An alliance between globalist donors and pundits, the big business lobby, and a handful of Republican lawmakers are uniting to attempt to strip President Donald Trump of his powers to implement tariffs to protect American jobs and U.S. industry from unfair, foreign competition.
Comments from the White House economics adviser dimmed hopes of a China deal by the March 1 deadline.
China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday offered a lukewarm review of President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address, applauding his effort to build political unity in the United States but insisting the U.S. is too “deeply divided” to accomplish anything worthwhile.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross credited President Donald Trump’s economic policies including tariffs with strengthening America’s national security and revitalizing American industries.
The China tariffs may have boosted U.S. GDP by holding back imports.
The government is considering temporarily dropping import tariffs in the event of a no-deal Brexit while ministers are said to be examining hi-tech freight tracking across the Irish border.
During President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address (SOTU) on Tuesday evening, the president called the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) a “catastrophe” for America’s working and middle class.
This is what Breitbart News editors and reporters think President Donald Trump should say in the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.
China and the U.S. are at a “critically important stage” in their relations, according to a letter from the President of China to President Donald Trump which was read aloud in the Oval Office Thursday.
U.S. officials will meet with counterparts from China in Washington, DC this week.
The U.S. Trade Representative will lead pivotal, top-level trade meetings with China’s delegation at the White House this week.
China’s economic weakness is bleeding over into U.S. companies with big exposures to sales in Asia.
Another Chinese tech company that cannot operate without buying from U.S. tech companies.
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, declares itself for Team Huawei.
A German forklift maker is planning to expand manufacturing in the United States to avoid being hit with tariffs in China that President Donald Trump has imposed to protect American industry and jobs.
An Ohio steel mill, forced into closure by free trade and imports, is reopening this year thanks to President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariff on foreign steel imports.
D.C.-based trade meetings with China’s top economic official are still on for the end of the month, a White House official said, refuting reports Tuesday they were called off.
The U.S. faces a January 30 deadline to formally request extradition from Canada for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
President Donald Trump called on China to do a ‘Real Deal’ after numbers revealed it is experiencing the slowest economic expansion in 28 years.
Skeptics of China’s economic statistics suspect the country’s economy may be even worse off.
China says it will buy more U.S. products but there is no sign of progress on tougher issues at stake in the trade dispute.
Total industrial production rose 4.0 percent in 2018, much higher than 2.9 percent in 2017 and 2016’s paltry 0.5 percent gain.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says past Republican and Democrat presidents have been “the valets” for multinational corporations and business lobbyists with their support for job-killing multilateral free trade deals.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s first effort on trade in 2019 is to tank legislation that would allow President Donald Trump to impose reciprocal tariffs on specific foreign imports, Breitbart News has learned.
Lighthizer still opposes giving in but President Donald Trump is reportedly pressuring him to get a China deal done.
As the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) turns 25 this year, American manufacturing jobs and U.S. workers’ wages continue trying to come back after more than a decade of massive layoffs and stagnant pay.
The trade truce may wind up with no deal and tariffs going up.
December price data defy predictions that tariffs would push price levels higher.
Even with tariffs, the trade gap is still growing.
China’s top economic official will “likely” visit the U.S. for trade talks in January according to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
Consumer prices on many items subject to tariffs actually fell in December, defying predictions that the trade war would weigh on American consumers.
Economic patriots are urging President Trump to not back down from China on trade negotiations and are asking for more tariffs on Chinese imports to level the playing field for American producers.
China appears willing to buy more products and services from the U.S. but the larger issues remain unresolved.
So much for the blarney about tariffs hurting U.S. manufacturers.
A Chinese official named Guan Zhaojin, formerly head of customs in the busy port city of Dalian, is under investigation for helping professional “personal shoppers” evade huge import tariffs and intrusive inspections for overseas purchases.
It may be more difficult to resolve the trade dispute with China than many people expect. State-led economics is at the heart of China’s system.
A crafty op-ed in the Financial Times may be a guide to China’s thinking right now.
The slowdown is due to the fall in the price of oil and not trade disputes.
Manufacturing continued to expand in December but optimism about the coming year fell, according to a survey of manufacturers.
China’s economy is slowing down more than expected.