Trade War

President Donald Trump signed off on a phase-one trade deal with China, averting the Dec. 15 introduction of a new wave of U.S. tariffs on about US$160 billion of consumer goods from the Asian nation, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal pr…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund would welcome any deal to reduce U.S.-China trade tensions and tariffs, but is urging the world’s two largest economies to permanently resolve their 17-month trade war, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said on Th…

Dec 14th 2019 SHANGHAI AYEAR AGO an economic forecasting unit in the Chinese government published an outlook for the coming year. The big worry, it concluded, was the external environment. Shipments to America, Chinas biggest customer, would suffer as the t…

AYEAR AGO an economic forecasting unit in the Chinese government published an outlook for the coming year. The big worry, it concluded, was the external environment. Shipments to America, Chinas biggest customer, would suffer as the trade war dragged on. Chin…

Today, on stage at TechCrunch Berlin, four of Atomico’s most senior partners took the stage together for the first time, flying into the city from London, Stockholm, and Geneva to talk about a wide range of issues. Among the many things we discussed were dire…

Democrats must link Trumps trade agenda to his racism and xenophobia. They should emphasize that in Trumps worldview, every import is an insult to him, and every trading partner is a villain trying to rip us off. Thus, tariffs and walls must be erected to pro…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve holds its last policy meeting of 2019 on Wednesday, having completed a year-long U-turn that saw it abandon a tightening cycle and lower borrowing costs three times in response to the global trade war. The pol…

China and the US have been locked in a trade war.  Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Chinese government is reportedly looking to remove foreign PCs and software from its government offices and public institutions. In a directive issued earlier this …

NEW YORK (AP) U.S. stocks are mostly lower in afternoon trading Monday as investors waited for the latest updates about trade negotiations and the economy. Wall Street is particularly focused on developments in the trade war ahead of a new round of tariffs o…

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks edged up on Monday, catching some of Wall Street’s momentum after surprisingly strong U.S. jobs data although regional gains were capped by concerns about China’s economy due to the prolonged Sino-U.S. trade war. Japan's benc…