Jun 16 Watch 4:49 Will escalating trade tensions with China affect U.S. jobs? By PBS News Hour After the Trump administration added a 25 percent tariff on over 1,000 Chinese products this week, China responded with tariffs on $50 billion worth of U.S. imports. Effective July 6, the tariffs could impact prices, interest rates and the overall… Continue watching
Jun 15 China announces penalties of 'same scale' to retaliate for U.S. tariffs By Associated Press China's government also said it is scrapping deals made with Washington in talks aimed at defusing a sprawling trade dispute. Continue reading
Jun 15 Trump administration announces tough U.S. tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The Trump administration is announcing a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, escalating a trade dispute between the world's two largest economies. Continue reading
Jun 12 For world, Trump-Kim summit raises cautious hope for peace By Associated Press South Koreans cheered, Japanese snapped up a newspaper special edition and China made a suggestion Donald Trump may not like as the U.S. president held an unprecedented summit Tuesday with the leader of North Korea. Continue reading
Jun 10 Worried, hopeful and wary: Neighbors await Kim-Trump summit By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press North Korea’s East Asia neighbors — Japan, China and South Korea — have a shared goal of denuclearizing the peninsula, but what may come out of Tuesday’s summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un… Continue reading
Jun 08 U.S. pulls 2 workers from Cuba amid renewed health concerns By Josh Lederman, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Officials are concerned the workers may have been affected by the mysterious health incidents harming U.S. diplomats in Cuba and China. Continue reading
Jun 07 Commerce Secretary: U.S. reaches deal with China's ZTE By Associated Press NEW YORK — The United States and China have reached a deal that allows the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. to stay in business in exchange for paying an additional $1 billion in fines and agreeing to let U.S. regulators… Continue reading
Jun 07 More Americans screened over mystery health issues in China By Kelvin Chan, Dake Kang, Associated Press GUANGZHOU, China — A U.S. medical team was screening more Americans who work in a southern Chinese city as the State Department confirmed evacuating a number of government workers who experienced unexplained health issues like those that have hurt U.S. Continue reading
Jun 03 China warns U.S. trade deals off if tariffs go ahead By Joe McDonald, Associated Press BEIJING — China warned Sunday after another round of talks on a sprawling trade dispute with Washington that any deals they produce "will not take effect" if President Donald Trump's threatened tariff hike on Chinese goods goes ahead. The warning… Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 22:23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 2, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, June 2, the U.S. holds trade talks with China after imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum produced in Canada, Mexico and the European Union. Also, Trump cites national security in a bid to save coal… Continue watching