Tag: Trade

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2017 file photo, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, left, with Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, right, speaks during the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington. Gathering strength for a potentially brutal trade war with China, the United States is trying to patch things up with its friends. U.S. and Mexican negotiators are meeting Thursday and Friday to work on a rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement -- a deal that looked virtually dead a few months ago. And last week the Trump administration reached a cease-fire with Europe in a dispute over autos.

House Democrats: Fate of stalled trade deal rests with Lighthizer

Susan Ferrechio · September 4, 2019 2:12 am

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin â Sen. Ron Johnson is seen at his home in the Badger State along Lake Winnebago, where he sat down for an interview with the Washington Examiner.

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson: Voters hurt by trade war sticking with Trump anyway

Salena Zito · September 2, 2019 4:00 am

President Trump walks from the Oval Office as he walks to speak with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, before heading to Camp David for the weekend.

Economically, Trump has nothing to fear but his own trade war

Washington Examiner · September 1, 2019 4:00 am

A Chinese national flag flies as a man uses a smartphone in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Apple, which has lost a fifth of its value in a tech market rout since October, is poised for another setback after U.S. PresidentÂ Donald TrumpÂ suggested that 10 percent tariffs could be placed on mobile phones, like the iPhone, and laptops made in China.

Trump China tariffs headed for rates comparable to Smoot-Hawley levies that worsened Great Depression

Sean Higgins · August 31, 2019 4:00 am

Tomi Lahren seen at Politicon 2016 at The Pasadena Convention Center on Saturday, June 25, 2016, in Pasadena, CA.

Tomi Lahren responds to criticism that her freedom-themed clothing line is made in China

John Gage · August 30, 2019 7:17 pm

Customers wait on a long checkout line at a Target store in San Francisco.

US consumer spending jumps in July

Melissa Quinn · August 30, 2019 3:21 pm

Over 200 footwear companies push Trump to cancel new tariffs

Melissa Quinn · August 29, 2019 6:16 pm

President Donald Trump

Trumponomics is replacing enterprise with dependence

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2019 2:59 pm

A woman carrying shopping bags on the escalator in a shopping mall.

Trade association chief warns US days away from 'retail Armageddon'

Melissa Quinn · August 28, 2019 2:47 pm

President Donald Trump gestures during a press conference on the third and final day of the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France.

2020 Democrat blames Amazon fire on Trump trade war with China

Mike Brest · August 27, 2019 9:31 pm

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, center, poses with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, right, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pose for photos before holding talks at the Xijiao Conference Center in Shanghai.

No face-to-face trade talks announced for US and China, telephone talks limited

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2019 8:00 pm

Commander of the Chinese Navy Adm. Wu Shengli, right, points out the layout of the Chinese Navy Headquarters to visiting U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, left, in Beijing, Monday, July 18, 2016. Richardson met Wu during his trip to Beijing and the port city of Qingdao that began on Sunday. He is also scheduled to visit the navy's submarine academy, tour China's first aircraft carrier and discuss ongoing Rim of the Pacific military drills.

Beltway Confidential

Outgoing Navy chief explains how the US is challenging Chinese imperialism

Tom Rogan · August 27, 2019 7:42 pm