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China, US trade negotiators resume talks in Beijing
Trade negotiators from China and the U.S. are resuming talks to try to resolve their tariff dispute over China's technology ambitions. Representatives of both sides arrived Friday morning at a government guest house in western Beijing where they posed for photos ...
Treasury grants further relief on IRS withholding penalties
The Treasury Department announced Friday that it is expanding again the relief it grants taxpayers who had too little in income taxes withheld from their paychecks in the first year of a sweeping tax overhaul.Treasury said that taxpayers will be ...
US negotiators to visit China next week for new round of trade talks
Trade Representative Lighthizer, Treasury chief Mnuchin will travel to Beijing to jumpstart stalled negotiations to resolve US-China trade war
High-level US and China trade talks to resume next week
Top U.S. trade and economic officials will visit China late next week for another round of negotiations, a White House official said Tuesday. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will lead the delegation, Trump administration officials said. ...
Mnuchin says he’ll protect Trump privacy if taxes requested
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested Thursday he will protect President Donald Trump's privacy if he receives a request from House Democrats for Trump's tax returns. At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, Mnuchin was asked whether he would meet a ...
Mnuchin announces halt in payments into 2 retirement funds
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin informed Congress on Monday that he will stop making payments into two government retirement funds now that the debt limit has gone back into effect.In a letter to congressional leaders, Mnuchin said that he would stop ...
US Treasury takes first steps to avoid exceeding debt limit
The Treasury Department is taking the first steps to keep the government from exceeding the $22 trillion debt limit which goes back into effect on Saturday, setting off what will likely be months of battle in Congress on finding ways ...
Resumption of high-level US-China trade talks raises hopes
The U.S. and China resumed high-levels talks Thursday aimed at easing a trade standoff that has unnerved global investors and clouded the outlook for the world economy. The talks opened as a Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Liu He sat ...
China’s economy czar heading to Washington for trade talks
China's economy czar is heading to Washington for talks Thursday and Friday aimed at ending a fight over Beijing's technology ambitions ahead of a deadline for a massive U.S. tariff hike. The announcement Tuesday, carried by the official Xinhua News Agency, ...
Update: US announces sanctions against Maduro officials
The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 12:10 p.m. The Trump administration has sanctioned Venezuela's oil chief and key intelligence officials under President Nicolas Maduro, tightening pressure on the embattled leader. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that ...
Chinese leader meets with US trade delegation in Beijing
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin describes meetings as 'productive'
Trump says he might not raise tariffs on China if deal close
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he might let a March 2 deadline slide in trade talks with China if the two countries get close to a deal. The U.S. is scheduled to raise import taxes on $200 billion worth of ...
Trump taps World Bank critic David Malpass to lead it
President Donald Trump says Treasury Department official David Malpass is his choice to lead the World Bank. Trump introduced Malpass on Wednesday as the "right person to take on this incredibly important job." Malpass is a sharp critic of the 189-nation ...
Mnuchin says Powell and Trump had ‘productive’ meeting
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that President Donald Trump had a "quite productive" dinner with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. He says they discussed a wide range of subjects, from the state of the economy to the Super Bowl ...
Mnuchin: No plans yet for US, China leaders to meet on trade
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says there are no plans yet for President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet to finalize a trade deal. Trump has said no agreement will be final until he meets with his Chinese counterpart. Trump ...
House Dems want Treasury records on Russian sanctions move
Three senior House Democrats have demanded Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin turn over documents that would show how his department decided to lift financial sanctions on three companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Reps. Adam Schiff, Maxine Waters and Eliot Engel ...
US hits Venezuela state-owned oil company with sanctions
The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on the state-owned oil company of Venezuela, a potentially critical economic move aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the opposition. National security adviser John Bolton and Treasury Secretary Steven ...
Chinese trade negotiator to visit US in late January
Vice Premier Liu He to visit Washington on January 30-31 for talks to resolve US-China trade war
Some in GOP split with White House on Russia sanctions
Almost a dozen Senate Republicans broke with the White House Tuesday on Russia, voting to move forward on a resolution that would maintain sanctions on companies linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska. The Democratic resolution would stop the Treasury Department from lifting ...
White House names scaled-back delegation for Swiss forum
The White House has named the members of a scaled-back delegation that will represent the Trump administration next week at an annual economic conference in Switzerland. President Donald Trump had planned to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, but canceled ...
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