

Sean Higgins · August 9, 2019 3:11 pm

Magazine - Personal Finance

Then and Now: Trade

Jay Caruso · August 9, 2019 3:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Magazine - Business

Trump’s latest broadside in Chinese trade war is mostly symbolic

James Langford · August 9, 2019 3:00 am