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Globalist Gary Cohn claims tariffs hurt the U.S. and Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro threw the White House into chaos.

U.S. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer said he talks daily to his Chinese counterpart, pushing back on reports that talks may have stalled.

Who pays for tariffs? A year after Trump announced tariffs on steel and aluminum, there’s no sign of tariff induced-inflation.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is no longer planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in late March, Fox Business reported Friday.

China’s economy is weakening and the trade deficit figures demonstrate just how much it depends on the U.S.

The strength of the U.S. consumer and American businesses drew in imports faster than exports to a weakening global economy.

Washington Examiner commentary editor Timothy Carney, author of Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse, described the “destruction of a way of life” among “working class” people in rural and industrial regions wrought by the status quo of globalization in a Monday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.

More than 9-in-10 conservatives support placing reciprocal tariffs on foreign imports to protect American workers and their jobs, a new poll reveals.

President Donald Trump proclaimed from the CPAC stage Saturday that tariffs the “greatest” tool he’s employed in negotiating trade with foreign nations.

About 3-in-4 American voters favor a populist-nationalist legal immigration, trade, and foreign policy platform from candidates running for office that prioritizes protecting the way of life and economic security of United States citizens above all else.

WIlbur Ross revealed for the first time Friday how the U.S. plans to enforce any deal it cuts with China on trade.

The city of Arcata, California, removed a statue of President William McKinley before dawn on Thursday, bowing to the wishes of Native American political activists, and breaking a promise by the city council to notify the public.

Walking away from a deal with North Korea sends a strong message to Beijing: don’t count on the U.S. to back down.

Kudlow told CNBC that the China trade talks stalled last week before Lighthizer got tough with Chinese officals.

The U.S. Trade Represenative pushed back against the idea that the Trump administration would accept a weak deal with China.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reaffirmed Tuesday that if China cannot make a deal with the U.S. at a Mar-a-Lago summit between their presidents, then tariff increases on China will resume.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will reopen an idled Detroit engine plant, invest billions into five existing Michigan plants, and create about 6,500 U.S. auto jobs in a move reflecting President Trump’s economic nationalist agenda.

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would delay an increase in tariffs on Chinese goods has not set off the alarm bells among China hawks that earlier signs the administration could soften its stance on China did.

President Donald Trump delayed the 90-day tariff truce deadline with China after a “very productive” extended round of trade talks in D.C. 

President Donald Trump met with Special Envoy for President Xi Jinping Friday, promoting great promise for a trade deal and openness to extending the tariff truce deadline.

Chinese officials agreed to increase purchases of U.S. soybeans by ten million metric tons on Friday during a meeting with President Donald Trump.

United States trade officials lined up opposite Chinese counterparts at a Washington, DC, negotiating table Thursday morning to begin two days of time-sensitive trade negotiations.

The pro-mass-immigration Koch brothers’ network of billionaire, donor-class organizations is fighting President Trump’s economic nationalist agenda ahead of the 2020 election with amnesty and free trade absolutism efforts.

Trump signaled a willingness to let the trade negotiations with China stretch on past the March 1 deadline set in December.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is mulling a 2020 presidential run, trashed Trump administration policies on an international stage in Munich during the weekend.

An EU official promised the reaction to U.S. tariffs on imported cars would be “swift and adequate.”

Top U.S. and Chinese trade officials made progress in Beijing this week, but the White House says there’s much more work to do as talks continue next week in D.C. and a tariff truce deadline looms.

The latest price data deals a sharp blow to the fearmongers who said consumers would pay for Trump’s tariffs.

Consumer prices once again demonstrate that American households are not being squeezed by tariffs on metals and China imports

China saw two of its large borrowers fail to make payments last month in a market slowing amid troubled lending, according to a report citing several people familiar with the matter.

Congressman Kevin Brady affirmed President Donald Trump’s aim to reverse China’s unfair trade practices Tuesday.

“If we’re close to a deal…I can see myself letting that slide for a little while,” Trump said. “But I’m not inclined to do that.”

Job openings in metals-using sectors are up sharply compared to a year ago, dispelling the myth that steel and aluminum tariffs hurt U.S. workers.

Ford Motor Company is planning to add about 500 additional American jobs to its manufacturing plants in the Chicago metro area, executives have announced. 

China’s economic vulnerability gives the U.S. leverage in trade talks, the hedge fund managers say.

Higher steel prices have made investment in domestic steel production profitable again.