Trade War

IDC and Gartner count shipments slightly differently, but IDC saw "high single-digit" US growth and Gartner saw a slight sales decline stateside. The number of units shipped went up for both desktop and portable PC models, according to IDC. Apple's MacBook ke…

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Many U.S. Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting thought more stimulus would be needed soon if risks to the U.S. economy did not let up, and several others leaned in that direction, records from the meeting showed. In their …

The Bible could be a victim in Trump's trade war

European markets remained cautious despite Wall Street closing at record highs Wednesday, as trade war concerns lingered. Markets have been subdued with the U.S. shut for business for the Fourth of July holiday. Whats moving the market? China Commerce Min…

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge HP, Dell, Microsoft, and Amazon are the latest companies to consider moving some of their hardware production out of China in light of the ongoing trade war with the US. Nikkei reports that HP and Dell are both looking to m…

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks managed modest gains on Tuesday after holding near the unchanged mark for much of the session as enthusiasm over the U.S.-China trade truce faded after the United States threatened tariffs on additional E…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union said on Tuesday it is open to talks with United States in a row over aircraft subsidies but said figures quoted by Washington as it threatened more tariffs were based on internal U.S. estimates. “The EU remains open f…

Chip-related stocks led the broader tech sector higher following a truce in the trade war with China, which dragged heavily on suppliers of semiconductors and related technology earlier this year. The PHLX Semiconductor Index SOX, +2.39% rose as much as 5…

(OSAKA, Japan) — A trade war between two economic titans faced a critical junction Saturday, as President Donald Trump met with China’s Xi Jinping as both sides signaled a desire to de-escalate the year-long conflict despite doubts about either side’s willing…

XI JINPING and Donald Trump claim to be fond of each other. After a year of spiralling disputes between America and China, their professions of friendship are hard to believe. But it is true that whenever they get together, they usually succeed in stabilising…