Trade War

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- When it comes to trade with China, it often seems that President Donald Trump is his own worst enemy. Unilaterally raising tariffs, as Trump is threatening, is akin to punishing U.S. consumers for Chinas misbehavior. Most economists vi…

Trump's tweet freaks out stock market

The US automakers may be under increasing pressure as President Donald Trump turned up the heat in the US's trade dispute with China. Shares of both companies were down as the auto industry is particularly sensitive to Chinese demand. Trump, on Sunday, thr…

(Adds comments from Buffett, Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger) By Jonathan Stempel and Jennifer Ablan May 6 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett said on Monday that a trade war between the United States and China would be "bad for the whole world." Buffett spo…

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China said on Monday that a delegation is still preparing to go to the United States for trade talks, after U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically increased pressure on Beijing to reach a deal, saying he would hike tariffs on …

Stock futures tumbled sharply on Monday, as global markets sold off amid fears that trade talks between the U.S. and China were on the verge of collapse, after President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods. How are benc…

BEIJING (Reuters) - The latest round of China-U.S. trade talks began in Beijing on Wednesday, as both countries look to end their bitter trade war. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He greeted U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robe…

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators head to China on Tuesday to try to hammer out details to end the two countries’ trade war, including the shape of an enforcement mechanism, the success or failure of which could set the trajectory of ties for years to come…

Goldman Sachs named its 10 best commodity trades last year. It's now dropping all of them. "We are closing all of our remaining top 10 trading recommendations from last December - all of which were based upon misplaced macro risk - and opening up 10 new to…

Some of the thousands of Harley-Davidson riders enter Wenceslas Square in the heart of Prague, Czech Republic.  (Photo: Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Struggling with fallen demand for motorcycles, and higher costs from global trade wars, Harley-…