CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S.’s plan to wallop China with new tariffs is putting Beijing in a bind, forcing it to retaliate in ways likely to cast doubt on its commitment to rules-based global trade. The Trump administration’s announcement that it plans to clamp 10% tariffs on a further $200 billion in Chinese goods—from […]
Category: China
7/11/2018
CHINA/GOP/SENATE/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the Trump administration announcing a new round of tariffs on China, the Senate on Wednesday [7-11-18] took a step toward asserting its power over levies that President Donald Trump has already imposed. The vote was viewed as a gauge of whether the GOP-controlled chamber had the appetite to try to rein […]
7/10/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration escalated its trade dispute with China on Tuesday [7-10-18], saying it would impose tariffs on roughly $200 billion worth of Chinese fish, petroleum, chemicals, handbags, textiles and other products if Beijing does not change its trade practices. The threat comes just days after President Trump imposed levies on […]
7/9/2018
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Monday [7-9-18] that he was confident North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would ‘honor the contract’ the two leaders signed last month in Singapore, while suggesting that China was ‘exerting negative pressure’ on the agreement amid its trade fight with the U.S…After their meeting last […]
7/9/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have confidence that Kim Jong Un will honor the contract we signed &, even more importantly, our handshake. We agreed to the denuclearization of North Korea. China, on the other hand, may be exerting negative pressure on a deal because of our posture on Chinese Trade-Hope Not!” -Donald Trump, […]
7/9/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Those who know Donald Trump say it was always going to go this way with China. The New York real estate tycoon began issuing bitter tirades against foreign countries ‘ripping off’ the United States on trade back in the 1980s. At an expletive-laden political rally in Las Vegas in 2011, Trump […]
7/6/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Accusing the United States of ‘typical trade bullying,’ China on Friday [7-6-18] imposed $34 billion in retaliatory tariffs on American soybeans, cars and other products, suggesting dim prospects for resolving a potentially bruising trade war between the two economic powerhouses. Beijing said on Friday that its levies had kicked in immediately […]
7/6/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s official: The United States and China are in a trade war after the Trump administration imposed tariffs at 12:01 a.m. Friday [7-6-18] on $34 billion worth of Chinese products. Beijing immediately retaliated with its own penalties. The Chinese government is targeting a range of American products with tariffs, including pork, […]
7/6/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Trade Representative outlined a way for companies to get their products excluded from fresh tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese exports that were imposed on Friday [7-6-18]. The Trade Representative’s office said the proceeding would address situations where a product was hit with tariffs because it was part […]
7/6/2018
CHINA/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As China and the United States escalate a trade war, the Chinese government is turning to familiar Wall Street and Washington insiders for advice on understanding President Donald Trump — with underwhelming results. Corporate leaders and former U.S. officials who have spent years cultivating relationships with Beijing — such as […]
7/6/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariffs and China’s countertariffs—which formally went into effect on Friday [7-6-18]—will have the greatest impact on the U.S. counties that voted Mr. Trump into office. The U.S. tariffs on China will initially hit about $34 billion of goods, with plans in place to raise that […]
7/5/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/FED/JOBS/LABOR/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. economy created more jobs than expected in June, but steady wage gains pointed to moderate inflation pressures that should keep the Federal Reserve on a path of gradual interest rate increases this year. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 213,000 jobs last month as manufacturers stepped up hiring, the Labor Department […]
6/29/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/COMMERCE/NAFTA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “General Motors warned Friday [6-29-18] that if President Trump pushed forward with another wave of tariffs, the move could backfire, leading to ‘less investment, fewer jobs and lower wages’ for its employees. The automaker said that tariffs on imports of cars and car parts — on top of an earlier spate of […]
6/27/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/TARIFFS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump backed away from plans to create tough new restrictions on Chinese investments in the U.S. and U.S. technology exports to China, defusing one fight with Beijing as American business officials try to head off a looming battle over tariffs. The White House opted for a less confrontational approach with […]
6/26/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/TARIFFS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday [6-26-18] that he will ease off his demands for tough new restrictions on Chinese investment in technology industries and will rely instead on a 1988 law being updated by Congress that authorizes the government to review foreign investments for national security problems. He called a recent article […]
6/25/2018
CANADA/CHINA/EU/GOP/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is taking his trade policy on the road this week. But the reception he is set to receive in a series of crucial 2018 states may not be what he had hoped. A series of threatening trade wars have become a weight on the President and Republicans across […]
6/22/2018
CHINA/EU/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump repeated Friday [6-22-18] his threat to slap stiff tariffs on European cars, hours after the European Union started imposing duties on a range of American products worth $3 billion in retaliation for separate Trump curbs imposed on steel and aluminum. Mr. Trump’s latest rhetorical broadside over trade indicates his […]
6/20/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/COMMERCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [6-20-18] that he and lawmakers are working on addressing concerns over a deal between Washington and Beijing to save Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp. , which had been accused of repeated sanctions violations. Mr. Trump met with nearly two dozen lawmakers at the White House—many of […]
6/19/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is working on measures that protect agriculture and other critical industries from retaliatory tariffs being threatened by China amid an escalating trade dispute between the two countries, a top adviser to President Donald Trump said. Peter Navarro told reporters on Tuesday [6-19-18] that Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and […]
6/18/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Trump tries to tilt global trade in the United States’ favor, he is increasingly putting his finger on the scale to help once-iconic industries that are declining as a share of the American economy, at the expense of some of the country’s fastest-growing sectors. The president’s attempts to boost […]
6/15/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said on Friday [6-15-18] that it would move ahead with tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese products, drawing a vow of retaliation from Beijing and escalating a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. President Trump’s decision to impose the penalties is the latest twist by a […]
6/15/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beijing retaliated against planned U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods by targeting high-value American exports—including farm products, cars, and crude oil—stepping up the potential for a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. Shortly after the Trump administration unveiled plans Friday to impose tariffs of 25% on $50 billion in Chinese […]
6/14/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/SUPREME COURT/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration and against China on Thursday [6-14-18] on a disputed aspect of their fraught trade relationship, throwing out a lower court ruling that had allowed two Chinese vitamin C makers to escape $148 million in damages for violating American antitrust law. In […]
6/13/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/SENATE/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House moved to protect its deal with Beijing to rescue ZTE Corp, taking steps to head off a bipartisan effort to use a must-pass defense bill to reinstate a ban on sales of U.S. components to the Chinese telecommunication company. A senior White House official said Wednesday [6-13-18] that the […]
6/13/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration, deepening its global trade offensive, is preparing to levy tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of Chinese goods in the coming week, perhaps as early as Friday [6-15-18]—a move that is likely to spark heavy retaliation from Beijing. Senior trade officials in the White House, the Commerce […]
6/11/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate is on the verge of directly undercutting a key piece of President Donald Trump’s trade negotiations with China, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers successfully pushed for the inclusion of a bill to undo a deal to save Chinese telecom ZTE. Lawmakers are on track to attach an amendment to […]
6/10/2018
CHINA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Once derided as a technology backwater and copycat, China is justifiably proud of its technology boom. Its people zip around the country on high-speed trains. They can buy, and pay for, just about anything with their smartphones. For Chinese traveling abroad, the rest of the world can seem slow and antiquated. Now, […]
6/7/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/SANCTIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. senators planned legislation on Thursday [6-7-18] that would roll back an agreement President Donald Trump’s administration announced to ease sanctions on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Thursday the U.S. government had reached a deal with ZTE that reverses a ban on it buying parts from […]
6/7/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, fed up with hearing he was weak on China, assembled his senior trade team at the White House on May 22 and vented, according to officials who were involved. He wanted a tougher approach, including tariffs he could use as a weapon to force trade concessions. Treasury […]
6/5/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China offered to purchase nearly $70 billion of U.S. farm, manufacturing and energy products if the Trump administration abandons threatened tariffs, according to people briefed on the latest negotiations with American trade officials. In weekend talks in Beijing, Chinese negotiators led by Liu He, President Xi Jinping’s economic envoy, presented a […]
CANADA/CHINA/EU/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many small companies in the United States can expect to pay more for steel and aluminum following the Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs on imports from Europe, Canada and Mexico, small business advocacy groups say. Business owners also face the prospect of higher costs if the administration follows through on threats to […]
6/4/2018
CANADA/CHINA/ECONOMY/EU/GOP/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump defended his tough trade negotiations with China, Canada and Mexico on Monday [6-4-18], saying the U.S. would soon be in a stronger position with its top trading partners. Trump faced pushback from U.S. allies and an influential Republican group, which warned that the tariffs would hinder the nation’s […]
6/4/2018
CHINA/COMMERCE/EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Groups backed by powerful Republican donors Charles and David Koch said on Monday [6-4-18] they will champion free trade and oppose tariffs with a multimillion-dollar campaign that puts them on a collision course with President Donald Trump. The embrace of free trade principles by major Republican donors comes as Trump pursues […]
6/3/2018
CANADA/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration showed no sign of backing down from restrictive tariffs in the face of pushback from allies and China over the weekend, isolating the U.S. and complicating the president’s meeting later this week with leaders of Washington’s staunchest partners. Top finance officials from the Group of Seven leading nations met […]
6/2/2018
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very surprised that China would be doing this? https://t.co/D03kV07dF7” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 2, 2018 11:35 am […]
6/1/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/ENERGY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are haggling over how to get Beijing to carry out recent promises to purchase more American farm and energy products, with Washington pushing for long-term contracts that Chinese officials are reluctant to commit to. The snag is hanging over high-level negotiations scheduled for this weekend. U.S. […]
6/1/2018
AGRICULTURE/CANADA/CHINA/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump attacked Canada on Friday [6-1-18] morning, seemingly offering a defense of the controversial tariffs he imposed this week and accusing America’s northern neighbor of treating U.S. agricultural industries ‘very poorly…’ Trump has made resetting U.S. trade relationships around the globe a key priority for his administration, most notably […]
5/30/2018
CHINA/IVANKA/TRUMP FAMILY: “Ivanka Trump abruptly left a conference call on Tuesday [5-29-18] about a coming fitness event after receiving questions about her company’s trademarks in China and her father’s exercise regimen. White House officials insisted that she had always been scheduled to leave. Ms. Trump and Holli M. Richmond, the director of the White House […]
5/29/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration sent a sudden, harsh message to its Chinese counterparts, saying the U.S. was moving forward with its threat to apply tariffs on Chinese imports and other actions to restrict Beijing from accessing sensitive U.S. technology. Tuesday’s [5-29-18] move surprised many observers after the White House had for days […]
5/28/2018
CANADA/CHINA/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump considers new tariffs on imported vehicles and pursues a deal with China to avoid a trade war, economists and business leaders see a pattern emerging in the White House’s efforts to renegotiate many trade relationships: Open aggressively, then settle for incremental concessions. The Trump administration has accused […]
5/28/2018
CHINA/EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The European Union’s top trade official will meet U.S. counterparts in Paris on Wednesday [5-30-18], according to EU officials, in a last-ditch effort to secure waivers from steel and aluminum tariffs and to engage Washington on efforts to tackle China’s market-distorting policies. European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom will press U.S. Commerce […]
5/25/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/COMMERCE/CONGRESS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has told lawmakers it has reached a deal that would keep the Chinese telecom firm ZTE alive, a person familiar with the matter said. The move could allow trade negotiations with China to move forward, but would probably provoke an intense backlash in Congress. Under the agreement brokered […]
5/25/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/CHUCK SCHUMER/OBAMA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Schumer and Obama Administration let phone company ZTE flourish with no security checks. I closed it down then let it reopen with high level security guarantees, change of management and board, must purchase U.S. parts and pay a $1.3 Billion fine. Dems do nothing….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, […]
5/25/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/COMMERCE/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Trump administration puts together another trade mission to China next week, it is scrambling on Capitol Hill to keep lawmakers from undermining trade talks by blocking a deal to roll back penalties on Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. President Trump has been moving closer to a deal to help […]
5/24/2018
CHINA/CONGRESS/GOP/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some of President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Congress said on Thursday [5-24-18] that his administration’s national security investigation of car and truck imports amid a trade spat with China is being pursued under false pretenses and could hurt U.S. consumers. Trump said on Wednesday [5-23-18] that ongoing […]
5/24/2018
CHINA/CONGRESS/GOP/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some of President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Congress said on Thursday [5-24-18] that his administration’s national security investigation of car and truck imports amid a trade spat with China is being pursued under false pretenses and could hurt U.S. consumers. Trump said on Wednesday that ongoing U.S.-China […]
5/24/2018
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There’s been a whole lot of winning so far during the Trump presidency — for China. After accusing China of ‘raping’ American workers and stealing their jobs in his White House campaign, Donald Trump has found it harder to hold Beijing to account as President. In fact, his unpredictable policy […]
5/23/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/JAPAN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s plan to make the American economy great again is deceptively simple: wrestle jobs, market share and indeed the future back from China. But what if the U.S. president, in the process, morphs America into Japan? Three decades ago, Trump the real estate mogul railed against Japan-style tariffs and a […]
5/23/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawmakers are moving to thwart Trump administration efforts to ease restrictions on Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. and other sensitive technology, citing fears the positions would compromise national security in the latest twist in trade negotiations between the world’s largest economies. The Senate Banking Committee unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday […]
5/23/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s spur-of-the-moment decision to agree to a face-to-face meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un represented an unprecedented opportunity, but also a huge risk, most recently highlighted by a case of cold feet on both sides. Anticipation about the June 12 meeting in Singapore is turning to pessimism, […]
5/23/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our Trade Deal with China is moving along nicely, but in the end we will probably have to use a different structure in that this will be too hard to get done and to verify results after completion.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 23, 2018 6:55 am […]
5/22/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [5-22-18] floated a plan to fine ZTE Corp (000063.SZ) (0763.HK) and shake up its management as his administration considered rolling back more severe penalties that have crippled the Chinese telecommunications company. Trump’s proposal ran into immediate resistance in Congress, where Republicans and Democrats accused the president […]
5/22/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. and China have agreed on the broad outline of a deal that would save imperiled Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp., according to people with knowledge of the matter in both countries, as the two sides move closer to resolving their trade dispute. The details are still being hammered out, […]
5/21/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump defended his administration’s approach to resolving a trade war with China in a series of tweets Monday [5-21-18], following three-days of negotiations with the Chinese that ended with little clarity. Mr. Trump, in an early morning tweet, initially questioned why Democrats and the previous administration did not ‘do something […]
5/21/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China has called President Trump’s bluff. Chinese negotiators left Washington this weekend with a significant win: a willingness by the Trump administration to hold off for now on imposing tariffs on up to $150 billion in Chinese imports. China gave up little in return, spurning the Trump administration’s nudges for a […]
5/21/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “By the time American negotiators wrapped up high-level talks with a visiting Chinese delegation last week, President Trump’s ambitions for a multibillion-dollar trade agreement had, for the time being, shriveled into a blandly worded communiqué without any dollar figures. It was not clear that the talks set a path to success. […]
5/21/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. suspended its threat to impose tariffs on $150 billion in Chinese imports to the U.S. while negotiations with China continue, but President Donald Trump could impose the tariffs if a deal between the two countries doesn’t progress, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. ‘Both parties have agreed to suspend the […]
5/21/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under our potential deal with China, they will purchase from our Great American Farmers practically as much as our Farmers can produce.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2018 8:16 am […]
5/21/2018
BORDER/CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China must continue to be strong & tight on the Border of North Korea until a deal is made. The word is that recently the Border has become much more porous and more has been filtering in. I want this to happen, and North Korea to be VERY successful, but only […]
5/21/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On China, Barriers and Tariffs to come down for first time.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2018 6:31 am […]
5/21/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China has agreed to buy massive amounts of ADDITIONAL Farm/Agricultural Products – would be one of the best things to happen to our farmers in many years!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2018 6:27 am […]
5/21/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [5-21-18] urged China on Monday to maintain a secure border with North Korea, pressing Beijing ahead of his anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month aimed at denuclearization…He did not elaborate on the significance of the North Korea-China border issue in […]
5/20/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has suspended its plan to impose sweeping tariffs on China as it presses forward with trade talks, a gesture that will temporarily ease tensions between the two nations but rapidly increase pressure on President Trump to secure the type of tough deal that he has long said […]
5/17/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TECHNOLOGY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese negotiators are preparing to offer the United States a mammoth package of promises to buy more American goods, in a bid to pare down the trade deficit between the two countries and to defuse President Trump’s aggressive moves against China’s trade practices. The package, which officials said could approach […]
5/17/2018
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Talking trade with the Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Liu He. https://t.co/9T7Iq6F3Xe“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 4:27 pm […]
5/17/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/SANCTIONS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday [5-17-18] quietly rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to help restore the U.S. operations of the controversial Chinese tech megafirm, ZTE. Lawmakers from both parties unanimously agreed to include in an appropriations bill a provision that would uphold sanctions against the Chinese phone-maker, just days after President […]
5/17/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is likely to fall well short of a plan to slash the U.S. trade deficit with China by half, in large part because American farms and factories will find it hard to produce enough exports to meet that goal, trade experts say. China’s chief economic envoy, Liu He […]
5/16/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/COMMERCE/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump says there has been ‘no folding’ in his trade negotiations with China, as he addresses his efforts to help a Chinese telecommunications company that violated U.S. sanctions. Trump tweeted on Wednesday [5-16-18], ‘Nothing has happened with ZTE except as it pertains to the larger trade deal…’ Trump tweeted […]
5/16/2018
CHINA/MEDIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Washington Post and CNN have typically written false stories about our trade negotiations with China. Nothing has happened with ZTE except as it pertains to the larger trade deal. Our country has been losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year with China…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 16, 2018 8:09 […]
5/16/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…We have not seen China’s demands yet, which should be few in that previous U.S. Administrations have done so poorly in negotiating. China has seen our demands. There has been no folding as the media would love people to believe, the meetings…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 16, 2018 8:09 am […]
5/16/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…haven’t even started yet! The U.S. has very little to give, because it has given so much over the years. China has much to give!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 16, 2018 8:08 am […]
5/15/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trade negotiations are continuing with China. They have been making hundreds of billions of dollars a year from the U.S., for many years. Stay tuned!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 15, 2018 7:35 am […]
5/15/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/SANCTIONS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday [5-15-18] it was far from certain what steps the U.S. government would take on China’s ZTE Corp, which he characterized as an enforcement, rather than trade, issue. U.S. President Donald Trump has directed the Commerce Department to revisit penalties for telecom equipment […]
5/14/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/TECHNOLOGY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the United States and China spar over trade, both sides are using a beleagured Chinese telecom company as a pawn in a geopolitical game, a strategy that could yield concessions in talks this week in Washington. Mr. Trump’s offer to throw a lifeline to the company, ZTE, found a receptive […]
5/14/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “ZTE, the large Chinese phone company, buys a big percentage of individual parts from U.S. companies. This is also reflective of the larger trade deal we are negotiating with China and my personal relationship with President Xi.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 14, 2018 3:06 pm […]
5/14/2018
CHINA/SANCTIONS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. and China are closing in on a deal that would give China’s ZTE Corp. a reprieve from potentially crippling U.S. sanctions in exchange for Beijing removing tariffs on billions of dollars of U.S. agricultural products, said people in both countries briefed on the deal. The negotiations would also ease roadblocks […]
5/14/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/SANCTIONS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Monday [5-14-18] said President Donald Trump asked his commerce secretary to look into lifting or easing sanctions against a Chinese telecommunications company as part of a ‘give and take’ with China…In a surprising overture to China, Trump tweeted Sunday [5-13-18] that he would help ZTE Corp., a major […]
5/13/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China and the United States are working well together on trade, but past negotiations have been so one sided in favor of China, for so many years, that it is hard for them to make a deal that benefits both countries. But be cool, it will all work out!” -Donald Trump, […]
5/13/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/COMMERCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 13, 2018 10:01 am […]
5/11/2018
CHINA/EU/FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s Donald Trump’s latest rebrand — global man of action. The President is taking his political chaos theory beyond America’s borders and racking up wins for his faithful political base. Positioning himself as a domineering global figure to shore up his standing back home, Trump is changing the subject from the […]
5/11/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s efforts to block imports are bringing back a long-forgotten headache for manufacturers: the quota. U.S. officials have so far largely relied on tariffs—essentially taxes at the border—in their efforts to reduce imports of steel, aluminum and Chinese goods. But some countries are accepting hard limits, or quotas, on […]
5/10/2018
CHINA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House officials promised to keep the U.S. in the lead on emerging artificial-intelligence technologies, despite growing competition from China and worries about potential impacts on American workers. At a White House conference on artificial intelligence, Trump technology adviser Michael Kratsios pledged that the administration would make a priority of advancing artificial-intelligence […]
5/8/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be speaking to my friend, President Xi of China, this morning at 8:30. The primary topics will be Trade, where good things will happen, and North Korea, where relationships and trust are building.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2018 6:22 am […]
5/4/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our high level delegation is on the way back from China where they had long meetings with Chinese leaders and business representatives. We will be meeting tomorrow to determine the results, but it is hard for China in that they have become very spoiled with U.S. trade wins!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
5/4/2018
AFRICA/CHINA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tensions between the United States and China flared on two military fronts as Washington accused the Chinese of harassing American pilots flying over the African nation of Djibouti and warned of consequences to the deployment of missiles on artificial islands China has built in disputed waters in the South China Sea. The […]
5/4/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senior Chinese and American officials concluded two days of negotiations late Friday [5-4-18] afternoon with no deal and no date set for further talks, as the United States stepped up its demands for Chinese concessions to avert a potential trade war. The American negotiating team, which included Treasury Secretary Steven […]
5/4/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. and China asked one another to make sweeping concessions in trade talks, failing to bridge sharp divisions and raising the chances that each government will slap tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of the other country’s exports before settling the dispute. Top economic officials on both sides […]
5/3/2018
ASIA/CHINA/MILITARY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday ‘there will be near-term and long-term consequences’ in response to a reported build-up of defense systems in the South China Sea. Sanders said the Trump administration has ‘raised concerns’ about the measures ‘directly’ with Chinese authorities. The remarks came in response to […]
5/3/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Trade negotiators from the U.S. and China are digging in for the first round of what they expect to be recurring, difficult talks that don’t produce an immediate settlement. Beijing is bracing for lengthy sparring with Washington, though Chinese officials said that in recent weeks they had tried to get […]
5/3/2018
AFRICA/CHINA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese military personnel are targeting American flight crews in the skies over the east African nation of Djibouti using a high-powered laser in what amounts to a new show of Chinese harassment of the U.S. military at a time of heightened tensions between the nations, according to Pentagon officials. The incidents bolster […]
5/2/2018
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top Trump administration officials are arriving in China this week armed with tough talk about Beijing’s need to change its trade practices. But within the United States delegation there is little consensus about what concessions America should try to extract — or the best approach to getting the Chinese to agree. […]
5/2/2018
CHINA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering executive action that would restrict some Chinese companies’ ability to sell telecommunications equipment in the U.S., based on national-security concerns, said several people familiar with the matter. The move, if it happens, would represent a significant escalation of a growing feud between the U.S. and China […]
5/2/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/ROBERT MUELLER/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Obstruction of Justice (that is a setup & trap). What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch […]
5/1/2018
CHINA/EU/TRADE DEALS/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has set the stage for weeks of heightened tension between the U.S. and its trading partners as administration officials race to meet self-imposed deadlines to complete a series of high-stakes negotiations with China, Mexico, Canada and Europe. A U.S. trade delegation left Tuesday [5-1-18] for China hoping to […]
5/1/2018
CHINA/NAFTA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Delegation heading to China to begin talks on the Massive Trade Deficit that has been created with our Country. Very much like North Korea, this should have been fixed years ago, not now. Same with other countries and NAFTA…but it will all get done. Great Potential for USA!” -Donald Trump, […]
4/30/2018
CHINA/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie: In April, China is said to have tested an invisibility cloak that would allow ordinary fighter jets to suddenly vanish from radar screens. This advancement, which could prove to be a critical intelligence breakthrough, is one that American officials fear China may […]
4/27/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Please do not forget the great help that my good friend, President Xi of China, has given to the United States, particularly at the Border of North Korea. Without him it would have been a much longer, tougher, process!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2018 6:50 am […]
4/25/2018
CHINA/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Don Blankenship, the coal executive recently released from federal prison and now running for US Senate in West Virginia, this week accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of having conflicts of interest in foreign relations because his father-in-law is ‘a wealthy Chinaperson.’ Blankenship, one of three GOP leading candidates in the May 8 […]
4/24/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said he was sending a delegation of his top economic advisers to Beijing next week to try to settle trade disputes that have upset U.S.-China relations and rattled markets world-wide…The members of the U.S. team will include Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, National Economic […]
4/20/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On a dark February night, the trucks unloaded their contraband near Hyesan, a North Korean town across a narrow river from China. As border guards looked the other way, workers used carts to pull the cargo of metal ore — tungsten, lead, zinc, copper and gold concentrates, all banned from export […]