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U.S. companies want more than China's free market gestures

by Scott Tong
Nov 28, 2018
Ahead of the G-20 summit, both the United States and China are signaling a potential agreement to back off the budding trade war. President Donald Trump reportedly may delay scheduled tariffs on Chinese goods, and Beijing has provided more market access to international insurance companies. But there are many issues that still need to be […]
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Electronics makers caught in the trade war

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Nov 15, 2018
For one electronics maker, over half of their components come from China. They're on the tariff list.
Close of the motherboard of a digital decoder at the Technicolor plant on October 24, 2012 in Angers. The Commercial Court of Nanterre ordered last week the liquidation of the plant, the last production unit of the French group in Europe, specializing in the manufacture of digital decoders. 
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To exempt or not: How the Commerce Department decides who pays steel tariffs

by Tracey Samuelson
Nov 9, 2018
Data suggests industry objections weigh heavily in decisions.
A worker prepares to lift a roll of steel with a crane at a shipyard in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province in May.
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What the midterm results mean for foreign policy and trade

by David Brancaccio
Nov 7, 2018
Democrats took the House, Republicans gained in the Senate. What now for trade?
The sun begins to rise behind the Capitol a day after Americans voted in the midterm elections, on Nov. 7, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives while the Senate remains in Republican control.
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China opens trade fair to rebrand itself as an importer

by Jennifer Pak
Nov 5, 2018
The world's top exporter aims to trim its trade surplus, but the U.S. and companies want faster liberalization.
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TPP trade pact will take effect in December. What is the U.S. missing?

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 31, 2018
Remember the Trans-Pacific Partnership? The big trade pact with 11 other countries that President Donald Trump pulled out of just about as soon as he got into office? Well, TPP lives. Six out of those 11 countries have now ratified the agreement, and it’ll take effect Dec. 30 — without the United States. Which means what, […]
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TPP trade pact will take effect in December. What is the U.S. missing?

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 31, 2018
Remember the Trans-Pacific Partnership? The big trade pact with 11 other countries that President Donald Trump pulled out of just about as soon as he got into office? Well, TPP lives. Six out of those 11 countries have now ratified the agreement, and it’ll take effect Dec. 30 — without the United States. Which means what, […]
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Why tariffs threaten to raise the cost of drinking water

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 25, 2018
The Trump administration's tariffs on steel, aluminum and more than $250 billion worth of Chinese products are turning up in the darndest of places.
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Why tariffs threaten to raise the cost of drinking water

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 25, 2018
The Trump administration's tariffs on steel, aluminum and more than $250 billion worth of Chinese products are turning up in the darndest of places.
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Game theory suggests the trade war could last a long time

by Scott Tong
Oct 25, 2018
Social scientists say it's rational for countries to act in their self-interest.
Half of everything China sends to the United State is subject to tariffs. Above, container ships outside of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
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