The exemptions, combined with renewed talks with China, suggest Trump may be willing to compromise. Continue reading →

China’s new ambassador to the United Nations says that U.S. sanctions and increasing tariffs hurt China and the world, and definitely are not “in the long-term interest of the United States.” Continue reading →

The agreement reached by the U.S. and China to refrain from new tariffs pending a new round of negotiations has relieved some pressure on markets. Continue reading →

Group of 20 finance leaders on Sunday said that trade and geopolitical tensions have “intensified,” raising risks to improving global growth, but they stopped short of calling for a resolution of a deepening U.S.-China trade conflict. Continue reading →

Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on Dec. 1 to suspend further tariff increases for 90 days while they negotiate. Continue reading →

No Chinese technology executives will deliver CES keynotes in Las Vegas this week. Continue reading →

As a partial shutdown of the U.S. government entered its eighth day, with no quick end in sight, the Republican president was in Washington, sending out tweets attacking Democrats and talking up possibly improved relations with China. Continue reading →

“The president has alienated Canada, the president has alienated Europe by use of the national security waivers,” Kaine said on Thursday in reference to the U.S. justification for imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum. Continue reading →

A temporary ceasefire in the U.S.-China trade war boosted global stocks to their highest in about three weeks on Monday Continue reading →

The dinner table diplomacy that Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping of China conducted over the weekend produced something as vague as it was valuable: an agreement to keep talking. Continue reading →