Just as weather often forces farmers to improvise, growers, who tout the quality and sustainability of U.S. soybeans and America’s transportation networks, are now trying to attract new customers in places like Mexico.
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US President Donald Trump ramping up the pressure against China while the two biggest economies are locked in a trade dispute. What is the path forward?
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Financial markets around the world – from Paris to Toyko, Berlin to London – sank Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to slap more tariffs on China.
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One of China’s top diplomats is accusing the US is waging “naked economic terrorism” against Beijing. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Hanhui made the comments to reporters as the Chinese commerce ministry also said that it was ready to fight a trade war if necessary.
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Cooperation, not confrontation, is the answer to overcoming trade tensions with the U.S. That’s what China’s ambassador said to business leaders during the China General Chamber of Commerce’s Lunar New Year gala.
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Food Bank of the Rockies is a busy place. The nonprofit’s mission is ensuring that families in the states of Colorado and Wyoming have enough to eat. It hands out 145,000 meals a day and more than 27 million kilos of food each year. The need is clearly there.
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A recent report claims the U.S. collected more than $1 billion in revenue from steel and aluminum tariffs. Those duties were originally unveiled as a national security provision, but they’ve started to hit some U.S. sectors hard.
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CGTN’s Mike Walter interviewed Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin about his thoughts on the trade war between the United States and China.
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At the World Dairy Expo we wanted to know what farmers think about the current U.S.-China trade war. CGTN’s Dan Williams set up a ‘listening post’ to talk about their concerns.
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Tensions between China and the U.S. during Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Beijing visit. Pompeo is the highest ranked U.S. official to visit the country since Vice President Mike Pence delivered a scathing speech aimed at China.
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Craft beer is one of the fastest growing segments in the beer industry around the world. One country where craft beer brewers see great opportunity is China. But the trade dispute between the U.S. and China is giving some of them pause.
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Trump’s first round of tariffs in 2018 targeted solar panels produced largely in China.
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Buyers and sellers in the solar energy industry are being forced to come up with new strategies to cope with the changing business landscape.
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Asian stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday after a Chinese government report accusing the Trump administration of bullying other countries dampened hopes for a settlement in their escalating tariff war.
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The 67-page document is a strident riposte to what Beijing calls American bullying on trade.
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The summer of 2017 represented new pastures for beef exporters in the United States. The Chinese market once again reopened to American beef. One farmer in the U.S. state of Virginia even went on a government trade mission, but the current trade war has left beef exporters on edge.
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“I have been a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. They are simply bad policy. Better ways exist for handling trade disagreements. Even disregarding the contribution to geopolitical tension levels, they will cost more jobs and economic growth in the downstream American market than they are worth. “
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Business leaders wrapped up their sixth-and-final day lobbying the U.S. government for and against more tariffs on China. President Trump wants more duties on another $200 billion-worth of Chinese imports.
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A fifth day of lobbying the U.S. government for, and against, more tariffs on China is over. Another public hearing will be held next week on whether $200 billion-worth of Chinese imports should go into effect. However, despite the escalating trade war, talks between Beijing and Washington have restarted.
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Business owners have ended a fifth day lobbying the U.S. government, mainly appealing for exemptions from the tariffs, but occasionally supporting them.
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One of the overarching trade goals of Donald Trump is to revive domestic manufacturing. But during six days of hearings on the proposals, the executives at businesses large and small are explaining to trade officials that the reality is that these proposed tariffs would punish American consumers and hurt U.S. competitiveness.
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Tariffs on $16 billion worth of imports are now in effect. Beijing immediately responded in kind and filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization.
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China has filed a World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint against U.S. taxation measures, according to an announcement released by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Thursday.
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A Chinese delegation will meet with U.S. trade officials on Wednesday and Thursday. The meetings will be the first time in months that American and Chinese negotiators will meet face-to-face in an attempt to get the trade talks back on track.
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s duties on imported metals are creating winners and losers – and challenges for businesses — in the American Midwest.
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China’s retaliatory tariffs are hitting Trump supporters hard-especially in the American Midwest. But, will dissatisfaction with Trump’s trade policy turn voters against him during the upcoming midterm elections?
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Theodore Roosevelt – a U.S. president known for his aggressive foreign policies – summed them up in seven words: “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” In foreign trade, Donald Trump’s version appears to be the near opposite: “Speak loudly and swing a big stick,” or in his case two big sticks—tariffs and CFIUS.
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A cargo ship stuck at sea is finally docking at a Chinese port. The “Peak Pegasus” has been sailing near the coast for over a month trying to dodge Chinese tariffs on imported, American soybeans. The ship missed a deadline to avoid the 25-percent tariff on the imported good by just a few hours.
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USTR to levy tariffs on an additional $16 billion worth of Chinese imports starting August 23, 2018.
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It’s been a month since Beijing accused Washington of launching the largest trade war in economic history. The U.S. argues it wants to put an end to unfair trade practices. China says tariffs won’t heal the U.S. trade deficit.
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View and search a list of Chinese retaliatory tariffs on 545 U.S. imports, and search a pending list of Chinese tariffs on an additional 114 U.S. imports.
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The U.S. state of Maine is feeling the effects of the trade war between Beijing and Washington. In the crossfire are lobsters and a $1.5 billion industry centered on what China considers a delicacy.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized up to $12 billion in programs to help farmers affected by Beijing’s retaliatory tariffs.
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So who’s winning the U.S.-China trade war? A short answer is…it depends.
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American farmers and businesses – set to be affected by a new round of proposed tariffs against China – are taking the Trump administration to task.
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Trump said last week the United States may ultimately impose tariffs on more than $500 billion worth of Chinese goods – roughly the total amount of U.S. imports from China last year.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to retaliate against China’s tariffs by slapping duties on an additional $400 billion worth of Chinese goods.
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Instead of building international consensus over pressing global matters such as climate change, migration, and international security among others, the U.S. President pursues his short-term political interest, much aided by the ignorance of a gullible electorate.
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The White House has reversed plans to use an emergency law to impose investment restrictions on Chinese companies. It now will rely on legislation currently moving through the U.S. congress.
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Retaliatory tariffs imposed by the EU on the U.S include punishing duties on exports of U.S whiskey and other distilled spirits. Artisanal manufacturers are feeling the pain.
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Learn more about how the trade deficit between China and the United States is often misunderstood.
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The world’s two biggest economies are pulling back from the brink of a trade war after making progress in talks aimed at bringing down America’s massive trade deficit with China.
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How does China look at the just concluded US-China trade talks? Did China get what it wanted? For more, CGTN’s Wang Guan had an exclusive interview with head of the Chinese delegation, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.
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High-stakes trade diplomacy is underway in Washington, with the Chinese Vice Premier leading a delegation from Beijing.
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It’s a packed schedule for Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on his second day in Washington. He’s here for high-level trade talks with the United States. Although official discussions don’t get underway until Thursday, China’s top economic envoy wasted no time. CGTN’s Nathan King reports.
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At trade talks between the U.S. and China, the only solid agreement was to keep talking. China reports no breakthrough, but some consensus, despite the sides being ‘very divided.’
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A U.S. delegation, led by the U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, is in China for two-day talks on tariffs. The discussions are expected to cover a wide range of topics, including U.S. complaints about China’s trade practices.
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We now know the players who will face off in the United States China trade negotiations this week. China has revealed its team, a mixture of political power brokers and bankers.
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The White House has announced it’s postponing a decision on tariff exemptions for steel and aluminum. The new deadline is June 1.
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