Tag: China

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer leaves the stage after speaking at the 9th China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AmCham China are hosting the event. The U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market. China has said it would subject $50 billion of U.S. goods to tariffs if the U.S. taxes its products. A delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Lighthizer and trade adviser Peter Navarro will visit Beijing for negotiations later this week.

US delegation wraps up China trade talks without major new announcements

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2019 3:52 pm

A federal agency appears to be concealing whether a judge spent time at work browsing pornography.

Our out-of-date laws can’t stop foreign spies and saboteurs

Kevin Carroll · January 9, 2019 5:00 am

American Petroleum Institute CEO Mike Sommers

Oil and gas industry group urges end to shutdown, Trump’s trade war

Josh Siegel · January 8, 2019 6:15 pm

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, walk together during a welcoming ceremony for Kim at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. President Xi told North Korean leader Kim on Tuesday he hopes Pyongyang and Washington can fully implement the outcome of last week's nuclear summit at which Kim pledged to work toward denuclearization in exchange for U.S. security guarantees.

Beltway Confidential

China makes the North Korea threat more dangerous for Trump

Erin Dunne · January 8, 2019 4:59 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Trump are engaged in a high stakes trade dispute. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo via AP, File)

US-China trade talks show signs of progress

Sean Higgins · January 8, 2019 2:44 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, trade show attendees take in a display of Samsung curved UHD TVs at the International Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Samsung reports quarterly earnings on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Samsung, LG cut profit forecasts as Trump’s trade war batters tech

Joe Williams · January 8, 2019 2:38 pm

A U.S. Navy sailor walks on the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. The USS Reagan docked in Hong Kong days after a pair of American B-52 bombers flew over the disputed South China Sea.

Beltway Confidential

As the US and China meet for trade talks, the broader dispute looms

Erin Dunne · January 7, 2019 11:22 pm

In this July 8, 2018, photo, 2018 Model 3 sedan sits next to a Model X on display outside a Tesla showroom in Littleton, Colo. Board members at Tesla are evaluating CEO and Chairman Elon Muskâs $72 billion proposal to take the electric car and solar panel maker private. Six of nine members say in a statement Wednesday, Aug. 8, that Musk began talking with the board about the move last week.

Tesla breaks ground on first production plant in China

Joe Williams · January 7, 2019 1:36 pm

Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb is pictured at an event.

Beltway Confidential

Jim Webb, a possible pick for defense secretary, is right about this

Erin Dunne · January 4, 2019 9:03 pm

In this picture taken Nov. 21, 2018, German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks in the Bundestag.

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Germany cyberattack: The five most likely culprits

Tom Rogan · January 4, 2019 7:51 pm

Tim Cook and Larry Kudlow.

Trump adviser Larry Kudlow calls on Apple’s Tim Cook, other CEOs to pressure China on trade

Sean Higgins · January 4, 2019 3:31 pm

President Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting at the G-20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Trump administration announces trade delegation to head to China next week

Sean Higgins · January 4, 2019 3:27 pm