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Fri., Jan. 4, 2019, 10:27 a.m.
American officials due in Beijing for talks on trade battle
American officials are due in Beijing Monday for talks aimed at easing the U.S.-China trade battle that threatens to hobble global economic growth.
Wed., Jan. 2, 2019
Key Tronic will open Vietnam factory as hedge in U.S.-Chinese trade war
Spokane Valley electronics manufacturer company Key Tronic will open a factory in Vietnam this year as a hedge against the potential for a protracted U.S. trade dispute with China.
Wed., Dec. 5, 2018, 6 a.m.
John Pomfret: A China-U.S. truce on trade only scratches the surface of a broader conflict
On a deeper level, the trade truce is between competing factions within the Trump administration that disagree fundamentally over how to pursue relations with China.
Sun., Nov. 18, 2018
David Ignatius: America’s overt payback for China’s covert espionage
While the bombastic U.S.-China “trade war” has been getting the headlines, U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement agencies have been waging a quieter battle to combat Chinese theft of trade secrets from …
UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 5, 2018, 7:13 p.m.
Moses Lake’s high-tech plant is collateral damage in U.S.-China trade war
REC Silicon, a Norwegian company, sees Moses Lake at the center of a high-tech manufacturing revolution. But that vision is likely dead unless Washington and Beijing can settle their differences …
Thu., Sept. 20, 2018, 7:16 p.m.
Trade war may mean higher prices at Gap
Gap Inc. says it doesn’t want to raise the price of your sweaters but, thanks to the trade war, it may have no other option.
UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 7, 2018, 7:34 p.m.
Trump says he’s ready to tax an additional $267B in Chinese imports
President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s prepared to impose tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese imports. Such a step would significantly escalate his trade war with Beijing …
UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 7, 2018, 3:23 p.m.
Trump going ahead with taxes on $16B in Chinese imports
The Trump administration says it will go ahead with imposing 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion in Chinese imports.
UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 5, 2018, 9:05 p.m.
Trump’s trade war is killing American blue jeans
Lytvinenko was in Manhattan in late July for an apparel trade show. The annual trip was usually a fun excuse to catch up with customers or play ping pong over …
Mon., July 30, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Caterpillar staves off trade hit with boost to 2018 forecast
The world’s biggest machinery maker is proving resilient to a nascent global trade war that’s disrupting other companies from Alcoa to General Motors.
UPDATED: Mon., July 30, 2018, 6:19 p.m.
Fed is set to leave rates alone as trade war raises anxiety
The Federal Reserve will meet this week to assess an economy that has just enjoyed a healthy spurt of growth but faces a flurry of trade fights pushed by President …
UPDATED: Mon., July 30, 2018, 9:08 p.m.
Soybean farmers are surviving trade war
Growers of soybeans – the single largest agricultural export to China, worth $12.4 billion – have largely escaped financial damage of the trade war thus far, raising questions about the …
Wed., July 25, 2018, 10:15 a.m.
GM sideswiped by trade war; cuts outlook as prices rise
General Motors, facing rising commodity costs in a trade showdown with Europe and elsewhere, cut its outlook for the year.
Sat., July 21, 2018, 9:08 a.m.
CIA: China is waging a ‘quiet kind of cold war’ against US
China is waging a “quiet kind of cold war” against the United States, using all its resources to try to replace America as the leading power in the world, a …
Sat., July 21, 2018
Veronique de Rugy: What goes around comes around – tariffs stuck on the spin cycle
American firms cheering for protectionism in the form of tariffs on their foreign competitors should be careful what they wish for. As they say, “What goes around comes around.” Case …
Fri., July 20, 2018, 8:02 a.m.
Trump ups tariff threat, slams Fed, big U.S. trading partners
President Donald Trump has indicated that he’s willing to hit every product imported from China with tariffs and again criticized the Federal Reserve, as well as some of the nation’s …
Thu., July 12, 2018
Greg Sargent: Trump’s delusions are about to blow up in his own voters’ faces
With the exception of the big, beautiful wall that is already being built on the southern border (in President Donald Trump’s mind, anyway), the issue that taps most directly into …
Wed., July 11, 2018, 8:15 a.m.
China vows retaliation for $200 billion US tariff threat
China’s government vowed Wednesday to take “firm and forceful measures” as the U.S. threatened to expand tariffs to thousands of Chinese imports like fish sticks, apples and French doors, the …
UPDATED: Tue., July 10, 2018, 5:16 p.m.
US proposes tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese imports
The Trump administration is readying tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese imports, ranging from burglar alarms to mackerel, escalating a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
UPDATED: Mon., July 9, 2018, 4:06 p.m.
China could hurt U.S., even if it ran out of imports to tax
In its trade war with the U.S., China isn’t powerless to fight back once it runs out of American goods to penalize. It possesses a range of other weapons with …
Sun., July 8, 2018, 11:05 a.m.
Trump’s economic gamble: Solid job gains vs. risky trade war
From the safety of a resilient U.S. economy, President Donald Trump lit the fuse Friday on a high-risk trade war with China.
Sat., July 7, 2018, 11:07 a.m.
Cherries, apples, wheat: U.S.-China trade war could wilt growth in Washington farm exports
Thousands of Washington farmers who grow apples, cherries, pears and wheat now find themselves on the front lines of a battle between the two largest economies in the world.
Sat., July 7, 2018, 9:47 a.m.
How the trade war is changing minds in a Senate battleground
Jimmy Tosh’s sprawling hog farm in rural Tennessee is an unlikely battleground in the fight for control of the U.S. Senate.
UPDATED: Fri., July 6, 2018, 7:17 p.m.
U.S.-China trade war could drive prices up and growth down
The world’s two biggest economies fired the opening shots Friday in a trade war that could have wide-ranging consequences for consumers, workers, companies, investors and political leaders.
Thu., July 5, 2018, 9:51 p.m.
U.S. tariffs take effect, China warns of ‘counterattack’
The United States hiked tariffs on Chinese imports Friday and Beijing said it would be forced to make a “counterattack” in a dispute between the world’s two biggest economies that …
Sat., June 23, 2018
Dana Milbank: Trump says trade wars are ‘easy.’ Here come the first American casualties.
President Trump believes that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.” So he started one. Now the casualties are beginning to return home from the battlefield, and on Capitol …
Fri., June 22, 2018, 1:47 p.m.
From boat makers to farmers, U.S.-led tariff war inflicts pain
A brawl that the United States provoked with its closest trading partners is starting to draw blood. On Friday, the European Union began imposing tariffs on $3.4 billion in American …
UPDATED: Thu., June 21, 2018, 8:44 p.m.
Trump jabbed first, and now world hits back in trade fight
The United States attacked first, imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum from around the globe and threatening to hit tens of billions of dollars in Chinese products.
Mon., June 18, 2018, 5:39 p.m.
Upping ante, Trump threatens new tariffs on Chinese imports
President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports Monday as the two nations moved closer to a potential trade war.
Sat., June 9, 2018
Robert J. Samuelson: Trump’s trade myths
You cannot understand President Trump’s so-called “trade war” without acknowledging that it’s mostly about politics and not about economics. Trump has embarked on a giant marketing campaign to convince us …