Tag: Trump administration

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 11:45 UTC

  US lawmakers urge Trump administration to suspend sales of crowd control equipment to Hong Kong

  

  A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Friday urged the Trump administration to suspend future sales of munitions and crowd-control equipment to Hong Kong police which has been accused of using excessive force against anti-government protesters.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Trump administration lifts ban on pesticide chlorpyrifos, linked to children health issues

  

  The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will not ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to health issues in children, from use on U.S.-grown fruits and vegetables.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 14:56 UTC

  Trump administration bans bump stocks that can turn rifles into machine guns

  

  The Trump administration has banned the use of bump stocks, devices that let rifles fire like machine guns, after promising to do so earlier this year. The final date to destroy or turn in the devices is 21 March, said White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:43 UTC

  Government and consumer spending boosts US economy in third quarter

  

  The US economy slowed less than expected in the third quarter as a tariff-related drop in soybean exports was partially offset by the strongest consumer spending in nearly four years, keeping it on track to hit the Trump administration’s 3% growth target this year.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Conciliatory message from Beijing to the Trump administration as bitter trade war increases

  

  China and the United States can compete but should not view each other with a Cold War mentality and should avoid falling into a zero-sum game trap, the Chinese government's top diplomat said, amid deteriorating ties between the superpowers.

• Saturday, September 8th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration”

  

  Top members of Donald Trump's administration are so alarmed by the president's “erratic” and “amoral” behavior that they are actively working to undermine him, an anonymous senior official wrote in The New York Times on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 09:36 UTC

  China files WTO case against the US arguing tariffs are an illegal attempt of protectionism

  

  China's Ministry of Commerce announced it is pursuing legal remedy against the U.S. in a brief statement on its website — the latest in an escalating trade conflict between the world's two largest economies.

• Monday, June 18th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  China knows better as Trump tariff strategy trsicks US voters

  

  Global Times Editorial
  
  The Trump administration announced tariffs on Chinese high-tech and industrial imports worth of US$50 billion. The first round, on imports totaling US$34 billion, will begin July 6, while the second round is still under review.