Tag: China

"I don't think we have to worry about that [changing] for at least a decade," Gen. John Hyten said about the theory of mutually assured destruction in a testimony to the House Armed Services Committee. "I think the capabilities that we have, that we will operate for the next decade, will allow us to maintain the basis of nuclear deterrence." (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Nuclear weapons chief: Doctrine of ‘mutually assured destruction’ is good for another 10 years

Travis J. Tritten · March 7, 2018 10:19 pm

"There are potential carve-outs for Mexico and Canada based on national security, and possibly other countries as well," Sarah Sanders told reporters at the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House: Trump tariffs will include ‘national security’ exemptions

Sarah Bedford · March 7, 2018 8:26 pm

Chamber head warns of ‘increasing prospects of a trade war’

Joseph Lawler · March 7, 2018 5:40 pm

National Trade Council adviser Peter Navarro, right, said he is not a candidate to replace former top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trade hawk Peter Navarro says he’s not a candidate to replace Gary Cohn as top Trump adviser

Joseph Lawler · March 7, 2018 4:13 pm

"China has been asked to develop a plan for the year of a One Billion Dollar reduction in their massive Trade Deficit with the United States. Our relationship with China has been a very good one, and we look forward to seeing what ideas they come back with. We must act soon!" the president tweeted. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump hints of plan to shrink US trade deficit with China by $1 billion in coming year

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 3:44 pm

"He's going after the bad actors, the people who cheat on steel and aluminum and cost us American jobs. We're all with him on that," Rep. Kevin Brady said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kevin Brady: Trump needs to focus on the ‘bad actors’ on steel

Pete Kasperowicz · March 7, 2018 1:07 pm

Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, head of U.S. Africa Command, told the House Armed Services Committee that the Djiboutian government is deeply in debt to China, which seized the port of Doraleh last week. (Department of Defense photo)

China may try to control key US military port in Africa, general says

Travis J. Tritten · March 6, 2018 6:32 pm

China in particular has set itself on a course to become a global power and America's primary adversary, according to Michael Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

China’s hypersonic weapons could sink US aircraft carriers, Pentagon official says

Jamie McIntyre · March 6, 2018 5:59 pm

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, left, and Defense Intelligence Agency Dir. Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley Jr., right, take their seats to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Intel chiefs: China, Russia developing ‘attack satellites’ to target US ‘in a few years’

Joel Gehrke · March 6, 2018 5:51 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady is working with the president on a tariff plan that would impact the offending nations, such as China, and spare the countries who are trading fairly. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP leaders negotiating with Trump on narrowing tariff plan

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2018 3:50 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong after Chung gave Kim the letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Beltway Confidential

De-escalation and unification of Korea: The world’s last chance for peace

Gavin Hanson · March 6, 2018 3:23 pm

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently estimated that trade with Canada and Mexico supports nearly 14 million American jobs. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Trump’s plans for ‘energy dominance’ depend on NAFTA’s survival

Kyle Isakower · March 6, 2018 5:01 am