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U.S. to Boost Gas Supply to E.U. in Effort to Cut Dependence on Russia
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New Trade Deal Leaves the U.S. Behind in Asia
China and 14 other countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the biggest regional trade agreement ever. Here's what to know.
By Amy Gunia
November 17, 2020
Why Trump's Trade Deal Won't End Trade Wars
Populism and corrupted liberal economics means trade wars are the new normal
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
January 15, 2020
Chicken Feet Could Herald a New Era for U.S.-China Trade
Chicken feet are popular in traditional regional Chinese cooking
By Alfred Cang / Bloomberg
January 14, 2020
How the Trade War is Hurting Forests Around the World
High tariffs on sustainable U.S. hardwood are driving Chinese firms to source from illegal loggers elsewhere.
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
November 27, 2019
Ocean Exploration Changed Human History—And the Story Started Centuries Before Christopher Columbus
We tend to think the opening of the oceans was the work of 15th century pioneers, but they didn’t start the exploration of the seas
By David Abulafia
October 14, 2019
Trump Will Fail on China Trade War, but Progressive Democrats Must Carry On the Fight
President Trump has now delayed imposition of $250 billion worth of tariffs on China yet again, from October 1 to October 15, as a supposed goodwill gesture. This will only confirm Beijing’s view of Trump...
By Rober Kuttner
September 30, 2019
Using Trump's Tactics
New trade threats stem from fires in the Amazon rainforest
By Justin Worland
August 26, 2019
Trump's Muddled Message on Hong Kong Captures the Real Problem With His Foreign Policy
The confusion captures an enduring challenge of the Trump presidency: it’s almost impossible to discern America’s approach to key foreign issues because the process for setting and enforcing policy is ignored or irrelevant.
By John Walcott
August 20, 2019
President Trump Says U.S. Is 'Doing Very Well With China' Amid Continuing Trade Talks
Aide Larry Kudlow said recent phone calls between negotiators were 'positive'
By Hailey Waller, Jordan Yadoo and Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg
August 18, 2019
The U.S. and China Will Resume Talks Amid Ongoing Trade War
U.S. officials and some outside experts say they expect this week's meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to head off an escalating trade war and restart trade negotiations between the world's two...
By John Walcott
June 24, 2019
President Trump Says He'll Raise China Tariffs If President Xi Won't Meet at G-20
“China is going to make a deal because they’re going to have to make a deal”
By Margaret Talev and Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg
June 10, 2019
President Trump Hints at His Next Trade War Target: French Wine
Any potential U.S. measures against French wine would have to target the entire EU
By Terrence Dopp and Margaret Talev / Bloomberg
June 10, 2019
Mexico Did Not Agree to Trump's Farm Deal: Officials
Mexico has no state-owned agricultural conglomerate to buy food products or handle distribution
By Nacha Cattan and Eric Martin / Bloomberg
June 9, 2019
American Automakers Could Be a Casualty in Trump's Trade War With Mexico
The President's threatened tariffs could hurt U.S. firms like Ford and GM
By Mahita Gajanan
May 31, 2019
Ready for More Expensive Guac, Beer and Cars? How Trump's Mexico Tariffs Could Affect You
Trump threatened to slap tariffs of as much as 25% on goods from Mexico
By Bloomberg
May 31, 2019
Nike, Adidas Call Tariffs ‘Catastrophic’ in Open Letter to Trump
"Your proposal...is asking the American consumer to foot the bill," it said
By EBEN NOVY-WILLIAMS / BLOOMBERG
May 21, 2019
Why Buying American Is Complicated
New tariffs introduced by the Trump administration are aimed at boosting American manufacturing, but even products made in the U.S. contain parts and pieces from overseas
By Alana Semuels
May 14, 2019
Markets Nosedive on Trump's Trade War
The S&P 500 headed for the biggest decline since March
By Todd White and Randall Jensen / Bloomberg
May 13, 2019
Fading Trust
The emerging stalemate in U.S.-China trade negotiations reflects a breakdown in trust and widening differences that are unlikely to be resolved soon
By Bloomberg
May 13, 2019
Trump Contradicted on Tariffs
Trump has characterized his tariffs as being paid for largely by China
By Alejandro de la Garza
May 12, 2019
Trump Emboldened on China
Few presidents have bragged as much about the stock market as Donald Trump. From the early days of his Administration, Trump has sought to boost Wall Street and take credit for any gains in the...
By Justin Worland
May 9, 2019
Trump's Latest Trade Threat Could Be His Riskiest Move Yet
When Donald Trump blasts China's unfair business tactics, he tends to highlight the manufacturing jobs that he pledged to bring back in his 2016 campaign. But one of the toughest sticking points in his trade...
By Brian Bennett and John Walcott
May 8, 2019
Trump Gave the Japanese Prime Minister a Break on Trade, For Now
President Donald Trump did Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a favor last week, delaying the start of negotiations on a tricky trade decision, potentially pushing it past that country's elections in July, three officials briefed...
By John Walcott
May 1, 2019
U.S. Proposes Tariffs On E.U. Goods Over Airbus Subsidies
The United States is threatening to impose around $11 billion worth of tariffs on goods from European Union countries – including cheese, wine and oysters – in retaliation for E.U. subsidies to European aeronautics company...
By Ciara Nugent
April 9, 2019
Taiwan Won't Get Fighter Jets Until China Trade Deal Sealed
The Trump Administration has put on hold a previously reported sale of jet fighters to Taiwan until the United States seals a trade deal with China, three Administration officials told TIME on Thursday. That decision...
By John Walcott and Justin Worland
April 5, 2019
Mexico Avocados Have Biggest Price Surge in 10 Years Amid Trump's Threat to Close the U.S.-Mexico Border
There are a couple of possible drivers for the spike
By James Attwood / Bloomberg
April 2, 2019
Trump and China's Xi Haven't Set a Date for Trade Summit
Trump has said he’ll need to meet Xi to conclude any agreement over trade
By Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg
March 11, 2019
President Trump and Xi Jinping Are Close to Signing a Deal But Trade War Isn't Over
But the trade war is far from over
By Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg
March 5, 2019
Trump's Trade War Is Costing Americans $3 Billion a Month in Higher Taxes, Study Says
'This is kind of the worst-case scenario in terms of consumers'
By Shawn Donnan / Bloomberg
March 4, 2019
Trump Announces Delay in Tariff Hike on Chinese Goods
The U.S. president cited “substantial progress” in trade talks between the U.S. and China
By Amy Gunia
February 25, 2019
Americans Eat More Than a Billion Chicken Wings on Super Bowl Weekend. There's a Surprising Past Behind That Number
Flash back to any point in American history prior to the 1970s and you would have had to have paid many Americans to put this part of the chicken in their mouths
By Emelyn Rude
January 31, 2019
Where Trump's Trade Wars Are Headed
President Donald Trump ended last year with a trade cliffhanger, leaving nearly all of his major disputes on the issue unresolved and everyone guessing about if — and how — they will wrap up in...
By Justin Worland
January 4, 2019
President Trump Says He Will Soon Terminate NAFTA
This would leave Congress with a choice between Trump's U.S.M.C.A, or no continental trade deal at all
By Jennifer Epstein, Josh Wingrove and Eric Martin / Bloomberg
December 2, 2018
Some Fear an Economic Cold War As Trump and Xi Meet
The stakes for President Donald Trump's Saturday meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping seem like they couldn't be higher as the world's two biggest economies argue over escalating tariffs, how to handle North Korea...
By Justin Worland
November 30, 2018
Liam Fox: Brexit Can Supercharge Britain's 'Special Relationship' with the U.S.
"We are in a position to set the global benchmark for how two leading, open and mature economies can trade with each other."
By Liam Fox
November 30, 2018
Trump Threatens 10% Tariffs on iPhones, Other Gadgets
And other electronics made in China
By Bloomberg
November 27, 2018
The Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Survives, But the U.S. and China Matter More
After months of delays--and one very public withdrawal--the trans-Pacific trade deal officially has a start date. The rechristened Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will come into force on Dec. 30, thanks to a...
By Ian Bremmer
November 8, 2018
Jack Ma Says Trade War Is the 'Most Stupid Thing' as U.S.-China Tensions Boil
Ma, whose online commerce empire is China’s largest corporation, has been a vocal opponent of tit-for-tat tariffs
By Bloomberg
November 5, 2018
EU Trade Talks Become Contentious as President Trump Threatens Tariffs
A descent into an all-out trade war was averted in July
By Richard Bravo, Jenny Leonard and Shawn Donnan / Bloomberg
October 21, 2018
Why Farmers Are Sticking With Trump
Doug Fish is quick to explain all the ways President Trump's trade war is hurting his business and his community. Fish, the president and CEO of BTC Bank, a community bank in Bethany, Mo., says...
By Justin Worland / Bethany, Mo.
October 19, 2018
China Vows to Respond to Trade War It Didn't Want
The comments come amid rising political tensions between the two economic powers
By Ryan Beene and Christopher Condon / Bloomberg
October 14, 2018
Trump's NAFTA Replacement Mostly Keeps the Status Quo
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump harshly criticized free trade deals, threatening to withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership as well as the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he called "the worst trade...
By Justin Worland
October 1, 2018
Why Donald Trump Is Feeling the Heat From Midwestern Farmers
It's not just trade
By Justin Worland / Corning, Iowa
September 10, 2018
Trump's Trade Wars Hitting U.S. and Global Economic Growth
The numbers are not looking good for President Trump who has made reducing the U.S. trade deficit one of his main economic goals
By Shawn Donnan and Jeff Kearns / Bloomberg
September 5, 2018
China's New Threat Against Trump Has Some U.S. Farmers Nervous
In recent years, the annual meeting of the U.S. soybean export group has been a celebratory affair complete with a grand signing ceremony during which attendees committed to exporting billions of dollars of U.S. soybeans...
By Justin Worland / Kansas City, Mo.
September 4, 2018
No Deal on NAFTA
Canada has been clear about its 'red lines' around NAFTA
By Andrew Mayeda, Josh Wingrove and Eric Martin / Bloomberg
August 31, 2018
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