Trade War

Trump and Xi are scheduled to meet in June to discuss the potential for renegotiation, of which Trump said, Maybe something will happen. Seth Meyers found his statement to be, as usual, sounding incredibly vague. Maybe something will happen. It sounds like a…

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday the Sino-U.S. trade war would not immediately trigger an economic shock on the scale of the “Lehman shock”, though the friction between the world’s two largest economies is unlikely to be re…

Beijing will raise tariffs on US$60-billion in goods imported from the United States, Chinas Finance Ministry said Monday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images China hit back at the United States in a new round of escalating tariffs, triggering a sharp fall in stoc…

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Dow futures fall more than 200 points as trade war fears persist

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The Chinese government said on Sunday that the door to resolving the impasse was always open, but that it would not yield on matters of principle, according to state news media. There are no winners in a trade war, The Peoples Daily newspaper said in a commen…

The standoff in Washington is having real-world impact. Puerto Ricans saw their first increase in nutritional assistance expire in March. Coastal states are urgently awaiting reconstruction funding less than a month before the next hurricane season begins. An…