Tag: Trade Policy & Agreements

The world breathed a sigh of relief on May 12 when, after negotiations in Geneva, the United States and China initially agreed to a 90-day pause in their trade war, ...

As details emerge from the trade negotiations between the United States and China this week, one thing seems clear: Rare earths were an important part of the discussions. China has ...

The German high command learned a key lesson after losing World War I: Never fight a two-front war. That’s why Germany signed the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop pact with the Soviet Union, ...

Despite plenty of threats and ominous social media posts, the Trump administration has not taken an aggressive stance on sanctioning Russia yet. It has been more than three years into Russia’s ...

Foreign policy has loomed unusually large in U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term. During his first 100 days in office, Trump claimed big successes—but the American people weren’t necessarily convinced. ...

“OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE,” U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed on Wednesday in a post on Truth Social. After two days of marathon negotiations in London, Trump said the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25 percent to 50 percent officially went into effect on Wednesday. But experts say the tariffs will gum ...

An hour-and-a-half phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday appeared to resolve a number of thorny issues, from rare earth exports to Chinese ...

On May 22, the Republicans controlling the U.S. House of Representatives passed their “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill. Among many other measures, the bill rolls back tax credits and other ...

The second Trump administration has begun with a flurry of activity in Latin America. In the first 100 days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited both Central America and the ...