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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
Jan 30 2019
News
As China Trade Talks Begin, Trump Faces Pressure to Make a Deal
Though president feels an advantage as China’s economy slows, new tariffs could be unpopular.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 15 2021
News
Biden eases trade friction with EU ahead of Putin summit
President Joe Biden on Tuesday moved to end a long-running dispute with the European Union over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers, a major breakthrough in the U.S.-EU trade relationship that comes on the eve of his highly anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The announcement that the two sides reached resolution in a 17-year dispute over how much of a government
Associated Press Fact Check
Dec 24 2020
Opinion
Prosperity After Brexit
Brexit came down to the wire but it arrived Thursday, with a new trade deal between the United Kingdom and European Union. Arguments about whether this is a good or bad deal for either side matter less than the fact that British voters have finally received what they voted for in 2016.
Britain left the European Union on Jan. 31 and has been in a transitional period applying most EU
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)