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China's ban on scrap imports a boon to US recycling plants

The halt on China's imports of wastepaper and plastic that has disrupted U.S. recycling programs has also spurred investment ...

Wang Yi, Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iran's top diplomat presses efforts to save nuclear deal

Iran's foreign minister traveled Friday to China on his Asian tour aimed at keeping world markets open to Tehran amid an ...

Donald Trump

Trump lifts tariffs on Mexico, Canada, delays auto tariffs

Bogged down in a sprawling trade dispute with U.S. rival China, President Donald Trump took steps Friday to ease tensions ...

Struggling Macron pleads for stronger Europe before EU vote

Ahead of important European elections, French President Emmanuel Macron is pleading for a stronger Europe to stand up to U.S.

China criticizes US action against Huawei

China vowed Thursday to "resolutely safeguard" Chinese companies after Washington labeled telecom equipment giant Huawei a ...

Global stocks mixed after Trump signs telecoms order

Global shares are mixed after President Donald Trump signed an order imposing controls on exports to foreign telecoms ...

Mike Pence, Todd Young

GOP scrambles to ease blow from Trump's trade war

President Donald Trump's allies on Capitol Hill are scrambling to soften the blow from his trade war with China amid mounting ...

Escalating trade war causing anxiety in America's heartland

When President Donald Trump began talking about tariffs in 2017, Upper Midwest soybean farmer Jamie Beyer suspected that her ...

Tariff increases muddy prospects for US-China trade peace

The United States and China are raising tariffs on tens of billions of dollars' worth of each other's imports, escalating a ...

The Latest: Soy farmers fed up with tariffs

The Latest on the tariffs battle between China and the United States (all times local): 1:37 p.m. Soybean farmers are growing ...

China 'has no interest' in joining US-Russia nuclear deal

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says his country isn't interested in negotiating a nuclear arms control treaty with the ...

AP Exclusive: Ex-Interpol chief's wife gets asylum in France

The wife of Meng Hongwei, the former Interpol president jailed in China for what she believes are political reasons, said ...

Donald Trump

Trump says China will be 'hurt very badly' if no trade deal

President Donald Trump is warning Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) that China "will be hurt very badly" if they ...

Kudlow's admission about who pays tariffs contradicts Trump

The White House's top economic adviser has acknowledged that U.S. consumers and businesses pay the tariffs that the Trump ...

Shares fall in Asia after no deal in China-US trade talks

Shares retreated in Asia on Monday after trade talks between the U.S. and China wrapped up without an agreement and with ...

Companies await China retaliation; weaker growth expected

Companies waited Monday to see how China will retaliate for President Donald Trump's escalation of a fight over technology ...

Duterte allies seek to dominate Philippine midterm polls

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's name is not on the ballot, but Monday's midterm elections are seen as a crucial ...

Donald Trump

Trump has long seen previous US trade agreements as losers

President Donald Trump's combative approach to trade has been one of the main constants among his often-shifting political ...

Donald Trump

Trump's tweeting about Russia probe, China trade

President Donald Trump is taking jabs at Democrats for pursuing the Russia probe. Before heading to his golf club in ...

The Latest: Chinese envoy says trade talks didn't break down

The Latest on the tariffs standoff between the United States and China (all times local): 6:40 a.m. Chinese Vice Premier Liu ...