trade

Stocks open higher on U.S.-China trade truce

By Alex Veiga, Associated Press

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 400 points in early trading Monday.

Could the Trump-Xi meeting be a turning point for trade?

By Gretchen Frazee

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Saturday amid an ongoing trade battle between the two nations.

White House economic adviser warns China about trade dispute ahead of G20

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said if the U.S. doesn't get "satisfactory" responses to its trade positions soon, more tariffs will be imposed on China.

GM to lay off nearly 15,000 workers in company-wide restructuring

By Tom Krishner, Rob Gillies, Associated Press

GM is closing a Canadian plant as it prepares for the next economic downturn, shifting trade agreements and potential tariffs on imported automobiles.

U.S., China hold security talks amid trade tensions

By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press

Even as the United States and China butt heads over trade, their top diplomats and defense chiefs were meeting in Washington on Friday, looking to tamp down tensions on other issues that have put a chill on relations between the…

U.S. economy grows 3.5 percent, boosted by consumer spending

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The strongest burst of consumer spending in nearly four years helped offset a sharp drag from trade.

AP fact check: New trade deal not as big as Trump claims

By Paul Wiseman, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

President Donald Trump inaccurately described his new trade deal with Canada and Mexico as the biggest ever — it's not even close — and glossed over some possible consequences of the agreement, such as higher car prices. Here's a closer…

Venezuela needs ‘to be cleaned up,’ Trump says in meeting with Chilean president

By Ken Thomas, Associated Press

Trump welcomed Chilean president Sebastian Pinera days after he imposed financial sanctions on members of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's inner circle and suggested Maduro could be ousted in a military coup as a way to restore the country's democracy. Tens…

Trump administration announces new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods

By Paul Wiseman, Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The tariffs will start at 10 percent, beginning Monday of next week, and then rise to 25 percent on Jan. 1.

Trump: Canada ‘will be out’ of trade deal unless it’s ‘fair’

By Luis Alonso Lugo, Paul Wiseman, Rob Gillies, Associated Press

President Donald Trump warned Canada on Saturday that it "will be out" of a revised North American trade agreement unless it's "fair" to the United States.