Mar 05 China targets economic growth of ‘around 5 percent’ despite looming trade war with U.S. By Simina Mistreanu, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press The Chinese government unveiled an annual economic growth target of “around 5 percent” on Wednesday, despite the possible negative impact of a looming trade war with the United States, and pledged to address what it called “sluggish” consumer spending at home. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 9:27 Businesses hit by new tariffs U.S. slaps on Mexico, Canada and China By Geoff Bennett, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Azhar Merchant The White House is implementing two new policies with global consequences ahead of President's Trump's address to Congress. The Trump administration is halting military aid to Ukraine and it's imposing new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. Roben Farzad, economic… Continue watching
Mar 04 Mexico, Canada and China retaliate as U.S. tariffs take effect By Josh Boak, Paul Wiseman, Rob Gillies, Associated Press President Donald Trump launched a trade war Tuesday against America’s three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation and sending financial markets into a tailspin. Continue reading
Feb 27 Trump administration to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada beginning March 4, will also double 10 percent tariffs on China By Josh Boak, Associated Press President Donald Trump says he plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting next Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10 percent universal tariff charged on imports from China… Continue reading
Feb 26 Jamieson Greer confirmed as Trump’s top trade negotiator By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Greer is a veteran of President Donald Trump's first-term economic battles with China, Mexico and Canada. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 7:51 The history of the Panama Canal and reality of its control as Trump threatens action By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to take it back from the Panama Canal Authority, which has controlled it since 1999. Economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the canal’s… Continue watching
Feb 05 Researchers link DeepSeek’s chatbot to Chinese Mobile, telecom banned from operating in U.S. By Byron Tau, Associated Press The chatbot's web login page contains heavily obfuscated computer script that when deciphered shows connections to computer infrastructure owned by China Mobile, a state-owned telecommunications company. Continue reading
Feb 05 Lifting a ban imposed a day earlier, US Postal Service flip-flops on Hong Kong-China packages By Zen Soo, Associated Press The Postal Service gave no reason for the reversal Wednesday, but said it would work with Customs and Border Protection to implement a collection process for the new China tariffs to avoid delivery disruptions. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 4:16 China responds to Trump with retaliatory tariffs and Google antitrust probe By Amna Nawaz, Solveig Rennan President Trump continued to push his agenda on tariffs and immigration. China responded to Trump’s sweeping tariffs with counter-tariffs on certain American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration would consider… Continue watching
Feb 04 China announces retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, antitrust investigation into Google By Ken Moritsugu, Huizhong Wu, Associated Press China and the U.S. engaged in a trade war in 2018 when Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods and China responded in kind. Continue reading