Tag: trade war
Some two-thirds of the nations farmers cast their votes for Donald Trump in 2016, as did a similar percentage of non-farmers in rural, small-town America. They entrusted him to confront burdensome regulation, lower taxes, and…
BEIJING (AP) Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators are discussing ways to resolve disputes ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit in Japan later this week, a…
WASHINGTON (AP) In a rare confrontation, Republican senators are declaring deep opposition to President Donald Trumps threatened tariffs on all goods coming into the U.S. from Mexico. But its unclear they have the votes…
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump defended his decisions to impose or raise tariffs against imports from Mexico and China, respectively, saying companies are moving to the U.S. to avoid paying the levies. Widening trade tension…
As a candidate for president, Donald Trump made some bold predictions about deficits. He said the federal budget would be balanced ?relatively quickly.? He also pledged to reduce the trade deficit, promising to withdraw from…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran says he wants the shutdown to come to end, saying it will soon start to affect farmers and aircraft manufacturers. The Wichita Eagle reports that Moran said…
BEIJING (AP) Apple Inc.s $1,000 iPhone is a tough sell to consumers in China unnerved by an economic slump and the trade war with the U.S. CEO Tim Cook said in a letter to…
Along with businesses and consumers across this country, were breathing a sigh of relief that the United States and China have declared a 90-day cease-fire in an ongoing trade war. Its no secret we havent…
WASHINGTON (AP) Farmers across the United States will soon begin receiving government checks as part of a billion-dollar bailout to buoy growers experiencing financial strain from President Donald Trumps trade disputes with China. But…
The U.S.-China trade war escalated again in late August, with each side imposing duties on an additional $16 billion of imports from the other. That brings the total value of exports exposed to duties to…
