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China Halts U.S. Agricultural Purchases as Trade War Heats Up

Steven Yang, Isis Almeida, Shuping Niu, Alfred Cang | Bloomberg | 08/04/2019

China is stepping away from further U.S. farm imports after President Donald Trump ratcheted up tensions with its biggest agricultural trading partner last week. The Chinese government has asked its…

China Pledges to Counter Trump’s Threat of More U.S. Tariffs

Bloomberg | 08/01/2019

Beijing pledged to respond if the U.S. insists on adding extra tariffs to th...

U.S. Midwest manufacturing in contraction amid trade tension

Richard Leong | Reuters | 07/31/2019

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Manufacturing industries in the U.S. ...

Echo Trump’s Tough Talk, or Lift Tariffs? Democrats Clash Over Trade

Alan Rappeport | The New York Times | 07/31/2019

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candi...

Pence says clock ticking on USMCA, but Democrats won’t be rushed

Andrea Shalal, Susan Heavey and Jonas Ekblom | Reuters | 07/30/2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#...

Latest U.S.-China trade talks ‘constructive’, Beijing says

Brenda Goh, David Stanway | Reuters | 07/30/2019

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. and Chines...

Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War.

Raymond Zhong | New York Times | 07/30/2019

BAC NINH, Vietnam — No country on earth has benefited ...

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