Trade War

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COLFAX, North Dakota (Reuters) - North Dakota bet bigger on Chinese soybean demand than any other U.S. state. The industry here - on the far northwestern edge of the U.S. farm belt, close to Pacific ports - spent millions on grain storage and rail-loading i…

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Wednesday as fresh worries about a global recession led investors to dump risky assets, with U.S. President Donald Trump showing no signs of backing down in his trade war with China. Trump said on Tuesday he had to co…

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - One Federal Reserve policymaker who opposed the Fed’s recent rate cut is considering whether to support such a move now given risks that a U.S.-China trade war and global slowdown could derail the economy. “I could see scenarios where …

August 16, 2019 3 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The Entrepreneur Index™ was down 3.03 percent in the last week with most of the losses coming on Wednesday -- the worst day of the year in the stock market. The Dow …

BEIJING (Reuters) - To the outside world, China’s ruling Communist Party - faced with an expanding trade war crimping an already slowing economy and spiraling protests in Hong Kong - is confronting some of its strongest political and economic headwinds in dec…

Chinese shoppers don't appear to be paying much attention to fears of an imminent slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. At least if Alibaba's latest numbers are anything to go by. The enormous e-commerce company managed to add 98 million customer…

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares were heading for weekly losses on Friday as conflicting messages on the Sino-U.S. trade war only added to worries for the global economy, while talk of aggressive central bank stimulus drove bond yields to fresh lows. U.S. Pr…

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s government announced an economic support package worth HK$19.1 billion ($2.44 billion) on Thursday as escalating political protests and the prolonged Sino-U.S. trade war weigh heavily on the Asian financial center. Financia…