Tag: China

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said the indictment of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort vindicates Russia and should lead investigators down a "Ukrainian trail" regarding interference in the 2016 elections. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

National Security

Russia, China mull larger role in Afghanistan

Joel Gehrke · April 24, 2018 7:52 pm

Trump engaged in ‘very substantive’ trade talks with Beijing

Gabby Morrongiello · April 24, 2018 5:25 pm

West Coast ports could be another victim of trade war with China

Diana Stancy Correll · April 24, 2018 4:01 am

Sonny Perdue on trade: Trump is ‘chief economist for the United States’

Sean Higgins · April 24, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump talks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club on Wednesday in Palm Beach, Fla.

President Trump, make America great in the Pacific

Washington Examiner · April 23, 2018 12:00 am

Freshman Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will deliver the GOP response to President Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo)

Joni Ernst: Trump’s tariffs are hurting American farmers

Naomi Lim · April 22, 2018 5:58 pm

"Until President Trump puts to paper what he really wants, you never really know what he really wants, as we have learned that hard lesson over and over and over again," Sen. Chuck Schumer said during his weekly press conference. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Chuck Schumer: I’m closer to Trump than Obama on trade with China

Naomi Lim · April 22, 2018 5:11 pm

President Trump tweeted shortly after his phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping to announce his administration would impose a fresh round of sanctions on North Korea in light of the ballistic missile test on Monday.

National Security

US wrestling with decision to sanction China under law targeting Russia

Joel Gehrke · April 22, 2018 4:00 am

Senator Cory Gardner, a Republican from Colorado, speaks during a news conference after a weekly Republican luncheon meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Top Senate Republicans are trying to move on from their partisan drive to replace Obamacare despite urging from PresidentÂ Donald TrumpÂ to keep seeking a broad alternative to PresidentÂ Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement.

Beltway Confidential

Trump should punish China if talks with North Korea fail, says NRSC chairman

Siraj Hashmi · April 19, 2018 4:58 pm

White House Watch: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Summit with Japan Begins

Michael Warren · April 18, 2018 10:21 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.: "What's the point of having the filibuster if you can't use it?" (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Marco Rubio: China tries hijacking US tech for ‘cyber battles of the future’

Joel Gehrke · April 17, 2018 5:49 pm

The Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea. China has announced live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan.

Beltway Confidential

China’s rising threat against Taiwan

Tom Rogan · April 17, 2018 1:40 pm