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Fed study: Trump tariffs backfired, caused job losses and higher prices

By Brooke Seipel - 12/27/19 09:18 PM EST President Trump's tariffs on imports — meant to boost the economy — ultimately led to job losses and higher prices, a new study from the Federal Reserve has found. "We find that tariff increases enacted

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Do China’s cosy meetings with US statesman Henry Kissinger actually do any good?

Former secretary of state always receives a warm welcome in Beijing, but can he help to bridge the widening gap in China-US ties?Analysts say the veteran is great at pointing out problems, but seldom offers any worthwhile solutionsShi Jiangtao [email protected]

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One China (unreformed), two Henrys (unrepentant)

By Joseph Bosco, opinion contributor - 12/05/19 10:00 AM EST No living person has had a more profound influence on relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China than Henry Kissinger. He served as President Richard Nixon’

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Henry Kissinger told White House he talked to Xi about Trump, Kudlow says

Eamon Javers | Kevin Breuninger Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019 08:01 PM EST Henry Kissinger met in China with President Xi Jinping, and the details of his conversations were passed onto President Donald Trump, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow tells CNBCKissinger met with Xi

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The Panama Canal Could Become the Center of the U.S.-China Trade War

Panama’s strategic and symbolic importance place it at the heart of growing trade tensions. PANAMA CITY—In Panama’s presidential election, it’s what was left unsaid that resonates most. The winner of the May 5 vote, Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo is a 66-year-old

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Editorial: While America slept, China gained a stranglehold on the Panama Canal

Decades have passed since tiny Panama ranked among Washington’s big national security concerns. The 1989 U.S. invasion notwithstanding, the two nations have enjoyed largely cordial relations since the Panama Canal handover in December 1999. A boom in canal transits that include two-thirds

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Mike Bloomberg Has "Made A Decision To Serve His Country," A Former Bush Treasury Secretary Said In China

"My good friend Mike Bloomberg asked my good friend Henry Kissinger and me to represent him here today because ... he's made a decision to serve his country," Hank Paulson said in Beijing. Posted on November 20, 2019, at 9:21 p.m. ET Mike

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Trump says he might veto Hong Kong bill because of China trade talks

By David J. Lynch | December 9 12:50pm President Trump suggested Friday that he might veto legislation designed to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong — despite its near-unanimous support in the House and Senate — to pave the way for a trade deal with China.

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Trump, Xi are in no hurry to ink trade deal

by AT Contributor November 23 at 8:02 AM US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping both insisted Friday they would resist pressure to give ground on a trade deal that the American leader said could be “very close.” The comments

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Kissinger's Warning: U.S.-China 'in the Foothills' of an Escalating Cold War

It has been 48 years since Henry Kissinger, then national security adviser to U.S. president Richard Nixon, made his top-secret pilgrimage to Beijing to prepare for an historic meeting between Nixon and Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong. The two leaders were sworn

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