China markets again crater over Donald J Trump, this time with tariff threat on Sunday interview

China markets again crater over Donald J Trump, this time with tariff threat on Sunday interview

by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2024 Donald Trump is the E.F. Hutton of the Chinese stock market these days. When Trump talks, China’s investors listen. For the second time in recent weeks, China’s stock market went into a nosedive after something the former U.S. president did or said. Previously, it was after Trump’s 30-point trouncing […]

Japan advances plans to ID, answer China’s economic abuses

Japan advances plans to ID, answer China’s economic abuses

by WorldTribune Staff, September 13, 2023 Tokyo is set to unveil new economic security and industrial policy guidelines said to include measures to prevent economic coercion, support for countries that have been subject to such acts, and trade restrictions like increased tariffs on the offenders. The government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida did not mention […]

China will take big hit from U.S. and Japanese firms leaving

China will take big hit from U.S. and Japanese firms leaving

WorldTribune, April 23, 2020 Analysis by Paul Crespo China may lose big as foreign firms relocate out of the country and move elsewhere in the aftermath of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is most concerned about the large-scale business withdrawal from U.S. and Japanese firms operating in China. As noted […]

Dissident: President Trump deserves credit, not criticism for confronting China

Dissident: President Trump deserves credit, not criticism for confronting China

by WorldTribune Staff, September 1, 2019 Chinese dissidents both within and outside of China “appreciate” that U.S. President Donald Trump is standing up against the communist regime in Beijing, a well-known Chinese dissident noted. “Most activists agree that civilized talks behind closed doors have never elicited concessions from the CCP. The only way to make […]

China’s rulers forced to scramble at home as trade war takes toll on economy

China’s rulers forced to scramble at home as trade war takes toll on economy

by WorldTribune Staff, July 16, 2019 Due in large part to U.S. trade pressure, China’s economic growth in the second quarter of 2019 slowed to its weakest pace in some three decades. President Donald Trump tweeted: “The United States Tariffs are having a major effect on companies wanting to leave China for non-tariffed countries. These […]

Security threat: Aggressively investigate Google for ‘seemingly treasonous’ acts, Thiel says

Security threat: Aggressively investigate Google for ‘seemingly treasonous’ acts, Thiel says

by WorldTribune Staff, July 15, 2019 Peter Thiel, perhaps the lone major Silicon Valley ally of President Donald Trump, said a federal investigation of Google is warranted for its ties to the Chinese military. Thiel, a billionaire investor and Facebook board member, in an address to the National Conservatism Conference on July 14 suggested that […]

Chinese-American columnist: Trump’s tough stance on Beijing is just what world needs

Chinese-American columnist: Trump’s tough stance on Beijing is just what world needs

by WorldTribune Staff, June 16, 2019 Critics charge U.S. President Donald Trump with “coddling” Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping (the president once referred to Xi as “king”), but he “has doggedly pursued what he believes are America’s national interests (especially in trade) and has aggressively challenged China in ways that no American president has done […]

President Trump ‘hits back’ after NY Times, Pelosi seek to diminish Mexico deal

President Trump ‘hits back’ after NY Times, Pelosi seek to diminish Mexico deal

by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2019 President Donald Trump took on the “failing” New York Times and “Nervous Nancy” Pelosi after they attempted to write off the effectiveness of his tariff threats in leading to a deal with Mexico to help secure the border. The New York Times reported that Trump’s new deal with Mexico […]

Report: China’s ‘all-powerful financial machine’ may be paper tiger

Report: China’s ‘all-powerful financial machine’ may be paper tiger

by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2019 In 2018, China exported $539.5 billion worth of goods to the U.S., 4.5 times more than the U.S.’s $120.3 billion worth of shipments to China, leaving America with a $419.2 billion trade deficit with China. President Donald Trump has raised U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese exports to […]

China on the ropes: Analyst argues no deal is good deal

China on the ropes: Analyst argues no deal is good deal

by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2019 Trade discussions between Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping’s top trade envoy and his U.S. counterparts in Washington ended on May 10 without an announcement of an agreement. New U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, after the two sides were […]

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