Trade War

news, business, china, trade, imports, exports, wine, barley, beefSimmering tensions between Australia and its largest trading partner China looked as though they may come to a head on Friday. Australian exporters and producers nervously waited to see if a rumoured blockade on Australian goods, including wine and rock lobsters, would…

Trade Minister Simon Birmingham escalated Australia's response to Chinese authorities on Thursday, addressing Xi's comments directly as trade negotiators prepare for the possibility that key exports could be locked out of China within 24-hours.LoadingSome Australian wine exporters have stopped sending product to China in anticipation of being blocked at Chinese…

The Chinese embassy in Suriname simply replied: “We advise Mr. Pompeo to respect facts and truth, abandon arrogance and prejudice, stop smearing and spreading rumors about China.” Can LAC countries actually cooperate? Do LAC countries have any alternative? In an article published by Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, Chilean ex-diplomats assert that…

Our View: How well has the president's approach toward saving manufacturing jobs worked out? He keeps digging holes with trade wars and empty deals.The Editorial Board  |  USA TODAY In 2016 Donald Trump was elected president by being the first Republican in 32 years to sweep Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. What put him…

A supporter waves an American flag as Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in campaign rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Friday. Photo: Getty Images/AFP Small farms, local factories, farm equipment sellers and retailers ineligible for a federal bailout have been hit hard, undercutting some of Trump’s…

If there's one demographic whose vote US President Donald Trump can count on next week it is American farmers.Some critics have accused the President of trying to buy farmers' votes through record subsidies aimed at offsetting their losses brought about by his trade war with China.The farmers' support is peculiar…

Joe Biden is planning to confront China across the globe, embracing some of President Trump's goals but rejecting his means.The big picture: By starting a trade war with China, Trump has fundamentally altered the U.S.- China relationship — and forced both Republicans and Democrats to accept a more confrontational approach…

The 2016 election was a referendum on free trade, which many blamed for destroying millions of American manufacturing jobs. In 2020, it could be about the merits of trade wars. During President Donald Trump's first term, he tore up deals, launched a trade war with China and renegotiated NAFTA. His…

WASHINGTON—President Trump’s trade war against China didn’t achieve the central objective of reversing a U.S. decline in manufacturing, economic data show, despite tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese goods to discourage imports. The tariffs did succeed in reducing the trade deficit with China in 2019, but the…

On a spring day in 2017, Robert Lighthizer walked through the doors of the office of the United States Trade Representative to introduce himself to the career staff who had shepherded American trade policy for a generation. After a chaotic few months awaiting Lighthizer's confirmation, officials were eager for stability;…