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Trump delays tariffs on some Chinese goods until December
WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to pressure from businesses and growing fears that a trade war is threatening the U.S. economy, the Trump administration is delaying most of the import taxes it planned to impose on Chinese goods and is dropping others altogether. The announcement Tuesday from the Office of the...
US delays tariffs on some Chinese goods, drops others
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is delaying tariffs on Chinese-made cellphones, laptop computers and other items and removing other Chinese imports from its target list altogether in a move that triggered a rally on Wall Street. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Tuesday that it is still...
Trump says new agreement with EU will boost beef exports
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated a new agreement Friday that is projected to increase beef exports to the European Union by more than $270 million a year once it is fully in place. Trump portrayed the agreement as standing up for farmers and ranchers. Producers have been hurt by...
Pence returns to Pennsylvania to urge trade pact's passage
SHADY GROVE, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is in Pennsylvania again to urge Congress to pass President Donald Trump's rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. Pence toured a crane manufacturing facility in southern Pennsylvania on Thursday, a few miles from the Maryland border, and told...
US says new round of talks with China were 'constructive'
SHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. and Chinese envoys held "constructive" trade talks on Wednesday, the White House said, after President Donald Trump rattled financial markets by accusing Beijing of trying to stall in hopes he will fail to win reelection in 2020. The meeting, aimed at ending a tariff war over trade and...
The Latest: US, China expected to resume talks in September
SHANGHAI (AP) — The Latest on China-U.S. trade talks (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Trade talks between the U.S. and China are expected to resume in Washington in early September. The White House announced the fresh round of talks on Wednesday after negotiating teams for both sides had concluded a renewed...
Global shares mixed as markets await US Fed rate decision
LONDON (AP) — European stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Wednesday as investors looked ahead to an anticipated U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut later in the day. Markets have generally recovered their poise a day after being spooked by comments from President Donald Trump, who accused Beijing of...
Trump: China wants to delay trade talks past 2020 election
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has accused China of wanting to stall trade negotiations through the 2020 election in hopes of being able to negotiate with a more malleable Democratic president. Yet if re-elected, Trump threatened to get "much tougher" with Beijing. "China would love to wait and...
Trump administration, Democrats make progress on new NAFTA
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats appear to be moving from "no way" to "maybe" on President Donald Trump's rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. House Democrats have met four times with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, most recently on Friday, and both sides say they are...
Pence heads to Pennsylvania again to tout trade pact
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is making his second visit in two months to the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania to urge Congress to pass President Donald Trump's rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. Pence's planned Thursday visit is to a crane manufacturing...
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