Trade War

This is all a tall order in an economy in which workers are becoming scarce, she said. The process wreaks havoc with the monthly jobs figures because of the magnitude of the hiring. In May 2010, new census workers added 411,000 to the employment data. As of…

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares got off to a hesitant start on Thursday as investors feared a looming U.S. trade war with Mexico would further depress global growth, even as they wagered central banks would have to respond with fresh stimulus. MSCI’s broade…

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The impact of a Mexican tariff wall on U.S. consumers and on economic growth even has some leading Republicans in the Senate warning they could move to block the tariffs. CHRIS JACKSON/AFP/Getty Images People are behaving with remarkable calm as the countd…

GOP would be ‘foolish’ to block tariffs on Mexican imports: Trump - Global News

China is cautioning its citizens against traveling to the U.S., citing safety concerns and telling tourists to look out for harassment by American law enforcement as tensions between the two countries continue to build. In a public notice issued Tuesday, the…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a joint news conference with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May in London on June 4, 2019. CARLOS BARRIA/Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would probably order new tariffs on all Mexican goods importe…

Last week 600 acres of the Hurst family farm was underwater. Those acres already had been planted with corn, and Blake Hurst said the family now had to decide if there was time to replant soybeans and take the chance the herbicide they used for corn had been…

Sarah Brown, Riley Walters Economics, Asia We need answers. Tariff Time: America Will Soon Feel the Pain of the U.S.-China Trade War The long U.S.-China trade war is about to hit another mile marker. New tariffs, announced in May on $200 billion worth of…

Huawei could quickly lose its grip on the No. 2 ranking in worldwide cellphone sales after Google announced it would comply with U.S. government restrictions meant to punish the Chinese tech powerhouse. (May 20) AP, AP BEIJING  A report Monday on Chinese m…