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U.S. scrap exports to China just came to a screeching halt

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
May 11, 2018
One expert says the monthlong suspension could impact an estimated $400 million worth of trade.
A Chinese laborer sorts plastic bottles for recycling in Dong Xiao Kou village on the outskirts of Beijing.
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What does the U.S. want from trade negotiations with China?

by Kai Ryssdal and Scott Tong
Apr 30, 2018
The answer isn't clear, and that makes dealing pretty tough, our former China correspondent says.
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U.S. bid for reciprocity in investment rules with China could backfire

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 30, 2018
The Trump administration is sending a delegation to China this week. Sure, they’ll be talking about tariffs. But there’s something else that’s expected to be big on the agenda. The Trump administration is considering limitations on Chinese investment in the U.S., similar to Chinese restrictions on American companies. Click the audio player above to hear […]
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Steel may be on the menu at the state dinner

by Erika Beras
Apr 24, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for a permanent exemption from tariffs for the European Union.  Today will be the second day of Macron’s three-day state visit, and the biggest event will be the first state dinner since President Donald Trump took office 15 months ago. But it won’t be all glitz and glam. Macron […]
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Trade showdown

The trade war is over (I lost)

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 9, 2018
The president says they're easy, but FiveThirtyEight's simulator gave me a different experience.
A worker standing at a dock of a port in Shanghai on March 22, 2018.
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We've hit the "quid pro quo stage" of this brewing trade war

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 6, 2018
Let's get to this week's tax and tariff talk.
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More than 2 million jobs could be at risk if China’s tariffs are implemented

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 6, 2018
The jobs at risk are mostly based in counties that voted for Trump.
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Trump proposes $100 billion in new tariffs on Chinese goods

by Associated Press
Apr 5, 2018
President Donald Trump has instructed the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping $100 billion in additional tariffs on Chinese goods. The move comes a day after China issued a $50 billion list of U.S. goods including soybeans and small aircraft for possible tariff hikes in an escalating and potentially damaging dispute. The White House said […]
Workers load imported soybeans from cargo ships at a port in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province on April 4.
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Tariff jitters are rippling through the ag economy

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 5, 2018
Besides causing "extreme nervousness," the Ozark Mountain Poultry CEO says the tariff threats haven't impacted the market yet.
A potential trade war has implications for the poultry industry.
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In Shanghai, few worry over U.S-China trade spat

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 5, 2018
"In China's history, we’ve faced more serious problems than this,” one man says.
Roy Ma and his family consume American fruits and nuts but he says the latest China tariffs on these products will not have a huge impact on his life. He is worried about what other tariffs will be imposed as the trade friction escalates.
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