Dec 03 Watch 4:47 How Trump is relying on ‘chemistry’ to forge trade deal with China President Trump is calling his agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping “an incredible deal” that could go down as “one of the largest deals ever made.” But what exactly does it include? Nick Schifrin is joined by the Hudson Institute’s… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 5:51 How Trump’s trade wars are affecting American farmers The Trump administration's tariffs against China and Mexico have sparked retaliation by both countries on American agriculture. As a result, dairy producers have experienced a painful drop in demand, but many hope a promised $12 billion bailout will improve business… Continue watching
Nov 17 Pence, Xi trade barbs in speeches at Pacific summit By Jim Gomez, Stephen Wright, Associated Press Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence traded barbs in speeches at a summit of world leaders Saturday, outlining competing visions for global leadership as trade and other tensions between them simmer. Continue reading
Oct 30 5 new ways China can retaliate in the tariff war By Paul Solman There are a number of ways China could fight back against U.S. tariffs. The question is whether those steps would hurt China more than the U.S. Continue reading
Oct 24 Who is winning the U.S.-China trade war? Look at the stock markets By Paul Solman One way to look at the results since Trump fired the first salvo in the trade battle is to compare the performance of the rivals’ stock markets since that day. Continue reading
Oct 11 Rising interest rates, trade tensions drive another day of steep stock declines By Marley Jay, Associated Press The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 546 points after dropping 831 points Wednesday. The two-day loss of 5.3 percent is the biggest for Dow since February. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 2:15 News Wrap: Turkish authorities plan to search Saudi consulate for missing journalist In our news wrap Tuesday, Turkish authorities announced plans to search Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was last seen. Turkish officials believe Khashoggi was killed in the consulate, but the Saudi government denies it. Also,… Continue watching
Sep 25 Trump to UN: the trade imbalance with China ‘cannot be tolerated.’ By Associated Press Trump says he has great respect for the leader of China but the U.S. trade imbalance with Beijing "cannot be tolerated."… Continue reading
Sep 24 U.S., China tariffs go into effect, intensifying trade battle By Joe McDonald, Associated Press U.S. regulators implemented a 10 percent tax on a $200 billion list of Chinese import. China responded by taxing a $60 billion list of American goods. Continue reading
Sep 18 Who stands to be hurt by the U.S.-China trade war? By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — By imposing tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese goods starting next week, President Donald Trump has intensified his trade war with Beijing and triggered the likelihood of price increases for many American companies and consumers. Beijing officials… Continue reading