Tag: China

FILE - In this April 16, 2015, file photo, an employee monitors prices at the tech-driven Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. From Silicon Valley to Shanghai, surging share prices for technology companies means the industry is making up an ever-larger chunk of stock funds. Tech companies have been able to produce strong profit growth for years, even when the global economy was scuffling, but the strong performance also raises worries that theyâre overpriced.

Beltway Confidential

Trump just lowered the value of every tech company in the US

Tim Worstall · June 25, 2018 9:39 pm

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the Trump administration that pulling out from the Iran nuclear deal would undermine talks with any other nation that signs a deal with the U.S.

Iran: US wants us to quit the nuclear deal

Joel Gehrke · June 25, 2018 8:51 pm

Major U.S. stock indexes slid Monday as President Trump dug in on trade policies that business fears will undermine economic benefits of tax cuts.

Wall Street dives as Trump trade tactics grate on US businesses

James Langford · June 25, 2018 5:22 pm

China's President Xi Jinping, right, speaks to French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, June 25, 2018.

China’s Xi Jinping vows to ‘punch back’ on tariffs

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2018 5:01 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin arrives to speak with reporters about trade with China outside of the White House, Monday, May 21, 2018, in Washington.

Steven Mnuchin: New investment restrictions to go beyond China

Gabby Morrongiello · June 25, 2018 4:25 pm

In a March 14, 2017 photo, Michigan State Police pilot Jerry King, shows a anti-laser shield in his office at a state police facility at Capital Region International Airport, in Lansing, Mich. Pilots use the anti-laser shield on their helmet when they are trying to pinpoint the source of a laser that is being shined at them or other aircraft. Michigan is poised to join a growing list of states and enact its own stiff law that criminalizes increasingly frequent laser attacks that are endangering pilots and their passengers.

Beltway Confidential

US official: We’re buying eye protection to stop Chinese laser attacks

Tom Rogan · June 25, 2018 3:35 pm

National Security

Awkward: Jim Mattis visits China amid trade war, island buildups

Jamie McIntyre · June 24, 2018 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

China is targeting the US military with lasers: Trump must respond

Tom Rogan · June 22, 2018 9:22 pm

The redesigned Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan reaches its final assembly stage at a plant in Vance, Ala. The luxury automaker has warned annual profit will drop in 2018 because of higher import tariffs.

‘Brink of recession’: What’s at stake as Trump trade-war risk rises

James Langford · June 22, 2018 6:03 pm

Little Durantys

The Scrapbook · June 22, 2018 4:06 am

So Much For ‘Maximum Pressure’?

Ethan Epstein · June 21, 2018 4:43 pm

China has accused the United States of using pressure tactics and blackmail in threatening to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese imports.

Beltway Confidential

Trade war: Don’t bet on a China boycott defeating Trump

Tom Rogan · June 21, 2018 12:12 pm