Trade

Winning: China granting tariff exemptions on 696 U.S. goods as ‘Phase 1’ of trade deal kicks in

February 18, 2020

By Jon Dougherty (TNS) If anyone thought that China would renege on its pledge to ease tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods as part of the historic trade deal signed recently [...]

Former Air Force general and China expert: Beijing dealing with ‘three black swan events’ that threaten survival of regime

February 17, 2020

By Tank Murdoch (TNS) A retired Air Force brigadier general and expert on China says the U.S. is currently engaged in a “stealth war” with the Communist nation [...]

Unfazed by sham impeachment, Trump in Davos declares ‘American dream is back, and bigger than ever’

January 21, 2020

By Tank Murdoch (TNS) Fresh off a week in which the USMCA agreement was ratified by the Senate and the first-ever trade agreement with China was signed, President Donald [...]

Here’s why China signed the Trump trade deal: Growth has slowed to a 30-year low

January 17, 2020

By Tank Murdoch (TNS) China’s rise over the past three decades has come mostly from its massive trade advantages with its largest market, the United States, and no one [...]

Breakthrough: U.S., China agreed to hold ‘semi-annual’ talks to push reforms and resolve disputes

January 11, 2020

By Jon Dougherty (TNS) Few people outside of President Donald Trump’s inner circle gave him much of a chance of success in convincing China to work with him to reduce [...]

More winning: U.S. trade deficit shrinks most since 2016 amid Trump’s ongoing efforts to remake agreements

January 7, 2020

By Jon Dougherty (TNS) In spite of all of the hoopla over impeachment and the additional political noise we must endure as the 2020 election season begins in earnest, [...]

Nancy Pelosi, the multi-millionaire, cares more about sticking it to Trump than passing USMCA in a win for Americans

September 17, 2019

(NationalSentinel) Fed up with inaction from the Democratic leadership on President Donald Trump’s renegotiated NAFTA agreement — the United States/Mexico/Canada [...]

China exempts some U.S. goods from retaliatory tariffs as fresh trade talks with Trump administration approach

September 11, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) The Chinese government has opted to spare some U.S. goods from being targeted with retaliatory tariffs after the Trump administration [...]

We keep saying it: Trump’s tariffs hurting China more than U.S., as new farm profit figures prove

September 5, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) While Democrats and their media allies continue to claim that President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is harming American [...]

Trump justifies new China tariffs, explains how and why Beijing is paying for them, NOT American consumers

September 3, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) President Donald Trump justified his administration’s newest round of tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of [...]

Trump calls out Trumka: Labor boss ‘likes what we are doing on trade until the TV cameras go on’

September 2, 2019

(NationalSentinel) President Donald Trump called out AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka on Monday after the latter criticized the administration’s trade policy, noting that [...]

Winning: G7 leaders make joint statement in support of President Trump’s principle of ‘free trade’

August 28, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) If, as Republican operatives and analysts have speculated, economics and trade far outweigh “Spygate,” Robert Mueller, and [...]

Trump sounds positive note on China trade talks: ‘I don’t think they have a choice’

August 27, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) President Donald Trump on Monday sounded upbeat about renewed trade talks with China as the world’s two biggest economies continue [...]

Critics are blasting President Trump after the G7 meeting because they can’t highlight his accomplishments

August 27, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) The reactions from the mainstream media, Democrats, and Trump haters of all stripes is well-worn and predictable now after every [...]

Following successful G7 conference, Trump pledges: ‘We’ll be heading back to the table with China’

August 26, 2019

By Jon Dougherty (NationalSentinel) After a relatively successful G7 conference in Biarritz, France, in which President Donald Trump came away with a new U.S.-Japan trade [...]