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Trump claims serious trade negotiations to begin with China

By Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Trump said his trade negotiators had received two "very good calls" from China Sunday. A spokesman for China's foreign ministry said he didn't know what Trump was talking about.

China tariffs fuel Trump 'order' for firms to cut China ties

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is threatening to use the emergency authority granted by a powerful, but obscure federal law to make good on his tweeted "order" to U.S. businesses to cut ties in China amid a spiraling trade war between the…

Trump hikes tariffs on Chinese goods by 5 percentage points

By Paul Wiseman, Jill Colvin, Joe McDonald, Associated Press

Trump said Friday he is raising previously announced tariffs to 15 percent and 30 percent.

China announces tariff hike on $75 billion of U.S. products

By Joe McDonald, Paul Wiseman, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

The tariffs of 10 percent and 5 percent take effect on two batches of goods Sept. 1 and Dec. 15.

U.S. delays tariffs on some Chinese goods, drops others

By Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The United States is delaying tariffs on Chinese-made cellphones, laptop computers and other items and removing other Chinese imports from its target list altogether.

Stocks plunge on Wall Street over escalating trade war

By Stan Choe, Damian J. Troise, Associated Press

The escalations in the trade war between the world's largest economies are rattling investors already unnerved about a slowing global economy, falling U.S. corporate profits and possibly too-weak inflation.

China threatens retaliation for Trump's planned tariff hike

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

Trump rattled financial markets with Thursday's surprise announcement of 10% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese imports, effective Sept. 1.

3 things to watch at the Federal Reserve as it's poised to cut interest rates

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The Fed under Chairman Jerome Powell has signaled a belief that uncertainties and threats unleashed by President Donald Trump's trade war and by a global slowdown justify a Fed rate cut.

French wine vs US tech prowess: new Trump-Macron standoff

By Angela Charlton, Associated Press

France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech companies like Google and Facebook despite U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine.

Trump threatens Guatemala after its court blocks asylum deal with U.S.

By Jill Colvin, Sonia Perez D., Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

Negotiations over a potential deal ended when Guatemala's Constitutional Court granted three injunctions preventing that country's president from entering into a deal.