Trade War

Stories moving the markets and shaking up the world.

Beijing on Monday responded to President Trump's threat to place new tariffs on Chinese goods by letting its currency sink to the weakest level in over a decade and ordering state-owned companies to halt their purchases of U.S. agricultural products. 

President Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. would impose another 10 percent tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods

“We firmly believe no one nation can or should dominate the Indo-Pacific and we are working alongside our allies and partners to address the region’s pressing security needs, Esper told reporters in Sydney.

The agreement to target a deal by September was reached during a meeting between Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington D.C., the Nikkei said, citing unidentified negotiating sources.

Trump tweets China strategy 'going very well'

Matt Priest says companies are looking to avoid President Trump's China tariffs.

Mexico, instead, supplanted China as the No. 1 trading partner of the U.S. 

Under the agreement, U.S. beef exports to the 28-member European Union will increase by 46 percent within one year.