Trade War

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…

AP Images The US trade deficit narrowed for a second straight month in October.The drop was the latest sign that tariffs and cooler global growth have weighed on activity in the largest economy.Trump views the trade balance a scorec…

(Reuters) - The top U.S. solar industry trade group on Wednesday urged members to use social media to “punch back” in an escalating dispute over whether the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported panels are killing or creating American jobs. The call to…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has risked escalating Europe-US trade war after vowing to push ahead with a tax on large online companies. First proposed by former UK Chancellor Philip Hammond, the so-called digital services tax would see large online compan…

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Trump's trade war will never end On Tuesday, stocks sank for a third straight day. At Tuesdays lows, the market was in the midst of its worst session in two months. The reason? Trade. For what seemed like the thousandth time t…

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian shares extended their losses on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said a trade deal with China might have to wait until after the 2020 presidential election, dashing market hopes for a quick preliminary agreement. Inves…

President Donald Trump, who has tweeted about the stock market more than 100 times, claimed Tuesday that he pays no attention to it. “If the stock market goes up or down I don’t watch the stock market,” Trump said in London, where he is attending a NATO summ…