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Manufacturers Association asks Biden to ‘toughen his stance’ on CCP to improve economy
The National Association of American Manufacturers, a Washington-based trade association representing the manufacturing sector, wrote to President Joe Biden requesting that he adopt a tougher policy with the Chinese regime on trade to ensure a level playing field for U.S. companies to improve the domestic economic situation. “For manufacturers, China has ...
Republican-controlled Senate quickly approves $1.3 trillion USMCA trade deal
A cross border trade deal worth more than $1.3 trillion will proceed after the Senate swiftly gave it the green light on Jan. 16. The Senate has approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Fox Business is hailing the pact as the "biggest trade deal of all time." "Adding together USMCA and the ...
Trade to dominate 2020 agenda along with elections and impeachment
The government's agenda for 2020 will be intensely developed, highlighting the improvement of trade on a global scale, as well as elections and impeachment, among other issues. The president of Americans for Limited Government, Richard Manning, gave an overview of the most important issues for the government and believes that international ...
President Trump: ‘We’re doing well with China, we can do even better’
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, Dec. 3, in London, he is not in a rush to settle the China trade deal. The president is in the United Kingdom to attend the two-day North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Leaders Meeting that started today. “The China trade deal is dependent on one thing. ...
U.S. trade deal passes Japan’s lower house: Trump’s victory for America that went uncelebrated
The Lower House of Japan’s Parliament on Tuesday, Nov. 19, green-lighted President Donald Trump’s U.S. trade deal that would cut tariffs and establish new quotas for American farm goods—but the victory isn’t a sentiment shared by Democrats and numerous left-wing media outlets. Japan and the United States last month formally signed ...
China, US agree to lift existing tariffs in phases
Sino-U.S. trade talks have progressed. Beijing and Washington have agreed to lift tariffs on each other’s products. The two countries have engaged in “constructive talks” over the past two weeks to settle trade negotiations and agreed to roll back tariffs in phases, said Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesman Gao Feng ...
Markets respond positively to Trump-Xi meeting at the G20 Summit
Markets are responding positively, on Monday, to news that the U.S. and China have re-engaged in trade negotiations, after President Trump and China Party Secretary Xi Jinping held a closed-door meeting in Osaka, Japan, this past weekend, The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 254 points at the day’s opening, while the ...
President Trump expected to raise the subject of Hong Kong protests in meeting with Xi Jinping
President Donald Trump has offered only sparse comments in response to this month’s protests in Hong Kong, during which as many as 2 million people filled the streets to fight against a China-extradition bill that would increase Beijing’s legal authority over the Hong Kong region. After the first wave of protests, ...
President Trump to meet with China’s Xi at the G20 Summit, prepared to impose more tariffs
Neither the United States nor China have backed down since trade negotiations between the two powers reached a standstill in May. As world leaders gather in Osaka, Japan, for the G20 Summit, the U.S.-China trade dispute looms over the world economy. U.S. and Chinese delegations are scheduled to meet on Saturday, ...
President Trump says potential trade deal with China must be great for America
After China’s recent refusal to confirm whether Chinese ruler Xi Jingping would meet with President Trump at the upcoming G-20 summit in Japan or whether he would even attend the international gathering, President Trump was asked by CNBC if he would impose tariffs on an additional $325 billion of Chinese ...
U.S.-Mexico negotiations on trade and illegal immigration are going down to the wire
The United States and Mexico have been engaged in detailed negotiations throughout the week, as the Trump administration seeks a new agreement on trade in addition to cooperation from the Mexican government to block illegal immigrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Just as President Trump is set to impose a new ...
Getting caught up with Huawei—Part 1 the issues
Huawei, has the third largest market share of smartphones worldwide, after Samsung and Apple. But for all its success on the world stage, it has not done well in the United States. But the world's second-biggest manufacturer of smartphones has just 2.4 percent of the mobile market share in the United ...
Fed officials express caution about pace of future hikes
Federal Reserve officials earlier this month appeared on track to raise its key interest rate again in December, but they signaled that the pace of future rate hikes might need to slow given emerging risks to the economy, according to minutes of the discussions released Thursday. The minutes of the Fed's ...
Stocks leap as fed chief hints interest rate increases may taper off
S&P 500, Dow post biggest percentage gains in eight months; Nasdaq posts largest advance in just over a month
Argentina says it is close to inking a beef deal with U.S.
The deal would also open a new market for the US cattle sector, although demand for US beef is low in Argentina
Czech president says to push for Jerusalem embassy move
Milos Zeman, who spoke before Israel's parliament Monday, is a strong backer of Israel and has long favored moving the Czech embassy out of Tel Aviv
U.S.: China has failed to alter ‘unfair, unreasonable’ trade practices
US Trade Representative's findings add to tensions ahead of high-stakes meeting later this month between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping
High-level China U.S. trade talks resume
Reuters reports that China has delivered a written response to US trade demands, but will Beijing’s offers go far enough
Afghanistan Opens Air Trade Corridor with China
ISLAMABAD — Landlocked Afghanistan has opened its first direct air link with China, dispatching 20 tons of pine nuts on the inaugural cargo flight. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and senior Chinese diplomats attended the special ceremony Monday in Kabul, hoping the air corridor will lead to increased Afghan exports of dry and ...
EU-Japan Trade Deal Clears Hurdle on Way to 2019 Start
An agreement would bind two economies accounting for about a third of global gross domestic product, and signal their rejection of protectionism
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