Tag: Trade

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reaches for a baby during a campaign rally in Fayetteville, N.C., Wednesday, March 9, 2016.

Trump tosses the ‘boring’ Republican script to rally his base

W. James Antle III · April 6, 2018 4:01 am

Trump will spend Tuesday playing catch up in Ohio, while Clinton campaigns in Colorado. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

How Trump can emerge from a China trade war unscathed

David M. Drucker · April 6, 2018 4:01 am

FILE - In this Oct. 22 2014 file photo, then-Nebraska Republican Senate candidate, now Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. speaks in Lincoln, Neb. Sasse drew scorn and even threats from Donald TrumpÂs supporters after he tweeted a series of critiques and questions about the Republican presidential front-runner in January 2016. Undaunted, the freshman GOP senator has posted an online video in which he read aloud a litany of "mean tweets" about himself.

Ben Sasse reacts to Trump’s new $100 billion tariff proposal: ‘This is the dumbest way to do this’

Diana Stancy Correll · April 6, 2018 2:13 am

President Donald Trump waves during a roundtable discussion on tax policy, Thursday, April 5, 2018, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., with from left, Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Trump, CEO of Davis Trust Company Hugh Hitchcock, and assistant head teller at Davis Trust Company Ann Macomber.

Trump threatens tariffs on another $100 billion worth of goods from China

Diana Stancy Correll · April 5, 2018 11:20 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump trade war will test the faithfulness of rural GOP candidates

Philip Wegmann · April 5, 2018 9:15 pm

Works move corn to a storage bin at the Heartland Co-op, Thursday, April 5, 2018, in Redfield, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

Great news! US trade surplus on capital rises to 9.5-year high

Tim Worstall · April 5, 2018 8:23 pm

White House says talks with China could avert trade war, but offers no details

Pete Kasperowicz · April 5, 2018 8:03 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2015 file photo, the One Franklin Square Building in Washington, that houses the Washington Post newspaper. The Washington Post is featuring a new motto on the paper's website: "Democracy Dies in Darkness." The words now appear underneath the name of the paper on its website. They were not, however, in a similar place in the paper's print edition Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos used the phrase in an interview last year when asked to explain why he purchased the paper in 2013.

Trump slams Washington Post for ‘phony’ story on Chinese tariffs

Anna Giaritelli · April 5, 2018 1:39 pm

President Trump plans to sign two executive orders Monday announcing his intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trump's campaign promise to abandon NAFTA helped win over Rust Belt voters who felt left behind by globalization.

Conservatives push for anti-regulatory language in NAFTA deal

Sean Higgins · April 5, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping square off on trade. (AP Photo/File)

What a trade fight would mean for Trump country

David M. Drucker · April 5, 2018 4:00 am

In this 2011 photo, the blood thinner medication Plavix is displayed.

Patient groups, manufacturers fear trade war could raise drug prices

Robert King · April 4, 2018 11:25 pm

President-elect Trump met with investor Wilbur Ross this week in New Jersey, and reportedly wants Ross to lead the Commerce Department. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Word of advice: Keep Wilbur Ross away from cameras

Becket Adams · April 4, 2018 7:02 pm