Tag: Trade

Discount placards stand in the window of a clothing store as last-minute shoppers finish up their Christmas gift lists.

Retailers respond to State of the Union with plea to end trade war

James Langford · February 6, 2019 3:42 am

Chinese shoppers walk through the capital city's popular shopping mall in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. China raised tariffs Monday on thousands of U.S. goods in an escalation of its fight with President Donald Trump over technology policy and accused Washington of bullying Beijing and damaging the global economy.

Trump requests expanded powers to impose tariffs

Sean Higgins · February 6, 2019 3:06 am

President Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., watch, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019.

Energy and Environment

Trump jumps the gun in claiming the US is exporting more energy than it imports

Josh Siegel · February 6, 2019 2:27 am

Beltway Confidential

Three bears chase away the Goldilocks economy — and we set them loose

Bruce Yandle · February 6, 2019 12:06 am

Demand for liquefied natural gas is expected to triple in China by 2030, providing a chance for U.S. companies to grab a slice of the huge market. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Finance and Economy

How to fight China’s financial abuses: Crack down on anonymous companies

Nate Sibley · February 5, 2019 12:00 am

President Trump, left, holds a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, right, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Also attending the meeting, starting third from left seated, are, Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, national security adviser John Bolton, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

Business, Democrats urge Trump to get deal with China on intellectual property theft

Sean Higgins · February 1, 2019 11:04 pm

FILE - In this March 8, 2018 file photo, from left, Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang, New Zealand Trade Minister David Parker, General Secretary Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia Y.bhg. Datuk J. Jayasiri, Canada's Minister of International Trade Francois-Philippe Champagne, Australian Minister for Trade and Investment Steven Ciobo, Chile's Foreing Minister Heraldo Munoz, Brunei's Foreign Minister Haji Erawan bin Pehin Yusof, Japan's Trans-Pacific Partnership minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Secretary of Economy of Mexico Idelfonso Guajardo, Peru's Trade Minister Eduardo Ferreyros and Vietnamese Trade Minister Tran Tuan Anh, poses for a pictures after the signing ceremony of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, CP TPP, in Santiago, Chile. Japan and New Zealand are cautious about President Donald Trump's idea to re-examine a Pacific Rim trade deal that he pulled the U.S. out of shortly after taking office. Japanese officials said they welcome the move if it means that Trump is recognizing the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Japan and New Zealand are among 11 countries that signed the agreement after deciding to go ahead without the United States.

The TPP is up and running without us, and we’re losing out on its opportunities

Doug McCullough · February 1, 2019 5:03 am

An opposition member holds a Venezuelan national flag during a protest march against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.

Oil markets should brace for a stalemate in Venezuela

Dan K. Eberhart · February 1, 2019 5:03 am

The E.U. prevents non-member countries from labeling cheeses as "Parmesan" or "Asiago" on the grounds that those only come from the specific regions in which the cheeses originated. So U.S. products bearing those names cannot be sold in the E.U. regardless of their quality.

EU trade talks get tripped up before they start

Sean Higgins · February 1, 2019 5:00 am

President Donald Trump listens as he meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

Trump lauds top member of China’s repressive regime: ‘One of the most respected men’ in the world

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2019 10:46 pm

Soybeans are offloaded from a combine during the harvest in Brownsburg, Ind.

China agrees to buy 5 million tons of US soybeans after talks in Washington

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2019 10:14 pm

Fans have their photo taken with the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the NFL Experience ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl 53 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots in Atlanta, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.

ICE snatches $24M in counterfeit NFL gear ahead of the Super Bowl

Anna Giaritelli · January 31, 2019 6:27 pm