Tag: Trade

A visitor to the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo looks at a computer chip through the microscope displayed by the state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup project which has emerged as a national champion for Beijing's semiconductor ambitions in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 17, 2018. The Trump administration has threatened to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion in Chinese imports to punish Beijing over trade practices requiring American companies to hand over technology in exchange for access to the Chinese market. China has counterpunched by targeting $50 billion in U.S. products.

Beltway Confidential

Tariffs and regulations will not dissuade China’s ambitions in tech development

Erin Dunne · June 26, 2018 4:06 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump drove Harley-Davidson overseas, now he wants to punish them again for leaving

Philip Wegmann · June 26, 2018 3:31 pm

Michael Wirth, vice chairman of Chevron Corp., speaks during a panel discussion at the Gastech Exhibition & Conference in Chiba, Japan, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The global gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) conference will continue until April 7.

Oil and gas chiefs: Trump’s trade agenda a ‘drag’ on economic growth

Josh Siegel · June 26, 2018 3:25 pm

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with meet with Harley-Davidson executives shortly after Trump's 2017 inauguration. The president lambasted the company Tuesday for its decision to move some production outside of the U.S. to escape the impact of trade disputes he initiated.

Trump warns Harley-Davidson: Moving offshore is the ‘beginning of the end’

Katelyn Caralle, James Langford · June 26, 2018 12:43 pm

A worker sits near a shelve displaying bottles of American whiskey for sale at a supermarket in Beijing, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. President Donald Trump says the U.S. lost a trade war with China "years ago." In a tweet Wednesday after China announced a list of U.S. products that might be subject to a 25 percent tariff, Trump said: "We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the U.S." China announced tariffs worth $50 billion on a series of U.S. products including soybeans, whiskey and cars.

A trade war against American spirits

Sarah Longwell · June 26, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence stop to admire a Harley-Davidson motorcycle parked on the South Lawn of the White House on Feb. 2, 2017.

Trump calls out Harley-Davidson for overseas production shift due to EU tariffs

Emma Ayers · June 25, 2018 10:07 pm

Major U.S. stock indexes slid Monday as President Trump dug in on trade policies that business fears will undermine economic benefits of tax cuts.

Wall Street dives as Trump trade tactics grate on US businesses

James Langford · June 25, 2018 5:22 pm

China's President Xi Jinping, right, speaks to French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, June 25, 2018.

China’s Xi Jinping vows to ‘punch back’ on tariffs

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2018 5:01 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin arrives to speak with reporters about trade with China outside of the White House, Monday, May 21, 2018, in Washington.

Steven Mnuchin: New investment restrictions to go beyond China

Gabby Morrongiello · June 25, 2018 4:25 pm

Rolling Thunder Motorcycle rally crosses Memorial Bridge entering Washington DC from Arlington Virginia. The rally is to bring attention to POWs and MIAs of US-involved wars.

Trump’s trade war backfires with American icon Harley-Davidson

Joe Williams, James Langford · June 25, 2018 12:42 pm

This Jan. 4, 2018, file photo shows the interior of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 22.

Energy and Environment

US stocks finish mostly higher as energy companies climb

Associated Press · June 22, 2018 8:48 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., right, asks a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s tariffs are damaging Missouri’s economy and making Claire McCaskill look conservative

Philip Wegmann · June 22, 2018 4:09 pm