President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire trade war has set in motion a commercial rupture without precedent, which is rippling through the global economy in unpredictable and costly ways. The triple-digit taxes that the president has imposed…
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Why Trump is scrambling for allies in his trade war with China
A unified North American trading powerhouse has long been seen as a potential bulwark against China. But Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over Canada and has targeted Mexico with some of his toughest tariffs.…
Tracking Trump: China escalates tariffs; officials defy a court order; the health department’s autism study; and more
Earlier this week: Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and astronaut and Trump’s NASA administrator pick testified at a confirmation hearing as the agency faces a fork in the road. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his…
Trump tariffs live updates: U.S.-China trade war escalates as Beijing raises retaliatory duties
China raised its total retaliatory tariff on U.S. imports to 125% today after the Trump administration clarified the previous day that U.S. duties on Beijing are now 145% because of earlier …
Trump tariffs live updates: U.S.-China trade war escalates as Beijing increases retaliatory duties
China raised its total retaliatory tariff on U.S. imports to 125% today after the Trump administration clarified the previous day that U.S. duties on Beijing are now 145% because of earlier fentanyl-related levies.
Why China Won’t Give In to Trump
President Donald Trump bragged that many foreign leaders were “kissing his ass” to avoid the steep tariffs he’d imposed on their countries. But China’s leader, Xi Jinping, was not one of them. “We are waiting…
Trump Showed His Pain Point in His Standoff With China
Xi Jinping, who rules with absolute authority, has shown he is willing to let the Chinese people endure hardship. President Trump revealed he has limits.
As U.S. Fights China, Europe Courts It
As the U.S. and China hits out at each other, Europeans are forming an orderly line to Beijing. On Friday, Chines
Why Trump’s attempt to pressure Beijing with ever-rising tariffs could backfire
Many U.S. trade partners have scrambled to offer concessions in exchange for lower U.S. tariffs, but ot China, which not only has not sought negotiations but has matched Trump tariff for tariff.
Trump optimistic on reaching deal with China, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump is optimistic about reaching a trade deal with China, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday, amid an escalating trade war between the two economic …
China’s Cosco weighs legal action after Peru sets price controls at megaport
Chinese ports operator Cosco Shipping could kick off legal proceedings in Peru after the local regulator determined that prices at Cosco’s Chancay megaport must be controlled, the firm said in a …
A US-China trade war could be catastrophic. What is Trump’s endgame strategy?
The fast-worsening trade war between the United States and China — the planet’s premier geopolitical powers, whose economies are intricately entwined — threatens to wreak severe damage on both nations …
Q&A: What has China done so far? What could China do next?
A reordering of global trading relationships could be underway as the world’s two largest economies clash and relations spiral into a trade war.
