Alexandra Stevenson

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alexandra Stevenson

Wading into the trade war, Hong Kong said on Wednesday that its postal service will no longer send packages to the United States. It is the city's first move in a spiraling tit-for-tat trade war between China and the United States that is reordering global shipping routes. President Trump this month ordered the closure of a loophole that allowed retailers to send clothes and goods from China and Hong Kong, a special administrative region, to the United States without having to pay tariffs.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Adam Babetski |Josh Boak |Matthew Brown |Alexandra Stevenson

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1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Adam Babetski |Ford Turner |Alexandra Stevenson |Christopher Rugaber

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are quick to say that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are horrible, awful, terrible. But Democrats are also stressing that they are not inherently anti-tariff. What Trump's political opponents say they really dislike is the “chaos” he has unleashed. “Tariffs are an important tool in our economic toolbox,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. “Trump is creating chaos, and that chaos undercuts our economy and our families, both in the short term and the long term. ...

1 week ago | myheraldreview.com | Daisuke Wakabayashi |Alexandra Stevenson |Patricia Cohen

A dizzying escalation of tariffs has unraveled a trade relationship between the United States and China forged over decades, jeopardizing the fate of two superpowers and threatening to drag down the world economy. The brinkmanship displayed by the two countries has already far exceeded the battles they waged during President Donald Trump’s first term. In 2018 and 2019, Trump raised tariffs on China over 14 months.

1 week ago | estadao.com.br | Daisuke Wakabayashi |Alexandra Stevenson |Patricia Cohen |Keith Bradsher

Uma escalada vertiginosa de tarifas desfez uma relação comercial entre os Estados Unidos e a China forjada ao longo de décadas, colocando em risco o destino de duas superpotências e ameaçando arrastar a economia mundial. A postura temerária demonstrada pelos dois países já superou em muito as batalhas travadas durante o primeiro mandato de Donald Trump. Em 2018 e 2019, Trump aumentou as tarifas sobre a China durante 14 meses.