Jun 26 Watch 6:41 China has a front-row seat to North Korea's possible economic opening By Katrina Yu Nowhere are people more excited and optimistic about Pyongyang opening up than on China's border with North Korea. Betting on denuclearization, investors have started speculating in the real estate market, while local businesses are hoping for a windfall. Special correspondent… Continue watching
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 Watch 6:28 This Koch-funded advocacy group wants Trump to embrace free trade By PBS News Hour The conservative, libertarian political advocacy group funded by David and Charles Koch is undertaking a multi-million dollar campaign opposing President Trump's trade policies. John Yang talks with Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, who says the president deserves a… Continue watching
Jun 17 How recycling more steel and aluminum could slash imports without a trade war By Daniel Cooper, The Conversation The U.S. could slash imports of these metals not by imposing duties but by boosting the reuse and recycling of old metal products. Continue reading
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 14 Watch 10:05 Will Trump's tariffs help U.S. workers? It could be a wash A decade ago, Whirlpool controlled about half of the domestic washing machine market. But when things started going downhill, the company blamed unfair competition from foreign companies. In January, President Trump announced a big new tax on foreign washers. What… Continue watching
Jun 08 Trump's most misleading claims about Canada By Saher Khan Trump also stirred tension with Canada through a series of misleading or false claims about the country’s economy and history with the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 08 WATCH: Global leaders discuss economic growth at G7 summit By Catherine Lucey, Rob Gillies, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The G7 summit is bringing together world leaders to discuss economic growth, gender equality and other issues. Watch it live here. 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
May 21 Trump pulls back from brink of trade war with China, but no guarantee tensions are over By Martin Crutsinger, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Monday hailed his administration's temporary truce with China on trade, even as his Treasury secretary and China struck a note of caution on the latest agreement. Continue reading