Trump, Tariffs and Trade Deficits

How Both Trump and Xi Can Stop a Trade War
A trade policy expert explains why Trump and Xi should refrain from a trade war and how they can strike a bigger deal.
China learned from Trump’s first trade war and changed its tactics when tariffs came again
The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with President Donald Trump this past week to seek solutions after he slapped tariffs on their countries, but China’s president appears unlikely to make a similar call soon.
Underpinning Trump’s Tariff-Based Trade Wars Are Misunderstood Trade Deficits
Tariffs are Trump's weapon of choice in on-again, off-again trade wars with Colombia, Canada, Mexico, China, importers of cars, importers of steel and aluminum
Stocks slip, yen gains on Trump trade war, China deflationary pressure
European shares dipped to their lowest in almost a month on Monday and world stocks followed as building deflationary pressure in China added to growth worries from a lacklustre U.S. economy and an escalating global trade war.
China slams US tariffs, says its economy is resilient but there are no winners in a trade war
China's commerce minister says Beijing will not yield to bullying and its economy can weather tariffs and other challenges, though there are “no winners in a trade war."
Trump’s team says tariffs ‘a drug war, not a trade war’ to stop fentanyl
The president’s tariffs are chiefly intended to pressure Mexico and Canada to help slow the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl into the United States, according to administration officials. “What
S.F.’s top Chinese diplomat rebukes Trump’s China tariffs, fentanyl accusations
In response to an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China, the Chinese Consul General in San Francisco, Zhang Jianmin, issued a sharp condemnation Wednesday of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 20% tariffs on all Chinese imports and targeting of China over the fentanyl overdose crisis.
China’s trade war resilience has made it the new go-to market
US shares have fallen three consecutive weeks on Donald Trump’s tariff thought bubbles, but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index has ...
China Sees Red as Trade War Escalates
Trump, who imposed a wave of tariffs on China in his first term, has slapped another 20% duty on a wide swath of Chinese ...
Canada's next prime minister vows to win trade war, China calls for improved ties
Canada's incoming prime minister Mark Carney, who was chosen by the Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau, has vowed to win ...
A trade war could hit these communities hardest
Chinese and Canadian retaliatory tariffs are aimed at agricultural, manufacturing and energy sectors that employ millions of ...
Trump trade war targets ‘friends and foes alike’: Axios chief economic correspondent
Axios Chief Economic Correspondent Neil Irwin, NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard, and Reuters White House Correspondent Jeff Mason ...
China Deploys Food as Weapon in Trade War
Ensuring that China’s 1.4 billion citizens are adequately fed continues to top the policy agenda. While the Asian giant ...
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China sets 5 percent growth target despite trade war with US
China has set an annual growth target of “about 5 percent”, promising to make domestic demand its main economic driver as an escalating trade war with the United States hit exports.
Who will Trump’s trade war hit next? Fears of a ‘tariff cascade’ threaten global trade as U.S. allies gripe about ‘economic self-harm’
Governments around the world are wondering what else is coming—and which country might get hit with a White House tariff ...