ECONOMY

Trump Adviser On China Offers Grim Assessment Of Escalating Tariffs

7:26am May 14, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Pillsbury, informal adviser to Trump on China, and the author of The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America As the Global Superpower.

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American Business People In China React To Latest Tariff War

7:26am May 14, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jake Parker of the U.S.-China Business Council in Beijing about China's retaliatory tariffs after the Trump administration last week increased tariffs on Chinese goods.

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A broken Lime electric scooter lays on a sidewalk in Washington, D.C.

Will Scootermania End With A Crash?

6:30am May 14, 2019

by Greg Rosalsky

Big Scooter is worth billions of dollars. Is this a sign we're in another tech bubble?

News Brief: Trade Talks, Russia Meeting, 'White Lies' Preview

5:43am May 14, 2019

The U.S.-China trade war begins to cause collateral damage. Secretary of State Pompeo is in Russian to meet President Putin and others. And, a new NPR podcast examines the 1965 murder of James Reeb.

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Most Americans Still Don't Know What The Latest Round Tariffs Mean For Their Pocketbooks

6:03pm May 13, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

President Trump is considering expanding the latest round of tariffs to virtually all Chinese imports. That's going to be difficult for shoppers to ignore. The retail industry is bracing for impact.

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Association Of Equipment Manufacturers Representative Discusses U.S.-China Trade War

6:03pm May 13, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kip Eideberg of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers about why the U.S. can't simply do business with other countries instead of China, as the president suggested.

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China Retaliates Against Latest U.S. Tariffs With Its Own Hike On American Goods

4:30pm May 13, 2019

by Rob Schmitz

Days after the Trump administration imposed $200 billion in additional tariffs against Chinese imports amid stalled trade talks, Beijing has responded with a $60 billion hike on U.S. goods.

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U.S. stocks fell sharply Monday after China retaliated for President Trump's latest round of tariffs. Here, a trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange as a TV shows the state of the market.

China Puts New Tariffs On $60 Billion Of U.S. Goods, And Stock Prices Reel

4:19pm May 13, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

U.S. stock markets plunged on the news, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by more than 600 points, or 2.4%, for the day.

China Has Yet To Retaliate For Trump's Tariff Hike

10:34am May 13, 2019

by Rob Schmitz

It's been three days since the U.S. raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. China's government so far hasn't hit back, but it appears the U.S.-China trade talks have faltered.

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What Is The Path Forward For U.S.-China Trade Negotiations?

5:58am May 13, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about the U.S.-China trade dispute, and who is really paying the price for increased tariffs.

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