Tag: China

Specialist Gregg Maloney works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Stocks are extending their slump on Wall Street, led by drops in big technology companies, as rising bond yields draw investors out of stocks.

Dow, S&P 500 erase 2018 gains amid China worries, recession risk

Joe Williams, James Langford · December 6, 2018 8:02 am

Laborers make final preparations to the Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. stand ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain.

Canadian officials arrest top Huawei official at request of US

Joe Williams · December 5, 2018 10:39 pm

Beltway Confidential

No, we don’t need to sell tickets to those who want to trade in America

Bruce Yandle · December 5, 2018 9:28 pm

President Donald Trump with China's President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Trump: Xi Jinping ‘meant every word’ about reaching a trade deal

Katelyn Caralle · December 5, 2018 1:46 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

White House trade officials downplay reports of rivalries

Sean Higgins · December 4, 2018 11:01 pm

Traders Peter Tuchman, left, and Sal Suarino work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Beltway Confidential

Is the economy hesitating, or just refreshing?

Bruce Yandle · December 4, 2018 10:11 pm

In this April 22, 2015 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers transport relief materials into the Jiangjiawan mine near the northern city of Datong, China's Shanxi Province. Search teams have recovered the bodies of more than 20 Chinese coal miners who died when the shaft where they were working filled with water, an official said Thursday.

Beltway Confidential

Risky rocks: Open up US mines or let China control strategic minerals

Mark J. Perry · December 4, 2018 9:54 pm

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

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s tariff tweets tank markets, and maybe the economy

Quin Hillyer · December 4, 2018 9:33 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin walks over to talk with reporters about trade negotiations with China, at the White House, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Washington.

Trump ready to squeeze Democrats and China on trade, Steven Mnuchin says

Colin Wilhelm · December 4, 2018 8:30 pm

In this Wednesday. Feb. 22, 2017 photo, seized counterfeit items, including a fake Nike high heeled shoe, are displayed to be photographed at UK Border Force offices in London. In the past five years, the Border Force, the policing command under Britainâs Home Office charged with immigration and customs controls, has seized thousands of consignments at Heathrow alone, valued at around Â£100 million ($125 million).

US customs officers intercept $1.7M in fake Nike sneakers from China

Anna Giaritelli · December 4, 2018 8:20 pm

A board above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Stocks finished solidly higher on Wall Street as investors welcomed news of a 90-day truce in the trade battle between the U.S. and China.

Dow Jones plummets 800 points as bond markets signal looming recession

James Langford · December 4, 2018 7:56 pm

White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, in Washington.

Recession risk is ‘very, very low,’ Trump economist Kevin Hassett says amid market drop

Colin Wilhelm · December 4, 2018 7:41 pm