Trump’s Tariff War Exposes China’s Hidden Fragilities
"Xi Jinping may soon face a third of his export factory workforce unemployed—in a society that has no mechanism for them to vent tensions and objections peacefully."...
"Xi Jinping may soon face a third of his export factory workforce unemployed—in a society that has no mechanism for them to vent tensions and objections peacefully."...
Trump invokes wartime powers to increase production of critical minerals. Meanwhile, a congressional hearing reveals the extent of China's mining operation in Africa and its exploitation of children. ...
Meanwhile, Trump plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on other countries next week....
Late Saturday, Canada, Mexico, and China responded to Trump's executive order imposing tariffs over their alleged failure to curb the fentanyl crisis. Just hours after the order was signed and set for implementation on Tuesday, all three nations announced strong retaliatory measures. In a 20-minute press...
In a sweeping move that could redefine U.S. trade policy, President Donald Trump has signed a series of new tariffs targeting imports from Canada, Mexico, and China under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), thus setting the stage for fresh economic battles with key...
Sen. Mark Warner: “I think Donald Trump was right. I mean, TikTok is an enormous threat.”...
Chinese-made Huawei "equipment was capable of capturing and disrupting highly restricted Defense Department communications, including those used by US Strategic Command, which oversees the country's nuclear weapons."...
According to a report published in the Wall Street Journal, China's police repression and the new draconian laws are succeeding in crushing the pro-democracy aspirations in Hong Kong.
While the Trump administration takes tough measures to limit Chinese state-run companies' access to U.S. technology and market, the European Union is in the final stages of signing a major investment pact with Beijing by the end of 2020.
Beijing wants a "reset" in U.S.-China relations when the "incoming" Democratic administration takes office, the Chinese foreign minister said.
China is the single biggest threat to the United States and the free world in our times, a leading U.S. intelligence official warned this week. "Beijing intends to dominate the US and the rest of the planet economically, militarily and technologically," U.S. National Intelligence director John Ratcliffe wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
A day after congratulating Democratic candidate Joe Biden on his supposed "victory" in the U.S. presidential election, Communist China has escalated its trade war with Australia, a key American ally in the Asia-Pacific.
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