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China Sets Tariffs On $60 Billion In U.S. Goods, Retaliating Against U.S. Duties

12:20pm September 18, 2018

Hours after President Trump announced tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, Beijing responded with its own levies on $60 billion worth of U.S. products.

A truck passes a stack of Chinese shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Georgia in July.

Trump Sets Tariffs On $200 Billion In Imports From China

8:46pm September 17, 2018

by Avie Schneider

President Trump announced the U.S. will impose 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from China. It's the latest round of an escalating trade dispute between the two countries.

Volunteer rescuers head home after working to dig out victims of a landslide triggered by heavy rains from Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippine's Benguet province on Monday.

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Dozens More Feared Dead In The Philippines After Typhoon Triggers Mudslide

6:17pm September 17, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Gold miners and their families had sought shelter in a bunk house that doubled as a church on Sundays. The storm has caused more than 60 deaths, and flooding could endanger the country's food supply.

In the grips of Typhoon Mangkhut on Sunday, waves crashed against the coastline in Zhuhai, southern China's Guangdong province. The storm has torn through the Philippines, Hong Kong and Macau.

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Typhoon Mangkhut Reaches China As The Philippines Searches For Survivors

1:53pm September 16, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The fierce storm arrived in the Philippines early Saturday, then traveled through Hong Kong. At least 64 have been reported dead.

The Big Iron Farm Show draws thousands of farmers and farm equipment-makers to a fairground in West Fargo, N.D. For many this year, concerns about crop yields have been eclipsed by worries about President Trump's trade policies.

Farmers Hope For China Trade Deal, But For Now They Worry About Tariffs' Impact

3:03pm September 13, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

At the Big Iron Farm Show in North Dakota, the usual concerns about crops have been heightened by another big worry: a trade war with China that's already driven soybean prices down sharply.

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Pigs in a pen in a village in Linquan County, China.

A Deadly Virus Threatens Millions Of Pigs In China

1:36pm September 13, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

In August, cases of African swine fever began cropping up. Can China bring it under control?

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The 'Shadowlands' Of Southeast Asia's Illicit Networks: Meth, Dancing Queens And More

12:37pm September 11, 2018

by Ashley Westerman

In his new book, Hello, Shadowlands, journalist Patrick Winn describes how underground crime groups thrive in a region where democracy is in retreat.

The Ford Focus Active, a small crossover car currently sold in Europe, was slated to begin production in China for the U.S. market. Ford canceled those plans, citing tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

Ford Says Despite Trump's Tweet, Focus Active Won't Be Produced In U.S.

2:35pm September 10, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The automaker canceled plans to produce a small car in China and sell it in the U.S., citing the cost of tariffs on imports from China. Trump had suggested the cars could be made in the U.S. instead.

Mark Berman, the CEO of Rockland Industries, says it would be fair for U.S. tariffs to be imposed on competing Chinese products, but not on Rockland's raw materials from China.

This Company Likes Some Of Trump's Tariffs On China, But Not Others

3:38pm September 07, 2018

by Amara Omeokwe

A textile firm's reliance on China for raw materials has put it in the middle of a growing trade war — and its view on President Trump's tariffs is rather unusual: It both opposes and supports them.

A photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office shows Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, the founder of the Beijing-based e-commerce site JD.com, who was arrested over the weekend in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal

Police In Minneapolis Say Chinese Billionaire's Arrest Was For Alleged Rape

4:57pm September 05, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, was arrested on Friday in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal sexual misconduct. He was later released and has returned to China.