Tag: China

FILE - In this March 15, 2013 file photo, dairy cows stand near a barn on a farm in Billings, Mo. Farmers expressed relief this week that a long fight over federal dairy subsidies had ended with an overhaul that most thought would be fair and effective in keeping farms from going under during hard times. The House approved compromise legislation Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, and a Senate vote is expected soon. (AP Photo/The Springfield News-Leader, Nathan Papes, File)

Farm industry in the dark about Trump’s promised aid for China trade fight

Sean Higgins · May 15, 2019 4:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump and and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington.

Schumer backs Trump on China tariffs

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2019 10:56 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., answers questions from reporters.

Lindsey Graham: ‘No way in hell’ US allies should use Chinese 5G technology

Jerry Dunleavy · May 14, 2019 10:17 pm

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., is shown.

Senators raise alarm over Trump’s escalation in trade war with China

Sean Higgins · May 14, 2019 10:06 pm

In this May 13, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Trump defends China tariffs, saying US is in ‘fantastic’ position

Sean Higgins · May 14, 2019 1:28 pm

Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden interacts with a supporter during a campaign stop at the Community Oven restaurant in Hampton, N.H., Monday, May 13, 2019.

Biden downplays China again after bowing to pressure last time

Emily Brooks · May 14, 2019 1:05 am

The Public Service Company of New Hampshire's Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H., is shown on Jan. 23. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Energy and Environment

Natural gas industry raises alarm over Trump’s trade war with China

Josh Siegel · May 13, 2019 10:36 pm

China Shipping Company and other containers are stacked at the Virginia International's terminal.

Trump administration advances plan for $300 billion in new China tariffs

Sean Higgins · May 13, 2019 9:41 pm

Lawyers for the Chinese electronics giant Huawei from left, James Cole, Michael Alexander Levy, and David Bitkower leave Brooklyn federal court in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2019.

DOJ tries to disqualify ex-Obama official from defending China’s Huawei

Jerry Dunleavy · May 13, 2019 9:33 pm

A sign for the Department of Justice hangs in the press briefing room Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Washington, at the Justice Department. Attorney General William Barr was to speak about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference,

DOJ celebrates judge ruling radio station must register under FARA as Russian agent

Jerry Dunleavy · May 13, 2019 9:03 pm

A truck drives near cargo containers, Friday, May 10, 2019, at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, Wash. U.S. and Chinese negotiators resumed trade talks Friday under increasing pressure after President Donald Trump raised tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods and Beijing promised to retaliate.

Beltway Confidential

America will pay for it if Trump backs down to China now

Tom Rogan · May 13, 2019 3:39 pm

Traders John Panin, center, and Ryan Falvey, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 9, 2019. Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street as investors keep a close eye on trade talks between the U.S. and China.

Dow Jones down 617 points as trade war fuels worst day since January

James Langford · May 13, 2019 3:15 pm