President Donald Trump expressed a reluctance to impose tariffs on China during a television interview, suggesting a trade war between the world’s largest economies could be avoided.
US President Donald Trump said his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was friendly and he thought he could reach a trade deal with China. The leaders of the world's two biggest economies discussed issues including TikTok,
Whether it is over TikTok, fentanyl or trade, Beijing might welcome a compromise to buy time to address its ailing economy and bolster its position globally.
While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, beginning with the First Opium War.
U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was discussing imposing a 10% tariff on goods imported from China on Feb. 1 because fentanyl is being sent from China to Mexico and Canada.
US President Donald Trump had threatened 60% tariffs on Chinese goods on his campaign trail.
In an operational alert, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (Fintrac) says there is reason to believe people are depositing and withdrawing funds at online casinos to disguise proceeds from the traffic of fentanyl and other deadly opioids as wagers and winnings.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that even more tariffs could be coming as soon as next week: This time China was his target, as Trump threatened to unleash a wave of higher taxes on imports from America’s second-biggest trading partner.
Two Chinese citizens are standing trial in New York for charges related to the illicit fentanyl trade in a landmark case as officials aim to crack down on the movement of the deadly drug and its components from China to the United States.
Chinese products will soon face a 10% tariff coming into the United States in a move that could ramp up conflict between the world’s two largest economies.
The Trump administration is discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports. Trump said the EU also has troubling trade surpluses with the United States.
President Donald Trump said a 10% tariff on China could probably come as soon as February 1, "based on the fact that they're sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada." Trump spoke during an event at the White House on Tuesday.