Trade War

Given the escalating threats, growing numbers of experts do not foresee an end to the trade war until after next years elections in the United States. Going forward, it is not clear to us what may lead the U.S. administration to stop the escalation and try t…

BIARRITZ, France (AP) Injecting fresh uncertainty at a time of global economic jitters, President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Sunday on the U.S.-China trade war as leaders at a global summit pushed the unpredictable American president to ease frictions o…

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss President Trump's demand that U.S. businesses look for an alternative trade partner to China. Subscribe to the"Face the Nation"…

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - When President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had second thoughts about escalating the trade war with China, he meant that he wished he had raised tariffs on Beijing even higher, the White House said. Trump, who announced h…

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Mr. Trump has regularly taken to Twitter to proclaim the economy under his administration as the greatest. While economic data show the economy is slowing down, it is still growing, and administration officials said this month that they expect it to accelerat…

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would be telling President Donald Trump at this weekend’s G7 summit to pull back from a trade war which is already destabilising economic growth around the world. Asked if he would be…

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday Europe will “probably” decide to launch new tax cuts to kick-start a flagging economy threatened by a tit-for-tat trade war between the United States and its global partners. “Wh…

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he hoped to convince G7 leaders to pull back from a trade war which is already destabilizing economic growth around the world. “(I want) to convince all our partners that tensions, and trad…

Manufacturing output is contracting worldwide, driven by slowdowns in Europe, the United States, China and Japan. Trade activity is also falling, as Mr. Trump and China escalate theirtariffs on each other. Germanys economy shrank in the spring. The trade war…