Tag: China

As technologies improve, the reserves can increase, although it may not be profitable for companies to drill everywhere that it is possible to do so. (Alan Warren/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

China tariffs will wound US natural gas industry, but not mortally

Josh Siegel · September 20, 2018 4:00 am

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Trump nominates California lawmaker to lead the US Trade and Development Agency

Diana Stancy Correll · September 19, 2018 11:05 pm

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with staff members at the control room of China Central Television in Beijing. A November report by the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission found that Xinhua "serves some functions of an intelligence agency by gathering information and producing classified reports for the Chinese leadership."

China scolds US over spotlight on government-backed media

Joel Gehrke · September 19, 2018 10:14 pm

"I would say that we shouldn't take too much comfort, because even in failure, this program continues to advance," Royce said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ed Royce: Keep sanctions and maximum pressure on North Korea

Joel Gehrke · September 19, 2018 6:19 pm

President Trump speaks during meeting in the Oval Office of the White House.

Beltway Confidential

Trump is blaming China for the trade war’s consequences, but he must fix the problem he created

Erin Dunne · September 18, 2018 6:12 pm

A window cleaner moves past an advertisement for a jewelry boutique in Beijing on Thursday, April 10, 2014. China reported an unexpected contraction in exports in March, raising the danger of job losses as Beijing tries to overhaul its slowing economy.

Average Americans won’t notice tariffs? Retailers are already raising prices

James Langford · September 18, 2018 5:59 pm

An Auto Zone store is shown in Dallas, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. AutoZone, Inc. reported Tuesday, March 1, net sales of $1.7 billion for its second quarter (12 weeks) ended Feb. 12, 2011, an increase of 10.3% from the second quarter of fiscal 2010 (12 weeks). Domestic same store sales, or sales for stores open at least one year, increased 7.1% for the quarter.

AutoZone will raise prices to counter ‘significant’ impact from China tariffs

Joe Williams · September 18, 2018 4:13 pm

Dockworkers discuss the placement of a 40-foot shipping container onto a ship at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. China has promised retaliation if Washington goes ahead with more tariff hikes, raising the risk Beijing might target operations of American companies if it runs out of imports for penalties.

New China tariffs will cost estimated 94,000 jobs

Sean Higgins · September 18, 2018 3:32 pm

The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at a terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016.

Energy and Environment

China hits Trump where it hurts with retaliatory tariffs on US natural gas

Josh Siegel · September 18, 2018 3:17 pm

China said Tuesday that it will take "countermeasures" to President Trump's decision to raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports and an American business group warned a "downward spiral" in their trade battle appears certain.

China announces $60 billion in new tariffs to retaliate against Trump’s escalation of trade dispute

Robert Donachie · September 18, 2018 1:57 pm

President Trump speaks an event in the Rose Garden.

Trump vows ‘great and fast’ retaliation if China targets US farmers, industrial workers

Caitlin Yilek · September 18, 2018 1:38 pm

Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, announced Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 that he will step down as the company's chairman next September.

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma warns of 20-year trade war with US

Pete Kasperowicz · September 18, 2018 11:45 am