Former President Donald Trump, the GOP presidential primary front-runner, is vowing to apply across-the-board tariffs on all foreign imports to protect Americans’ jobs and wages.
Chinese state media spent the past month pressuring President Joe Biden to lift the tariffs imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump – ostensibly because the Chinese Communist Party cares deeply about the travails of American consumers struggling under Biden’s sky-high inflation rates, but actually because the Chinese economy is sinking and Beijing desperately needs those tariffs gone.
Former President Donald Trump’s top trade policy adviser during his presidency has endorsed David McCormick for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
The United States Chamber of Commerce is cheering the newly confirmed head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who has the backing of China.
The nominee to become the next United States Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, says U.S. trade policy “must benefit regular Americans” and is vowing a “worker-centered trade policy.”
United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer says President Trump’s commitment to economic nationalism “changed the way people think about China” as free trade globalists admit their failures.
America’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Woody Johnson, has suggested that U.S. and British negotiators are close to securing a trade deal before the end of President Trump’s term in office.
House Republicans and Democrats are joining retail corporations to ask United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer to reduce tariffs on China in the midst of the Chinese coronavirus crisis.
Americans are about to decide whether or not to give President Donald Trump a second term. One of his key selling points is the progress we have made in restoring American manufacturing.
Tesla says it has been harmed by a 25% tariff on screens it uses in its Model 3.
United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is rebuking the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling on Tuesday that deemed illegal U.S. tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese-made goods.
John Bolton avoided any situation where he would have had to reveal all the details of his book 1) before the book came out, and 2) under oath. Anyone else smell a rat?
The United States Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, has warned that it will be “almost impossible” for the United Kingdom to secure a finalised trade deal with President Donald Trump before the U.S. election in November.
During testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer stated that former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s claim that President Trump asked Chinese President Xi to help ensure his re-election are “Absolutely untrue.” And “Never
As the United States faces meat shortages in the wake of the coronavirus, exports of pork and other proteins to China have soared.
The president spoke from the heart, during a speech promoting the deal, noting that it was one of his lifetime goals to fix lousy trade deals in the United States.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) again criticized the USMCA trade agreement for its retrenchment of legal immunities for big tech companies, which allow companies like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook to censor at will, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee.
Nancy Pelosi, labor unions, and the Trump administration worked together for a better trade deal. That should worry China.
Nancy Pelosi has joined a growing list of lawmakers concerned over the Robert Lighthizer’s inclusion of language protecting big tech companies’ content moderation legal immunity in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said during a press conference Thursday that she remains skeptical about the House passing the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement this year, as Congress’s lower chamber continues to focus on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
The trade talks have stalled over China’s demands that the U.S. rollback tariffs as part of a preliminary deal.
The two sides had constructive discussions on each other’s core concerns in the “phase one” deal, Xinhua said.
The bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus called for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to hold a “timely vote” on the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer Friday, urging him to remove language that would enshrine Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in the USMCA and the U.S.-Japan trade agreements.
“They made headway on specific issues and the two sides are close to finalizing some sections of the agreement,” the U.S.T.R. said.
The president spoke about the deal during remarks with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House after a meeting with the Vice Premier of China.
White House National Economic Council Larry Kudlow said, “The statements coming out of Beijing have been a little more positive, it seems like the mood music has improved.”
Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and David Perdue (R-GA) pressed high-ranking Chinese government officials Wednesday on their unfair trade policies and security concerns.
President Donald Trump said Friday that the leaders of China and Iran were probably waiting for him to lose the 2020 election, which explained why they were slow to deal with him on issues like trade.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told Breitbart News in an exclusive comment Friday that he has started circulating a letter around the House, sounding the alarm about how the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) could codify big tech’s ability to censor conservatives.
“The President also ordered us to begin the process of raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China,” Lighthizer said.
Trade negotiations are underway at the White House and are expected to last late into the night. Tariffs should rise at midnight.
It’s “game on” for tariffs now that the U.S. Trade Rep has formally filed the paperwork that will raise taxes on Chinese goods.
Chinese officials say they are still preparing to send a delegation for further trade talks but vow not to give in to U.S. pressure.
U.S. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer said that tariffs on Chinese goods would be going up at midnight on Friday.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin just completed a trip to Beijing.
A former official of China’s central bank said that Robert Lighthizer and other U.S. officials did not show enough respect.
U.S. and Chinese trade officials will meet in Beijing next week and the following week in Washington, DC, for another round of pre-tariff increase trade talks.
Even as U.S. and Chinese officials have planned meetings in D.C. and Beijing, there are reports of trouble for the trade talks.
U.S. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer said he talks daily to his Chinese counterpart, pushing back on reports that talks may have stalled.