U.S. signs limited deal with Japan on ag, digital trade
A deal should win back benefits American farmers lost when President Donald Trump pulled out of a broader Asia-Pacific pact his first week in office.
A deal should win back benefits American farmers lost when President Donald Trump pulled out of a broader Asia-Pacific pact his first week in office.
The trade wars threatening to push the global economy into recession are entering a new phase, with the United States and European Union escalating a dispute that endangers the world’s biggest trade relationship.
Vice President Mike Pence stumped for President Trump’s proposed deal with Mexico and Canada during a rally Thursday at McAllister Machinery on the city’s southeast side.
The U.K. Supreme Court court found that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted to limit debate on Britain’s impending departure from the European Union in violation of Parliament’s constitutional role.
Several factors will influence the Fed’s decisions in the coming months on whether it needs to keep reducing borrowing rates to try to help sustain the U.S. economic expansion now in its 11th year.
Equity markets have rebounded in recent days as both President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping sought to lower tensions that are clouding the outlook for the world’s biggest economies.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said mid-level U.S. and Chinese negotiators will meet next week or the week after. Then a high-level Chinese delegation is likely to travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
President Donald Trump said the two-week delay in a planned increase in tariffs on some Chinese imports is “a gesture of good will.”
Officials will “conduct conscientious consultations” in mid-September to prepare, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said. It gave no details, but said the two sides want to create “favorable conditions.”
President Donald Trump’s comments followed signs from China that it wouldn’t immediately retaliate against the latest U.S. tariff increase and wanted to focus on removing new tariffs, to prevent a further escalation of the trade war.
The U.S. and Japan agreed in principle on a trade deal under which Japan will slash tariffs on U.S. beef, pork and other agricultural products while continuing to face levies on its own auto exports.
President Donald Trump said his trade negotiators had received two “very good calls” from China on Sunday. He expressed his optimism about China hours after he sent mixed messages on the tariff war.
President Donald Trump on Friday called on U.S. companies with operations in China to consider an alternative place to do business after Beijing announced a series of retaliatory tariffs Friday.
Vice President Mike Pence took his pitch on Wednesday to voters in a congressional swing district in southern New Mexico.
Beijing expressed hope that Washington can end a tariff war after President Donald Trump said Americans might need to endure economic pain to achieve longer-term benefits.
The U.S. Department of Commerce said the deal with benefit tomato producers across America, including those in Florida, Indiana, Texas and Arizona.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his aggressive China trade policies might mean economic pain for Americans but insisted they’re needed for more important long-term benefits.
The economists surveyed were skeptical about prospects for success of the latest round of U.S.-China trade negotiations. Only 5% predicted that a comprehensive trade deal would result.
By granting a grace period for everyday items such as some phones and toys, the U.S. concession appears designed to avoid any disruption or additional price increases for American consumers heading into the final four months of the year—from back-to-school purchases to Christmas shopping.
President Trump said that the Fed’s high level of interest rates in comparison to other countries was keeping the dollar too strong and making it more difficult for U.S. manufacturers to compete.