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Aug 29 2019
Headline Roundup
Trade War Slows as Wall Street Recovers
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 1% on Thursday and is on pace for its best week since June. After an uncertain week of retaliatory tariff exchanges between the United States and China, Chinese officials indicated an intention to continue negotiations.
MarketWatch NBC News (Online) ReutersMar 03 2018
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White House Week in Review
This week White House communications director Hope Hicks announced her departure, Jared Kushner has come under fire in the media, and the president has faced some controversy over new tariffs and gun control.
Vox The Hill Washington ExaminerMay 31 2019
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Mexico 'won't be provoked by US' over migrant row
Mexico's president has insisted his government will not be provoked, after President Donald Trump announced escalating tariffs on all goods unless Mexico curbed illegal migration.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador described Mr Trump's slogan "America First" as a fallacy and said universal justice was more important than borders.
Stock markets saw sharp losses following Mr Trump's
BBC NewsMay 23 2019
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Huawei Blacklisted
“The Trump administration [last] Thursday officially added China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to a trade blacklist, immediately enacting restrictions that will make it extremely difficult for the telecom giant to do business with U.S. companies.” (Reuters)
The left thinks there are real concerns regarding Huawei, but is divided on whether this hardball strategy makes sense.
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The Flip SideMay 22 2019
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Trump Administration Could Blacklist China’s Hikvision, a Surveillance Firm
The Trump administration is considering limits to a Chinese video surveillance giant’s ability to buy American technology, people familiar with the matter said, the latest attempt to counter Beijing’s global economic ambitions.
The move would effectively place the company, Hikvision, on a United States blacklist. It also would mark the first time the Trump administration punished a
New York Times (News)May 14 2019
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An Unending Trade War Leaves Wall Street Jittery
Investors are dealing with a painful new reality: The trade war between the United States and China could last indefinitely.
That anxiety spread across the stock markets on Monday, as investors around the world tried to divine the potential fallout to economic growth and corporate profits. Bonds and commodities, too, flashed warnings of a slowdown.
The stock losses have brought
New York Times (News)Oct 26 2018
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Economy Grew at Robust 3.5% in Third Quarter, But Business Spending Slowed
The economy grew 3.5% from July to September, a strong rate that was driven by consumer and government spending. Trade and business spending slowed significantly amid President Trump's increased tariffs, a factor that some experts say will hinder economic expansion in the long-term.
Bloomberg Fox News (Online News) MSNBCMar 05 2018
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Trump Puts Pressure on NAFTA Talks
President Donald Trump continued to call for changes to U.S. trade deals on Monday, saying that he’s open to pulling back on the tariffs he plans to impose on international trade partners if Mexico and Canada come to the table and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Bloomberg HuffPost Fox News (Online News)Jun 15 2021
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US and EU Agree to End Dispute Over Aircraft Subsidies
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden and European Union leaders agreed to end a 17-year-old trade dispute over subsidies to rival plane makers Airbus and Boeing.
The tariffs, authorized by the World Trade Organization, had been suspended in March for four months; the suspension is now extended by five years.
NPR (Online News) Associated Press Fact Check ZeroHedgeNov 05 2019
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U.S. Stocks Outpacing the Rest of the World
Steady consumer spending and strength in the labor market keep supporting U.S. stocks despite fears of a recession.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed Monday to its first record since mid-July, the latest example of investors’ faith in the domestic economy powering U.S. stocks to fresh highs.
Buoyed by optimism about a U.S.-China trade accord and last week’s upbeat figures
Wall Street Journal (News)