Tag: Trade

Trump embraces Modi, despite disputes with India, in message to China

Joel Gehrke · June 28, 2019 9:54 pm

A cargo truck drives amid stacked shipping containers at the Yangshan port in Shanghai, Thursday, March 29, 2018. China's Commerce Ministry called on Washington on Thursday to discard planned tariffs it warned might set off a chain reaction that could disrupt global trade and said Beijing will "fight to the end".

China spends $130B to finance its exports

Sean Higgins · June 28, 2019 3:56 pm

Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg answers questions at an event.

Beltway Confidential

Pete Buttigieg is right: Tariffs are taxes on Americans

Brad Polumbo · June 28, 2019 2:52 am

President Donald Trump listens to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speak during their meeting, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Beltway Confidential

Legalize freedom, oppose tariffs

Bruce Yandle · June 27, 2019 4:50 pm

A man monitors stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Major Asian stock markets declined Tuesday as traders looked ahead to a meeting between the American and Chinese presidents amid hopes for renewed trade talks.

Beltway Confidential

Trade with China didn’t change China, it changed us

Gary Bauer · June 27, 2019 4:27 pm

China pushing US to back down on Huawei in trade deal

Sean Higgins · June 27, 2019 3:07 pm

President Donald Trump listens to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speak during their meeting, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Trump teases Wall Street with hints of China-tariff relief

James Langford · June 27, 2019 12:58 pm

Trump support holding in Iowa despite China trade flap — for now

David M. Drucker · June 27, 2019 7:00 am

Huse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, speaks at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Democrats back away from demand to reopen USMCA talks

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2019 10:54 pm

A FedEx delivery truck is loaded by an employee on the street, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in downtown Cincinnati. FedEx Corp. (FDX) on Tuesday reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $1.97 billion, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

‘We’re not law enforcement’: FedEx sues Trump administration over export rules

Melissa Quinn · June 25, 2019 9:09 pm

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is pictured.

Leaked nominations documents show White House worried about Robert Lighthizer’s Democratic donations

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2019 4:34 pm

Rolls of steel weighing as much as 20 tons each await shipment the NUCOR Steel Gallatin plant, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Ghent, Ky. The plant is operating 24 hours a day to meet demand.

Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to Trump’s steel tariffs

Melissa Quinn · June 24, 2019 2:20 pm