Trade War

Last month, the US increased import tariffs on certain Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent. If the tariff hike goes through, items like motherboards, smartphones, video game consoles and computers could be subject to the 25 percent tax. At that rate, …

As the U.S.-Chine trade war continues, so does the threat of further tariffs being imposed by President Trump. They could potentially cut deeply into the profit margins of the iPhone, but according to Foxconn, Apple has nothing to worry about. As Bloomberg r…

The Chinese government has pledged to "fight to the end" if the US continues to escalate the two countries' trade war. "China does not want to fight a trade war, but we are not afraid of fighting a trade war," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang…

Three days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border, the two countries appear unable to agree on exactly whats in it. Stung by criticism that the agreement mostly ramps up border prote…

Brad Glosserman, Denny Roy Security, Asia Beijing is preparing its people for hardship and explaining the necessity of a protracted national struggle against Washington. This is No Way to Win a Trade War with China There is little dispute that China engag…

The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended, Mr. Trump wrote just before 8:30 p.m. Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to ou…

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday reiterated his desire to avoid confrontation with the U.S. government and to stay friends with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump amid the threat of a trade war over migration. L…

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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