The Economist has a long-standing aversion to tariffs: it was founded in 1843 to campaign for their elimination—specifically, ...
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer raised concerns about Beijing's "unfair and anticompetitive" economic policies in ...
OTTAWA — Steve Verheul used to get under the American trade negotiator’s skin. As Donald Trump’s point person on trade in the president’s first term, Robert Lighthizer was dead set on ...
U.S.-China trade talks end without a deal. Why both sides feel they have the leverage On Friday, China’s top negotiator left Washington without a trade deal, and President Trump implemented ...
When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, generated drama -- and ...