Sep 18 China retaliates with tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods By Joe McDonald, Associated Press The new tax on U.S. goods imported into China is a response to President Donald Trump's decision to hike tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods. Continue reading
Sep 17 Trump administration announces new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods By Paul Wiseman, Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press The tariffs will start at 10 percent, beginning Monday of next week, and then rise to 25 percent on Jan. 1. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch 3:55 News Wrap: Typhoon Mangkhut death toll grows In our news wrap Monday, a powerful typhoon that left dozens in the Philippines dead has now weakened to a tropical storm over southern China. Also, multiple Taliban attacks in Afghanistan overnight killed at least 27 members of the security… Continue watching
Sep 17 What’s at stake in the North-South Korea summit? By Larisa Epatko At this week’s summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Moon is tasked with getting more answers without putting his relationship with Kim (or the U.S.) at risk. Continue reading
Sep 16 Typhoon pounds south China after killing 64 in Philippines By Jim Gomez, Vincent Yu, Associated Press Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China on Sunday after lashing the northern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 64 people dead. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 4:28 Russia aims to impress and intimidate with its largest military exercise in decades Not since the Soviet era has the Russian military showed off this much weaponry and tried to convince the world that the Russians are coming -- and they've already arrived. Russian forces have this week conducted its largest war games… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch 9:22 What’s behind China’s mass crackdown on Uighur Muslims? Uighur Muslims in China have long reported state suppression, but now they say repression is stronger than ever. Advocates for the Muslim minority say Uighurs are now being rounded up by the hundreds of thousands and put in camps for… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 7:13 Where China’s plan to be a global tech leader collides with Trump’s trade war By Katrina Yu President Trump's trade war with China escalated Thursday as the U.S. imposed a 25-percent tariff on nearly 300 more Chinese goods, including the high-tech products China is seeking to grow as part of its "Made in China 2025" initiative. As… Continue watching
Aug 23 U.S. and China raise tariffs in new round of trade dispute By Joe McDonald, Associated Press The United States and China went ahead with tariff hikes on billions of dollars of each other's automobiles, factory machinery and other goods Thursday in an escalation of a battle over Beijing's technology policy that companies worry will chill global… Continue reading
Aug 20 U.S. firms to Trump: Don’t raise tariffs on more Chinese goods By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Hundreds of other American businesses are delivering the same plea to President Donald Trump as he considers imposing tariffs on nearly 40 percent of imported Chinese goods: Don't do it. Continue reading