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May 13 2019
News
China hits back in trade war with US
China has said it will impose tariffs on $60bn (£46bn) of US goods from 1 June, extending a bilateral trade war.
The move comes three days after the US more than doubled tariffs on $200bn of Chinese imports.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump denied that US consumers would pay for higher tariffs on Chinese imports and warned China not to follow suit.
But Beijing said it
BBC News
May 16 2019
Opinion
OPINION: John Feehery: To end the trade war, America's business community should do this
To end the trade war, the American business community should unite.
Unfortunately, right now, they are united against the wrong culprit.
The Chamber of Commerce, the National Retail Federation, the Farm Bureau and many other trade associations loudly complain about the president and his tariffs.
Tariffs hurt the heartland, they say. Tariffs are another tax, they moan.
Guest Writer - Right
May 10 2019
News
Trump Doubles Down on China Threat as Trade Talks Resume
President Trump renewed his trade fight with China on Friday morning, hours after raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of the country’s imports, as he tried to pressure Beijing to agree to America’s trade terms.
In a series of early morning tweets, the president said tariffs on Chinese goods will help the United States and warned China that he would continue to tax their products if
New York Times (News)
Mar 07 2022
News
Congress moves to bar Russian energy imports and end favorable trade relations.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers said on Monday that they would move forward with legislation that would ban imports of Russian energy into the United States and suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The legislation is aimed at inflicting further financial pain on Russia and Belarus, which has been aiding the conflict, by cutting
New York Times (News)
Oct 23 2018
News
OPINION: How Trump Should Address Unfair Trade With China
Correcting currency misalignment, not imposing tariffs, should be his priority.
Guest Writer - Left
Jun 06 2019
News
Trump Pressures Mexico as Second Day of Border Talks Begin
U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs starting Monday if no deal is reached on slowing migrant crossings
President Trump said Thursday that progress was being made in border-security talks between Mexican and U.S. officials, but warned that Mexico must “step up to the plate” if it wants to head off tariffs planned for next week on $350 billion in imports.
Officials were set to
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 06 2019
News
Trump Calls for Mexico to ‘Step Up’ as U.S. Trade Talks Extended
U.S. and Mexican negotiators are set to resume talks Thursday with time running short to avert President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs next week.
Staff-level meetings are scheduled to start at 2 p.m. at the White House, a U.S. official said. Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard was at the State Department Thursday morning but it wasn’t clear who he was meeting with. When
Bloomberg
Feb 22 2019
News
U.S. Bets on China’s Special Envoy in Trade Talks
Two sides face a March 1 deadline before tariffs on some Chinese imports rise.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Mar 13 2023
News
GOP killed Big Business. Biden buries the corpse.
Many Republicans gave up trying to defend corporate America when Donald Trump rode a wave of conservative populism straight into the White House. Now it’s getting even lonelier for big business in Washington.
President Joe Biden ditched Trump’s brawling style. But he is keeping some of the former president’s key policies in place that are disliked by CEOs — including tariffs on imports
Politico