United States International Relations

U.S. and China Agree to Walk Back Tensions
[ad_1] The United States and China have agreed to a “framework” that is intended to ease economic tension and extend a trade truce that the world’s two largest economies reached...
U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Builds on Close Ties but Leaves Some Tariffs in Place
[ad_1] President Trump announced on Thursday that the United States intended to sign a trade deal with Britain that would bring the two nations closer and roll back some of...
U.S. and Britain Hail Trade Agreement but Leave Details to Be Settled
[ad_1] President Trump said Britain had agreed to increase market access for billions of dollars of American exports, including beef, ethanol and other farm products under a new trade deal...
Trump Administration to Announce Trade Deal With Britain
[ad_1] For Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, the trade deal would offer vindication for his assiduous cultivation of Mr. Trump. During his visit to the Oval Office in February, Mr....
China Is Likely to Play Hardball in U.S. Tariff Talks
[ad_1] By agreeing to meet with the Trump administration to discuss trade, China is seeking to cast itself as the responsible one in a bruising superpower competition that has roiled...
Trump Officials to Meet With Chinese Counterparts Amid Trade Standoff
[ad_1] Top officials from the Trump administration will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Switzerland this week, the first formal meeting about trade between the United States and China since...
How Trump’s Closing a Tariff Loophole Will Hurt UPS and FedEx
[ad_1] Less than a year ago, executives from FedEx and UPS were talking about how they were handling a flood of packages from China to American consumers.“Explosive” is how Carol...
Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump
[ad_1] A contest of sorts has played out across Europe, the United States and the Middle East in recent days as President Trump’s two older sons have pursued a blitz...
A Tidal Wave of Change Is Headed for the U.S. Economy
[ad_1] When the Covid pandemic hit, factories in China shut down and global shipping traffic slowed. Within a matter of a few weeks, products began disappearing from U.S. store shelves...
U.S. and China Dig In on Trade War, With No Plans for Formal Talks
[ad_1] As trade tensions flared between the world’s largest economies, communication between the United States and China has been so shaky that the two superpowers cannot even agree on whether...
U.S. Payoff for Ukraine Minerals Deal Faces Many Hurdles
[ad_1] Now that the United States has secured a deal to share the rights to Ukraine’s mineral reserves — including elements crucial for a range of high-tech applications, from powering...
White House-Amazon Spat Culminates in Trump Calling Bezos ‘Very Nice’
[ad_1] President Trump’s 100th day in office started with what seemed to be a fresh and fast-escalating spat between the White House and Amazon.Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary,...