Tag: Trade

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in friendlier times. The two this week stepped up their trade war.

Secret list of 142 items key to US-China trade talks

Sean Higgins · November 28, 2018 10:08 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Senate Democrats urge Trump not to back off China in meeting with Xi Jinping

Sean Higgins · November 28, 2018 8:15 pm

A ship to shore crane prepares to load a 40-foot shipping container onto a container ship at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga.

Trade wars and Brexit top the list of the Fed’s fears

Colin Wilhelm · November 28, 2018 5:03 pm

Will We Leave Yemen?

TWS Podcast · November 28, 2018 4:58 pm

In this photo taken on Aug. 5, 2010, a container are being load into a cargo ship at the Tianjin port in China. China's exports grew strongly in July but import growth fell as its rapid economic expansion cooled, possibly hurting global demand. Exports rose 38.1 percent over a year ago to $145.5 billion while imports gained 22.7 percent to $116.8 billion, the customs agency reported Tuesday. Export growth eased from June's 43.9 percent rate while import growth tumbled from June's 34.1 percent expansion.

Beltway Confidential

Tariffs won’t change China, but the WTO might

Clark Packard · November 28, 2018 5:00 am

President Trump pauses while he takes questions on a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. The new deal, reached just before a midnight deadline imposed by the U.S., will be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It replaces the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump had called a job-killing disaster.

Vote on Trump’s NAFTA replacement unlikely this year, top House Republican says

Colin Wilhelm · November 27, 2018 9:44 pm

White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in D.C.

Trump ready to ratchet up tariffs on China, Kudlow says ahead of G-20 showdown

Sean Higgins · November 27, 2018 7:09 pm

President Trump pauses while he takes questions on a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. The new deal, reached just before a midnight deadline imposed by the U.S., will be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It replaces the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump had called a job-killing disaster.

Beltway Confidential

The trade war isn’t working, and the states show it

Bruce Yandle · November 27, 2018 4:11 pm

Signage for an Apple Inc. store at the Shanghai International Center (IFC) shopping mall 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.

Apple extends Thanksgiving slide after Trump threatens China supply

James Langford · November 27, 2018 4:02 pm

Department of Commerce has added manpower to handle Trump’s tariffs

Sean Higgins · November 27, 2018 5:00 am

"It doesn't matter which country, you can just pick a name out of a hat -- they're beating us in trade.Â Every country," Donald Trump said. "No matter what country you talk about."

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s unpredictable trade policy leaves the economy in limbo

Erin Dunne · November 26, 2018 3:00 pm

People look at the electronics section on Black Friday at a Target store in Plainville, Mass., Friday, Nov. 23, 2018.

The worst deal on Black Friday

Washington Examiner · November 23, 2018 2:31 pm