AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….agricultural products from our Great Farmers, in larger amounts than China ever did, and ship it to poor & starving countries in the form of humanitarian assistance. In the meantime we will continue to negotiate with China in the hopes that they do not again try to redo deal!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
Category: China
5/10/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Talks with China continue in a very congenial manner – there is absolutely no need to rush – as Tariffs are NOW being paid to the United States by China of 25% on 250 Billion Dollars worth of goods & products. These massive payments go directly to the Treasury of the U.S….” […]
5/10/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The process has begun to place additional Tariffs at 25% on the remaining 325 Billion Dollars. The U.S. only sells China approximately 100 Billion Dollars of goods & products, a very big imbalance. With the over 100 Billion Dollars in Tariffs that we take in, we will buy…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]
5/10/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have lost 500 Billion Dollars a year, for many years, on Crazy Trade with China. NO MORE!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 10, 2019 6:24 am […]
5/10/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The process has begun to place additional Tariffs at 25% on the remaining 325 Billion Dollars. The U.S. only sells China approximately 100 Billion Dollars of goods & products, a very big imbalance. With the over 100 Billion Dollars in Tariffs that we take in, we will buy…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]
5/10/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….agricultural products from our Great Farmers, in larger amounts than China ever did, and ship it to poor & starving countries in the form of humanitarian assistance. In the meantime we will continue to negotiate with China in the hopes that they do not again try to redo deal!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
5/10/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….If we bought 15 Billion Dollars of Agriculture from our Farmers, far more than China buys now, we would have more than 85 Billion Dollars left over for new Infrastructure, Healthcare, or anything else. China would greatly slow down, and we would automatically speed up!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 10, 2019 6:22 […]
5/10/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….agricultural products from our Great Farmers, in larger amounts than China ever did, and ship it to poor & starving countries in the form of humanitarian assistance. In the meantime we will continue to negotiate with China in the hopes that they do not again try to redo deal!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
5/10/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….If we bought 15 Billion Dollars of Agriculture from our Farmers, far more than China buys now, we would have more than 85 Billion Dollars left over for new Infrastructure, Healthcare, or anything else. China would greatly slow down, and we would automatically speed up!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 10, 2019 5:53 […]
5/10/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Talks with China continue in a very congenial manner – there is absolutely no need to rush – as Tariffs are NOW being paid to the United States by China of 25% on 250 Billion Dollars worth of goods & products. These massive payments go directly to the Treasury of the U.S…….” […]
5/10/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The process has begun to place additional Tariffs at 25% on the remaining 325 Billion Dollars. The U.S. only sells China approximately 100 Billion Dollars of goods & products, a very big imbalance. With the over 100 Billion Dollars in Tariffs that we take in, we will buy…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]
5/9/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A consequential round of trade talks between the United States and China began with smiles and a dinner Thursday evening in Washington. Yet the outward optimism did not appear to translate into a last-minute agreement that could stave off a planned increase in tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Without […]
5/9/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/ELECTION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is gambling that the American economy can stomach even steeper tariffs on China as he heads toward a 2020 reelection bid. As trade talks between Washington and Beijing started to fall apart this week, the president’s top trade and economic advisers were urging Trump to move forward with the […]
5/9/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump escalated his trade war with China on Friday [5-10-19] morning, raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods and taking steps to tax nearly all of China’s imports as punishment for what he said was Beijing’s attempt to ‘renegotiate’ a trade deal. Mr. Trump’s decision to proceed with the […]
5/9/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A week ago, the United States and China looked as if they were going to reach a deal to end their trade war. Today, they are trying to salvage their many months of negotiations. Vice Premier Liu He, a senior Chinese economic policy maker, is set to begin two days of […]
5/9/2019
CHINA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I want to get along with Russia and I want to get along with China, because I’m smart. Stupid people don’t want to get along. Because I’m smart.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Ending Surprise Medical Billing,” whitehouse.gov, May 9, 2019 […]
5/8/2019
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “Shortly before he was sworn in as president, Donald J. Trump vowed that the United States would stop ‘racing to topple foreign regimes that we know nothing about, that we shouldn’t be involved with.’ He promised to end ‘this destructive cycle of intervention and chaos.’ Two and a half years into […]
5/8/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The real question is not why the stock market is down this week. It is why it is down so little. After all, the world’s two largest economies have seemed to be hurtling toward a major escalation of their trade war. American officials have complained that Chinese negotiators have been playing […]
5/8/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The reality is, with the Tariffs, the economy has grown more rapidly in the United States and much more slowly in China.’ Peter Morici, Former Chief Economist, USITC” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2019 3:58 pm […]
5/8/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Guess what, that’s not going to happen! China has just informed us that they (Vice-Premier) are now coming to the U.S. to make a deal. We’ll see, but I am very happy with over $100 Billion a year in Tariffs filling U.S. coffers…great for U.S., not good for China!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
5/8/2019
CHINA/DEMS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The reason for the China pullback & attempted renegotiation of the Trade Deal is the sincere HOPE that they will be able to “negotiate” with Joe Biden or one of the very weak Democrats, and thereby continue to ripoff the United States (($500 Billion a year)) for years to come….” –Donald […]
5/7/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fears of an escalating trade war between the United States and China ricocheted through the American economy on Tuesday [5-7-19], sending stocks down sharply and prompting businesses large and small to brace for fallout. For months, investors and companies had been lulled into a sense of security that the world’s two […]
5/7/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump threatened over the weekend to re-escalate his trade war with China by raising tariffs on nearly all Chinese imports. He implied that the move would not hurt the American economy and said that the tariffs he has already imposed ‘are partially responsible for our great economic results’ in the […]
5/7/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. companies are bracing for a huge jump in costs as tariffs on $200 billion worth of consumer products and other goods from China are set to more than double on Friday [5-10-19] per President Donald Trump’s orders…U.S. stocks tumbled for a second day after the president tweeted on Sunday [5-4-19] that […]
5/6/2019
CHINA/NAFTA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s meeting with Republican senators on trade last week did nothing to unstick his stalled trade deal with Mexico and Canada. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Monday [5-6-19] that the president once again refused to lift steel and aluminum tariffs on U.S. allies when pressed, a requirement […]
5/6/2019
CHINA/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States has been losing, for many years, 600 to 800 Billion Dollars a year on Trade. With China we lose 500 Billion Dollars. Sorry, we’re not going to be doing that anymore!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 6, 2019 6:08 am […]
5/6/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s top economic advisers on Monday [5-6-19] accused China of reneging on previous commitments to resolve a monthslong trade war and said Mr. Trump was prepared to prolong the standoff to force more significant concessions from Beijing. Mr. Trump, angry that China is retreating from its commitments just as the […]
5/5/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @IngrahamAngle: Excellent decision by @realDonaldTrump! No other president has had the guts to take on the China challenge. #AmericaNow…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 5, 2019 3:22 pm […]
5/5/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For 10 months, China has been paying Tariffs to the USA of 25% on 50 Billion Dollars of High Tech, and 10% on 200 Billion Dollars of other goods. These payments are partially responsible for our great economic results. The 10% will go up to 25% on Friday. 325 Billions Dollars….” –Donald […]
5/5/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….of additional goods sent to us by China remain untaxed, but will be shortly, at a rate of 25%. The Tariffs paid to the USA have had little impact on product cost, mostly borne by China. The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!” […]
5/4/2019
CHINA/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DailyCaller: DOJ Asks Courts To Lighten Up On Qualcomm As It Battles China For 5G Supremacy https://t.co/6CEMpAwJZF” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2019 8:49 pm […]
5/3/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/EU/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and the prime minister of Slovakia congratulated each other Friday [5-3-19] on the respective strength of their nations’ economies as the two leaders met at the White House. Peter Pellegrini is the latest central European leader to visit the White House as the U.S. works to curry favor in […]
4/30/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China is adding great stimulus to its economy while at the same time keeping interest rates low. Our Federal Reserve has incessantly lifted interest rates, even though inflation is very low, and instituted a very big dose of quantitative tightening. We have the potential to go…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, […]
4/25/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Thursday [4-25-19] that China’s president, Xi Jinping, would be coming soon to the White House, fueling anticipation that the world’s two largest economies may be close to finishing a trade deal. Mr. Trump, in remarks to White House staff, parents and children gathered on the lawn for […]
4/17/2019
CHINA/DEMS/FTC/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A strange dynamic has gripped the Federal Trade Commission: President Trump’s biggest allies are the Democrats. In a vote made public Wednesday [4-17-19], the commission’s two Democratic appointees voted to impose financial penalties on companies the agency found violated federal law by falsely marketing their products as ‘Made in America’ when, in […]
4/17/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If President Donald Trump decides to slap tariffs on the global car industry, suppliers like Jack Sun, who runs a 30-person operation in northeast China, would be the first to feel the financial pain. Qingdao Ray Machinery and Technology doesn’t sell directly to the U.S. Rather, it exports molds and […]
4/16/2019
BUSINESS/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald J. Trump has referred to China as ‘our enemy.’ He has called it ‘a major threat.’ ‘Remember,’ he once wrote on Twitter, ‘China is not a friend of the United States!’ Some people in China have their own label for the polarizing American president: savior. At dinner tables, in social media chats […]
4/14/2019
CHINA/OBAMA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei hires former Obama Cyber Security Official as a lobbyist. This is not good, or acceptable! @FoxNews @SteveHiltonx” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 14, 2019 8:42 pm […]
4/5/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [4-5-19] would not predict that a trade deal with China will be reached, even though talks are moving very well along with China. Trump spoke to reporters at the White House after an intense round of trade talks in Washington to hammer out an agreement […]
4/4/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-4-19] hinted the United States and China may be inching closer to finalizing a deal to end a year-long trade impasse between the world’s two largest economic superpowers within weeks. Speaking in the Oval Office, the President said a trade agreement, which he described as ‘the […]
4/4/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-4-19] that talks with China on a comprehensive trade agreement continue to make progress, but there is still no date for a summit meeting where he and Chinese President Xi Jinping could finalize a deal…After making that statement, Trump turned to his chief negotiator, U.S. Trade […]
4/4/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite the unnecessary and destructive actions taken by the Fed, the Economy is looking very strong, the China and USMCA deals are moving along nicely, there is little or no Inflation, and USA optimism is very high!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2019 7:01 am […]
4/4/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump stopped short of announcing a final trade deal with China on Thursday [4-4-19], saying in an Oval Office meeting with the Chinese delegation that it may take another four weeks or more to secure an “epic” trade agreement. Negotiators had originally aimed to secure a deal this week during […]
4/3/2019
CHINA/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will meet on Thursday [4-4-19] with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, who is in Washington for trade talks, according to Trump’s schedule released by the White House on Wednesday [4-3-19] night. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT) in the Oval Office, […]
4/2/2019
CHINA/CONGRESS/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump said he called Chinese President Xi Jinping a ‘king’ during a state visit to Beijing in 2017 and that the Communist Party leader appeared to appreciate the remark. Speaking Tuesday [4-2-19] at the National Republican Congressional Committee spring dinner in Washington, Trump said Xi had denied he […]
4/2/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A 32-year-old woman from China carrying four cellphones and a thumb drive infected with malware gained access to Mar-a-Lago during President Trump’s visit to the Florida resort over the weekend, federal court records show. The woman, identified as Yujing Zhang, had arrived at the Palm Beach resort and showed two Chinese passports […]
4/2/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a woman carrying Chinese passports accused of illegally entering President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Yujing Zhang claimed a friend had asked her to fly from Shanghai to the club to try to speak to a member of Trump’s family about economic relations between the […]
4/1/2019
CHINA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China announced on Monday [4-1-19] that it would ban all variants of the powerful opioid fentanyl, a move that could slow the supply of a drug that in recent years has caused tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the United States. By declaring that all varieties of fentanyl are now controlled […]
4/1/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At the heart of President Trump’s negotiations with China is a troubling contradiction: The United States wants to use the trade talks to encourage the country to adopt a more market-oriented economy. But a key element of a prospective deal may end up reinforcing the economic power of the Chinese state. […]
3/27/2019
CHINA/MILITARY/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amid growing concern about the risks of Google and other U.S. companies doing business in China, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the CEO of Google has “strongly stated” that he is ‘totally committed’ to the American, not Chinese, military. Earlier this month, Trump accused Google in a tweet of ‘helping China […]
3/8/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [3-8-19] called the economy ‘very, very strong’ and touted rising U.S. wages just hours after the Labor Department’s monthly report for February showed an unexpected and dramatic slowdown in hiring. U.S. employers added 20,000 jobs in February, the smallest monthly gain in nearly a year and a […]
3/4/2019
CHINA/DRUGS: “But I can tell you, I said to President Xi that we cannot let fentanyl into our country. Almost 100 percent comes from China. It’s devastating. As you know, better than I do, it’s devastating. And he has promised to — and they’re in the process of doing — so when I take him […]
3/1/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All wars end—eventually. So it is with the yearlong China-U.S. trade war, which now appears to be in its final stages. Tariffs will be lifted, Beijing will promise to buy more American goods and take a harder stance on technology transfers and industrial espionage, and Trump will declare victory. Yet any […]
3/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he had asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on U.S. agricultural products because trade talks were progressing well. He also delayed plans to impose 25-percent tariffs on Chinese goods on Friday [3-1-19], as previously scheduled…Farmers are a key constituency for Trump’s Republican Party, and the U.S. president’s […]
3/1/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. and China are reportedly nearing a trade agreement that would result in the lifting of most of the sanctions imposed on Chinese goods last year. Beijing, too, would lower tariffs and other measures impacting U.S. imports, in a deal that is in its final stages of negotiations, The Wall […]
3/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said late Friday [3-1-19] that he has asked China to remove its tariffs on U.S. agricultural exports as the two countries work on reaching a broader trade agreement addressing Beijing‘s trade practices…Trump had been promising to ratchet up tariffs on billions worth of Chinese imports on March 1, but […]
3/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….and I did not increase their second traunch of Tariffs to 25% on March 1st. This is very important for our great farmers – and me!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 1, 2019 6:08 pm […]
3/1/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have asked China to immediately remove all Tariffs on our agricultural products (including beef, pork, etc.) based on the fact that we are moving along nicely with Trade discussions….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 1, 2019 6:08 pm […]
2/27/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a downtown cafe in Washington one recent winter morning, Xia Yeliang’s impassioned defense of Donald Trump’s politics pulled some patrons’ attention away from their mugs. Inquisitive eyes darted toward where Xia sat, as he enthusiastically navigated a litany of conservative Republican talking points: welfare reform, immigration control, the migrant caravan, […]
2/22/2020
CHINA/DRUGS: “One of the things that’s so important to me is the fentanyl. And President Xi has agreed to criminalize the sale of fentanyl. Right now, it’s not a criminal product because I guess they call it “industrial,” or they call it something. But it’s not a criminal product. And China has much tougher laws […]
2/26/2019
CHINA/SUMMIT/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced Sunday [2-24-19] on Twitter that he would be delaying an increase in tariffs against China and plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to settle on a final trade agreement. Trump said ongoing trade negotiations with China have been “very productive” and he would delay the […]
2/26/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s potential trade deal with China might temporarily soothe relations between the world’s two largest economies without actually tackling the big issues that drove Trump to impose duties. Trump on Monday [2-25-19] announced that the two nations were getting ‘very, very close’ to a deal and said Chinese negotiators […]
2/25/2019
CHINA/DEMS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s decision to back off his threat to raise tariffs on Chinese goods carries substantial political risk as the president faces increased pressure from Republicans, Democrats and some of his own advisers to win the kind of tough concessions that Beijing has long resisted. Citing ‘substantial progress’ in talks between the […]
2/25/2019
CHINA/NBA/SPORTS: “I got the basketball players out — the three basketball players — that was a beautiful scene. I was in China. And you have these three, you know, potential stars — and I guess they’re going into the NBA draft, or just have — but I said, ‘Would you do me a favor? Three […]
2/25/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China Trade Deal (and more) in advanced stages. Relationship between our two Countries is very strong. I have therefore agreed to delay U.S. tariff hikes. Let’s see what happens?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 3:12 pm […]
2/24/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….productive talks, I will be delaying the U.S. increase in tariffs now scheduled for March 1. Assuming both sides make additional progress, we will be planning a Summit for President Xi and myself, at Mar-a-Lago, to conclude an agreement. A very good weekend for U.S. & China!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, […]
2/24/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am pleased to report that the U.S. has made substantial progress in our trade talks with China on important structural issues including intellectual property protection, technology transfer, agriculture, services, currency, and many other issues. As a result of these very……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, 2019 5:39 pm […]
2/24/2019
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Xi of China has been very helpful in his support of my meeting with Kim Jong Un. The last thing China wants are large scale nuclear weapons right next door. Sanctions placed on the border by China and Russia have been very helpful. Great relationship with Chairman Kim!” –Donald Trump, […]
2/24/2019
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very productive talks yesterday with China on Trade. Will continue today! I will be leaving for Hanoi, Vietnam, early tomorrow for a Summit with Kim Jong Un of North Korea, where we both expect a continuation of the progress made at first Summit in Singapore. Denuclearization?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February […]
2/23/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @seanhannity: **REPORT: ‘China is proposing that it could buy an additional $30 billion a year of U.S. agricultural products including s…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 11:02 pm […]
2/22/2019
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SecretarySonny: BREAKING: In Oval Office meeting today, the Chinese committed to buy an additional 10 million metric tons of U.S. soybe…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 22, 2019 5:51 pm […]
2/22/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “TODAY’S TRADE TALKS COULD SET UP TRUMP-XI FACEOFF: The U.S. and China are likely to announce today that trade negotiators have made serious headway in forging a trade deal, a development that could lead to a high-stakes summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month, Pro Trade’s Doug Palmer […]
2/22/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump expressed optimism on a trade deal with China, after meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon…Trump said he plans to meet with President Xi Jinping to work out the final details of a deal ‘fairly soon,’ and those conversations are likely […]
2/17/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Important meetings and calls on China Trade Deal, and more, today with my staff. Big progress being made on soooo many different fronts! Our Country has such fantastic potential for future growth and greatness on an even higher level!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 7:00 am […]
2/16/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trade negotiators have just returned from China where the meetings on Trade were very productive. Now at meetings with me at Mar-a-Lago giving the details. In the meantime, Billions of Dollars are being paid to the United States by China in the form of Trade Tariffs!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, […]
2/15/2019
CHINA/CHUCK SCHUMER/TRADE DEALS: “But any deal I make with China, [Chuck] Schumer is going to stand up and say, ‘Oh, it should’ve been better. It should’ve been better.’ And you know what? That’s not acceptable to me. So I’m thinking about doing something very different. I don’t think it’s ever been — I just don’t […]
2/15/2019
CHINA/DRUGS: “And when I asked President Xi, I said, ‘Do you have a drug problem?’ ‘No, no, no.’ I said, ‘You have 1.4 billion people [in China]. What do you mean you have no drug problem?’ ‘No, we don’t have a drug problem.’ I said, ‘Why?’ ‘Death penalty. We give death penalty to people that […]
2/15/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS: “The tariffs are hurting China very badly. They don’t want them. And frankly, if we can make the deal, it’d be my honor to remove them. But otherwise, we’re having many billions of dollars pouring into our Treasury. We’ve never had that before with China. It’s been very much of a one-way street. So, […]
2/15/2019
CHINA/MEDIA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “From North Korea and China to Fox News hosts and conservative commentator Ann Coulter, President Donald Trump did not stick to the script on Friday when he outlined his plans to declare a national emergency for a wall along the southern U.S. border. The president started his nearly hour-long remarks, all […]
2/15/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/CHINA/COMMERCE/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sometimes, on a bad night, Brad Strong wakes at 2 a.m. and can’t get back to sleep. The insomnia isn’t about his family or money or health. It’s about tariffs. The Strong family’s three car dealerships in Salt Lake City could suffer a significant blow if President Donald Trump proceeds with […]
2/7/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Thursday [2-7-19] that he would not meet this month with President Xi Jinping of China, raising new concerns that the United States will not be able to complete a trade deal with China before American tariffs increase on March 2. The decision not to meet ahead of […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-31-19] talks with China aimed at defusing a bilateral trade war were making good progress, but top aides directly involved in the negotiations stressed there are many difficult issues that need to be worked out. However, a White House statement issued hours later stressed there are […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking for China to open their Markets not only to Financial Services, which they are now doing, but also to our Manufacturing, Farmers and other U.S. businesses and industries. Without this a deal would be unacceptable!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 9:56 am […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [1-31-19] he would either strike a very big trade deal with China or ‘postpone’ it, but it was not clear precisely what he was referring to…The world’s two largest economies are trying to strike a deal on trade by early March to avoid a […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….China’s representatives and I are trying to do a complete deal, leaving NOTHING unresolved on the table. All of the many problems are being discussed and will be hopefully resolved. Tariffs on China increase to 25% on March 1st, so all working hard to complete by that date!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….meeting with their top leaders and representatives today in the Oval Office. No final deal will be made until my friend President Xi, and I, meet in the near future to discuss and agree on some of the long standing and more difficult points. Very comprehensive transaction….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump expressed optimism Thursday [1-31-19] about reaching a landmark trade deal with China, but said in an interview that he would consider leaving in place some tariffs on Chinese goods even if the two sides strike an agreement…As he hosted the Chinese delegation in the Oval Office earlier in the […]
1/31/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China’s top trade negotiators are in the U.S. meeting with our representatives. Meetings are going well with good intent and spirit on both sides. China does not want an increase in Tariffs and feels they will do much better if they make a deal. They are correct. I will be……” -Donald Trump, […]
1/28/2019
BORDER/CHINA/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump this week will turn his attention from a fight with congressional Democrats to an even more formidable negotiating challenge, one with potentially higher stakes: China. Trade talks with Beijing begin on Wednesday [1-30-19] in Washington, kicking off a monthlong sprint of negotiations between the two nations that could prove […]
1/22/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As much as U.S. President Donald Trump wants to boost markets through a trade pact with China, he will not soften his position that Beijing must make real structural reforms, including how it handles intellectual property, to reach a deal, advisers say. Offering to buy more American goods is unlikely by […]
1/22/2019
CHINA/ECONOMY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top economic adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-22-19] pushed back against reports that a preliminary trade meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials was canceled, saying the story was not true…The Financial Times, citing people briefed on the talks, reported earlier on Tuesday that the Trump administration had […]
1/17/2019
CHINA/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump vowed on Thursday [1-17-19] to reinvigorate and reinvent American missile defenses in a speech that recalled Cold War-era visions of nuclear adversaries — though he never once mentioned Russia or China, the two great-power threats to the United States. While the president infused the new missile efforts with his ambitions […]
1/15/2019
BUSINESS/CHINA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The reclusive founder of Huawei has denied allegations that his telecoms company spies for the Chinese government. Ren Zhengfei also praised President Donald Trump as a ‘great president,’ shrugging off allegations by Washington that Huawei is a threat to US national security. Speaking to foreign media for the first time in […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CHINA/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As the partial government shutdown enters Day 20 with no compromise in sight, President Donald Trump said on Thursday [1-10-19] that dealing with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is more frustrating that negotiating with China — a country Trump has described as America’s economic adversary…Trump made the […]
1/9/2019
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to pursue a second summit with President Donald Trump ‘to achieve results that will be welcomed by the international community,’ Chinese state media reported on Thursday [1-10-19]. Kim also reiterated his commitment to denuclearization, according to the report by Xinhua News Agency, which followed […]
1/8/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Talks with China are going very well!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 8, 2019 8:16 am […]
1/3/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States Treasury has taken in MANY billions of dollars from the Tariffs we are charging China and other countries that have not treated us fairly. In the meantime we are doing well in various Trade Negotiations currently going on. At some point this had to be done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/29/2018
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just had a long and very good call with President Xi of China. Deal is moving along very well. If made, it will be very comprehensive, covering all subjects, areas and points of dispute. Big progress being made!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 29, 2018 11:03 am […]
12/21/2018
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/JAMES MATTIS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In an extraordinary public battle between a commander-in-chief and defense secretary, President Donald Trump appeared to push back Friday [12-21-18] on Pentagon chief Jim Mattis over policy toward Russia and China. ‘There has never been a president who has been tougher (but fair) on China or Russia,’ Trump said on […]
12/21/2018
CHINA/NATO/RUSSIA/SERBIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Serbia’s president said Friday [12-21-18] he doesn’t share U.S. President Donald Trump’s optimism that an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo is ‘within reach,’ two decades after their war. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that a letter sent by Trump expressing that opinion is ‘rational’ and welcome, but also added: ‘We are far […]