Trade War

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron wrap up a joint press conference at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 26, 2019. The Associated Press Chill everyone. The wild gyrations in global financial markets are all part of Donald T…

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China is willing to resolve its trade dispute with the United States through “calm” negotiations and resolutely opposes the escalation of the conflict, Vice Premier Liu He, who has been leading the talks with Washington, said on Monday. The increasingly bitt…

Image copyrightGetty Images Asian stock markets sank on Monday after a sharp escalation in the US-China trade war rattled investors. On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced tariff hikes on effectively all Chinese imports to the US. It came after Bei…

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…