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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning gestures during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Wednesday, May 24, 2023.
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China Defends Ban on U.S. Chipmaker Micron, Accuses Washington of 'Economic Coercion'
China banned Micron products from computers that handle sensitive information.
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A sign marks the entrance of the Micron Technology automotive chip manufacturing plant on Feb. 11, 2022, in Manassas, Va.
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China Tells Tech Manufacturers to Stop Using Micron Chips, Stepping Up Feud with U.S.
Micron products have "serious network security risks," the Cyberspace Administration of China said.
May 22, 2023
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China Reveals New Details of Raytheon, Lockheed Sanctions
The restrictions could hurt the two companies.
April 18, 2023
The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. The Biden administration is close to finalizing new regulations that would tighten rules on certain overseas U.S. investment, a move aimed at limiting Beijing’s ability to acquire advanced technologies. That's according to a U.S. official familiar with deliberations who was not authorized to comment.
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Biden Expected to Tighten Rules on U.S. Investment in China
The soon-to-be-issued executive order will limit American investment in advanced technologies that have national security applications.
March 6, 2023
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AAM President Scott Paul Testifies in House Select China Committee Hearing
Paul called the economic policies of the Chinese Communist Party "a clear and present danger to the American worker."
March 1, 2023
In this Sept. 23, 2015 file, photo, Central Illinois farmers deposit harvested corn on the ground outside a full grain elevator in Virginia, Ill.
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Mexico Softens Plan to Ban Imports of U.S. GM Feed Corn
U.S. farmers are worried about the potential loss of the single biggest export market for U.S. corn.
February 14, 2023
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China Accuses Washington of Abusing Export Controls
January 30, 2023
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Cleveland-Cliffs, United Steelworkers File Trade Cases on Unfairly Traded Tin Mill Products
January 18, 2023
A worker collects parts at SMC, a Japanese pneumatic engineering company factory in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023. China's trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion in 2022 as exports rose 7% despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers.
China's Trade Surplus Swells to $877.6B as Exports Grow
January 13, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, on Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia
U.S. Blacklists 36 More Chinese Companies
December 16, 2022
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Ministerial Conference at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, June 12, 2022.
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WTO Rules Against Trump's Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
The Biden administration criticized the WTO's decision.
December 12, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris, center, accompanied by from left, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, speaks at a U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue meeting in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021.
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Mexico Tells U.S. It Wants to Keep Talking on Trade Disputes
The U.S. says Mexico is unfairly favoring its state-owned electricity and oil companies over American competitors and clean-energy suppliers.
December 2, 2022
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Security Breach: "Everyone's Got a Plan, Until They Get Punched in the Face"
Darknet Diaries host offers perspective on lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding cyberattacks.
October 28, 2022
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E.U., U.S. Set Up Task Force to Resolve EV Feud
They hope to resolve a dispute over electric vehicle batteries that the EU says would discriminate against manufacturers in the 27-nation bloc and break WTO rules.
October 26, 2022
A logo of SK Hynix is seen at Korea Electronics Show in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 8, 2019.
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South Korean Chipmaker Worries About China Future
The company might be forced to sell its manufacturing operations in China if the U.S. cracks down on exports.
October 26, 2022
The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. The Commerce Department is tightening export controls to limit China’s ability to get advanced computing chips, develop and maintain supercomputers, and make advanced semiconductors.
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China Blasts Latest U.S. Export Controls on Chips
China calls it a violation of international economic and trade rules that will “isolate and backfire” on the U.S.
October 10, 2022
British Prime Minister Liz Truss and her husband Hugh O'Leary arrive for the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in central London, Monday Sept. 19, 2022. The Queen, who died aged 96 on Sept. 8, will be buried at Windsor alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.
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New Britain PM Doesn't Expect UK-U.S. Trade Deal Anytime Soon
Liz Truss’s downbeat assessment about trans-Atlantic trade came ahead of her first one-on-one meeting with President Joe Biden.
September 20, 2022
China announced sanctions on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, against the CEOs of American defense contractors Raytheon and Boeing Defense over a major U.S. arms sale to rival Taiwan.
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China Sanctions Raytheon, Boeing Defense CEOs Over Taiwan
The U.S. announced a $1.09 billion arms sale to Taiwan last week.
September 16, 2022
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gather with EU commissioners prof to a meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.
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EU Moves to Ban Products Made with Forced Labor
It's an effort to crack down on a modern-day form of slavery.
September 14, 2022
Shipping containers at the Port of Baltimore, Aug. 12, 2022.
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Six Months into War, Russian Goods Still Flowing to U.S.
Thousands of shipments of metals, rubber, wood and other goods have arrived since February.
August 26, 2022
A new tax credit for U.S. buyers of qualifying electric vehicles made in North America has ignited the specter of a trade war as a domestic imperative of the Biden administration and Democrats collides with the complex realities of globalization.
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New Electric Vehicle Tax Credits Raise Talk of Trade War
Manufacturers in Europe and South Korea have threatened to lodge legal complaints with the WTO.
August 24, 2022
The European Union expressed concern Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022 that a new U.S. tax credit plan aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric vehicles would discriminate against European producers and break World Trade Organization rules.
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U.S. Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Could Break WTO Rules
The EU said it discriminated against foreign producers.
August 11, 2022
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China Criticizes U.S. Chip Law as Threat to Trade
The law promises $52 billion in grants and other aid to investors in U.S. chip factories.
August 10, 2022
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Preview Days Videos Help Attendees Pre-Plan IMTS 2022 Agenda
Video series helps attendees prepare for this year's show.
August 2, 2022
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Yellen and other top financial officials of the Group of 20 rich and industrial nations are gathering in the Indonesian island of Bali for meetings that begin Friday.
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Treasury Secretary Calls Out China Trade Practices
The country uses its market positions to unfair advantage.
July 18, 2022