US-China Trade War

The trade tensions between Beijing and Washington have flared up again as the New York Stock Exchange moves to delist China’s three large telecom carriers, the Associated Press reports. What Happened: The Wall Street Journal notes that NYSE’s move complies with outgoing President...

The world's two largest economies, U.S. and China, have been hostile towards each other after President Trump's tough protectionist stance. The hostility led to both imposing tariffs on imported goods and restricting the export of specific technologies. The two countries signed a Phase...

President Donald Trump's trade war with China did not achieve the objective of boosting manufacturing in the U.S., the Wall Street Jornal reports. What Happened: Manufacturing activity in the U.S. has not reversed despite billions of dollars in tariffs to discourage...

As the 2020/21 USDA marketing year begins for U.S. soybeans, exports of the commodity appear to be entering positive territory. The USDA reported that on August 26, China purchased 400,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans. That's one reason the agency now forecasts U.S. soybean exports to rise $4....

Investors might be breathing a sigh of relief as Friday’s jobs report didn’t sound too many alarms about the U.S. economy. At the same time, there could be some rough water to navigate on the way to the weekend as China tension mounts and wheels spin in Washington.  The U.S....

The U.S. trade war with China and COVID-19 have reshaped the flow of supply and demand. While the trade war shifted the movement and volume of goods, the coronavirus has impacted the buying behavior of consumers. Now with the world in various stages of reopening, the big question that remains is...

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.  April Fools' Day jokes span from the funny to the mean spirited. In the case of the Phase One trade deal the results are a joke but at the United States' expense....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it has reached a "regionalization" agreement with China for the safe trade of poultry products during disease outbreaks. "This agreement will help our farmers and ranchers by maintaining export...

The White House's trade negotiating office assured U.S. medical supplies importers that it will not impose import tariffs on Chinese products such as ventilators, oxygen masks and nubilators during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. "Throughout the process of administering its Section 301 action...

2019 set quite a few records when it comes to stock market growth. And this is despite the tensions caused by Brexit and and the USA-China trade war saga. But the energy industry suffered some dramatic movements due to all this drama. And by energy industry, we mean the total of all companies...

As the pandemia is keeping cities on lockdown, many companies are taking a direct hit to their sales. Others who depend on China for manufacturing are facing supply chain issues. But, there are two sides of each coin. First of all, due to the well-known US-China trade war that is more ‘old...

The initial assessment of the coronavirus effect on ocean shipping was: It will slash Chinese exports of containerized, factory-made goods and reduce China's import demand for industrial and energy bulk commodities. As it turns out, that appraisal missed a big part of the fallout picture. The...

The White House has initiated a new office to ensure that China sticks to its commitments under the "Phase One" trade deal reached between the U.S. and China on Jan. 15. The office, which will be administered by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), will also work with China's...

The People's Republic of China is cutting tariffs on hundreds of the United States imports worth about $75 billion by half, the country's Ministry of Finance said in a statement Thursday. What Happened The goods whose import was taxed at 10% will be reduced to 5%; the goods taxed at 5%...