China, Trump

China Has a $1 Trillion Head Start in Any Tariff Fight
As Donald Trump prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever.
US-China Trade Fight Starts Early, Paving Way for Trump Tariffs
Even before Donald Trump takes office on Monday, trade tensions between the world’s biggest economies are already heating up.
US importers rush in goods from China as Trump tariff threat looms
US seaports handled the equivalent of 451,000 40-foot containers of goods from China in December, a year-over-year increase of 14.5%.
Trump upended trade once, aims to do so again with new tariffs
Donald Trump came to Washington eight years ago vowing to rewrite U.S. trade relationships, shrink a massive goods trade deficit and rebuild America's industrial base with new tariffs. The president-elect is about to embark on an even more aggressive effort in his second term,
China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason it won’t do the same with new tariffs
When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll be accompanied by a coterie of China hawks, all vowing to use tariffs and export bans to stop Beijing from challenging the United States’ supremacy in technology.
US-China trade tensions heat up ahead of president Trump’s tariffs
Trade between the world’s two largest economies is on the brink of chaos again. The outgoing Biden administration has turned up the heat in its final days, handing Trump a loaded gun in the form of sweeping restrictions directed at Beijing.
One Weapon China Is Reluctant to Deploy Against Tariffs: A Weaker Currency
The last time Trump hit China with tariffs, Beijing devalued the yuan, blunting the impact. This time, Xi Jinping has ...
China’s economy grows more than expected. But fears of Trump tariffs loom
China’s economy grew more than expected in the last three months of 2024, official data showed on Friday, as it awaits the ...
Trump has several avenues for rolling out tariffs on his first day — and Americans could see prices increase soon after
It'll take time for Trump's tariffs to be implemented, but goods could still start getting more expensive in the meantime.
China Fast Out Of The Gate
There is a lot going on in China right now. Talk of punitive tariffs against the Middle Kingdom swirled through the halls of ...
Bessent: China Will Cut Prices In Response To Tariffs So They Can Continue To "Export Their Way Out Of Economic Malaise"
Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden, during his confirmation hearing to serve as Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, he believes ...
Biden says he ‘managed’ frosty China relations. Critics say management was the problem.
Biden says his administration successfully ‘managed’ frosty China relations to prevent outright conflict. Critics say he didn ...
Trump’s tariffs brought China and Mexico closer. Will his second term change that?
China has strengthened trade with Latin America at the expense of the U.S. But Donald Trump, who threatens to raise tariffs ...
Trump's tariff plan could be gambit to win leverage, strategists say
As investors the world over brace for a global trade war with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House ...
Retail CEOs wrestle with potential rising costs as new Trump tariffs loom
Dollar Tree CEO Michael Creedon said at its third quarter earnings call that the team can mitigate risk based on its ...
An industrial Chinatown near the US southern border readies its options should Trump tariffs come
Chinese companies moved production to Mexico to have tariff-free access to the US market under the USMCA trade deal. With President-elect Donald Trump now threatening tariffs, these companies and ...