Protectionism

BEIJING - China's yuan has fallen further against the U.S. dollar amid fears about mounting economic damage from Beijing's trade war with President Donald Trump. The yuan declined to 7.0562 to the dollar in early trading Tuesday, a day after Beijing allowed …

In March 2018, just weeks after President Donald Trump announced plans to place tariffs on imported steel, the India-based company JSW Steel announced plans to spend $500 million to expand its steelmaking plants in America. A huge victory for "America First"…

US dollar Franklin and China Yuan of Mao bank notes Getty Images Topline: The U.S.-China trade war is heightening after the value of China's yuan fell to an 11-year low of seven to one dollar with Beijing facing accusations that it is weaponizing its curre…

The trade wars aren’t working out very well this morning.U.S. markets are stumbling in early-morning trading Monday after China let its yuan weaken to its lowest level against the dollar since the 2008 financial crisis. China’s central bank, which sets parame…

China's central bank is confident and capable of keeping the yuan basically stable at reasonable and balanced levels after it weakened past the key 7 per dollar level on Monday morning. The level was last breached during the global financial crisis in 2008. …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank is confident and capable of keeping the yuan basically stable at reasonable and balanced levels after it weakened past the key 7 per dollar level on Monday morning. The level was last breached during the global finan…

Editor: You rightly criticize both Democrats and Republicans increasingly tight embrace of protectionism (A bipartisan retreat on trade, August 2). Donald Trump, of course, is a protectionist of the most cartoonish sort. Unfortunately, the pronouncements of…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticised China for what he described as predatory trade practices and human rights abuses that harm economic development. Serving up a sharp rebuke on China's drive into Southeast Asia, Pompeo said on Friday: "We're no…

The new president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is assembling her cabinet, which will be presented and subjected to hearings by the European Parliament in autumn. Yet when it comes to the priorities of her Commission, she has already laid …

Prime Minister Boris Johnson Brexit will challenge Prime Minister Boris Johnsons character beyond measure and President Donald Trumps ability to accommodate new order in Europe. The tasks for Britain fall into two buckets. Minimizing the short-term costs of…