President Donald Trump's confused messaging depresses business and consumer confidence, slows growth and imposes recession risks.

China wants to bring its trade ties with the U.S. back to a stable footing, its commerce minister said, adding that recent talks in Europe showed there was no need for a tariff war while urging the U.

“When you punch the United States of America,” said Karoline Leavitt, ... Since Trump imposed his first round of tariffs on China in 2018, Beijing’s leaders have developed a toolkit of ...

Trump has sent letters to leaders of dozens of countries outlining the tariff levels set to begin on Aug. 1. In recent months, Trump has rolled back some of his steepest tariffs, meaning delays could be possible in the case of the Aug. 1 deadline. The Trump administration appears to have stood largely behind the deadline in recent days, however.

The People’s Republic of China announced it was retaliating against the United States with tariffs on specific U.S. imports. China’s decision came after President Donald Trump imposed a 10% ...

China’s tariffs in 2018 also had less of a political impact in the United States than Beijing’s leaders had hoped. In 2018 Senate elections in three of the top soybean-exporting states, voters ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The tariff fight between the world’s two largest economies spiraled into greater peril Wednesday as President Donald Trump tried to narrow his global trade war into a direct ...

Before I swap my keyboard for a Nantucket clam rake next month, I’m handing the column over to you. Thanks to everyone who lobbed in smart, snarky, and occasionally apocalyptic questions – too many for one edition.