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 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2019 China has reportedly offered to eliminate its current trade imbalance with the United States by increasing imports of U.S. goods by a combined value of more than $1 trillion over a six-year period. The offer was made during three days of trade talks between U.S. officials and their Chinese […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 18, 2019 Enough with the “endless talks and handshakes,” it is time to “untie the American economy from China,” a pair of analysts for a U.S.-based think tank wrote. In its 2017 national security strategy document, the Trump administration referred to China as a “revisionist” power attempting to reorder international politics to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2019 While the Washington, D.C. establishment and corporate media are at war with him, President Donald Trump is leading an American resurgence that is reshaping the world, columnist Conrad Black wrote for Canada’s National Post. Under Trump, the United States is no longer the “world’s premier chump,” Black wrote on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2018 Stunned by a U.S. president who has confronted it, China has unleashed a far-reaching effort to meddle in American elections, Vice President Mike Pence said on Oct. 4. “China has initiated an unprecedented effort to influence American public opinion, the 2018 elections, and the environment leading into the 2020 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2018 President Donald Trump on Aug. 27 announced a new bilateral trade deal between the U.S. and Mexico. Trump said that many had doubted the deal could be done, but “We made it much simpler, much better, much better for both countries.” The announcement was a major factor as the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2018 Turkey’s lira went into a tailspin on Aug. 10 after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose steep tariffs on the NATO country’s steel and aluminum. “I have just authorized a doubling of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum with respect to Turkey as their currency, the Turkish Lira, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2018 The “globalist” Koch brothers are “two nice guys with bad ideas,” U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Aug. 2 in response to billionaire Charles Koch’s criticism of the president’s tariffs. The Koch network, which did not support Trump in the 2016 election, also hinted at the possibility that it […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 27, 2018 In securing major concessions on trade from the European Union this week, U.S. President Donald Trump cleared the way to make China the primary focus of his goal of “free and fair trade.” In a July 25 tweet, Trump said: “China is targeting our farmers, who they know I […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2018 A “shocked” Beijing is increasingly worried about how far U.S. President Donald Trump will go in his threat of a trade war, analysts say. Trump on July 10 threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports totaling approximately $200 billion. The new tariffs would be on top of 25 […]
