Jun 20 Trump meets with lawmakers after Senate blocks China ZTE deal By Ken Thomas, Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Donald Trump has met with lawmakers after the Senate moved to block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to buy component parts from the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 19 China hopes the North Korea-U.S. summit outcome moves forward By Christopher Bodeen, Dake Kang, Associated Press Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday he hopes Pyongyang and Washington can fully implement the outcome of last week's nuclear summit at which Kim pledged to work toward denuclearization in exchange for U.S. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 16, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, June 16, how the escalating trade tensions between U.S. and China will impact American jobs and the world economy, and a new wave of refugees tries to reach Europe through Bosnia. Also, hundreds of women… Continue watching
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