Tag: China

Chinese imports have helped destroy manufacturing jobs in the U.S. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Steve Bannon says we’re at ‘economic war with China.’ Here are the studies that back him up.

Timothy P. Carney · August 17, 2017 1:29 pm

"To me, the economic war with China is everything," Steve Bannon said in a wide-ranging interview with the American Prospect, a liberal website, published Wednesday. "And we have to be maniacally focused on that. If we continue to lose it, we're five years away, I think, ten years at the most, of hitting an inflection point from which we'll never be able to recover." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Steve Bannon: ‘Economic war with China is everything’

Josh Siegel · August 16, 2017 11:52 pm

Bannon told him Trump should consider a diplomatic deal in which China got North Korea to freeze its nuclear program, in exchange for the U.S. removing troops from the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Steve Bannon: ‘There’s no military solution’ to North Korea — ‘forget it’

Josh Siegel · August 16, 2017 10:59 pm

The death sentence was announced by Rodong Sinmun in an editorial in North Korea's state-run newspaper. (AP)

National Security

After Trump threats, did Kim Jong Un just blink? Or wink?

Jamie McIntyre · August 15, 2017 6:54 pm

Robert Lighthizer promised a "thorough investigation" of China's actions relating to copyright and intellectual property following a directive from President Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trade representative promises ‘thorough’ China probe

Sean Higgins · August 14, 2017 9:14 pm

"President Trump's pattern continues: Tough talk on China, but weaker action than anyone could ever imagine," Schumer said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer dismisses Trump executive order on China: ‘Weaker action than anyone could ever imagine’

Al Weaver · August 14, 2017 8:13 pm

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, talks with U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, during a meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Tensions between the US and South Korea actually improve the situation with China and North Korea

Tom Rogan · August 14, 2017 7:07 pm

In this Aug. 6, 2017, file photo, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, left, is greeted by his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi prior to their bilateral meeting in the sidelines of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and its Dialogue Partners in suburban Pasay city, south Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Beltway Confidential

The problem with North Korea is China

Chuck DeVore · August 14, 2017 4:09 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used a Sunday op-ed to pressure China to do more to help denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Jim Mattis, Rex Tillerson pressure China to step up and deal with North Korea

Anna Giaritelli · August 14, 2017 12:48 pm

President Trump on Monday will direct U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to determine if China is harming American companies by forcing, or coercing, them to turn over their intellectual property. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump to direct Robert Lighthizer to investigate if China is stealing American intellectual property

Kyle Feldscher · August 12, 2017 6:30 pm

President Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday about the escalating tension between the U.S. and North Korea over the latter's nuclear weapon program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump speaks with China’s Xi Jinping as North Korea tensions rise

Caitlin Yilek · August 12, 2017 1:16 pm

If President Trump hates war as he suggests he does, then it's reasonable to believe and hope that his tough talk is a projection of force aimed at avoiding war. We may be witnessing a demonstration of Ronald Reagan's maxim, peace through strength. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The merit of fiery and furious rhetoric on North Korea

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2017 4:01 am