Tag: Wilbur Ross

Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Beijing furious with US over warning American citizens to avoid China

Beijing on Friday sharply criticized the United States for warning American citizens to avoid China and for urging those already there to leave due to the coronavirus health emergency.
Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 18:23 UTC
US extends reprieve, allows Huawei to buy US components

The United States will extend a reprieve that permits China’s Huawei Technologies to buy components from US companies to supply existing customers, the Commerce Department said on Monday, but it also moved to add more than 40 of Huawei’s units to its economic blacklist.
Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 12:19 UTC
Ross and Bolton will attend Lima Group meeting to discuss Venezuela

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will attend a summit in Lima, Peru to discuss Venezuela on Tuesday, the US Commerce Department said. US national security adviser John Bolton has also confirmed attendance, two sources in Peru's foreign ministry said on Friday.
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.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Trump after a trade deal with Brazil, but Brasilia says any tariffs agreements must include Mercosur members

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will pursue a U.S. trade agreement with Brazil, suggesting a friendly relationship with President Jair Bolsonaro could help lower trade barriers between the two biggest economies in the Americas.
Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 18:40 UTC
Trump ignores his cabinet and insists the citizenship question will be included in the census

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was moving ahead with adding a contentious citizenship question to the 2020 US census in a dramatic reversal after his own administration including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a day earlier that the plan had been dropped.
Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Mexico and US begin talks to defue illegal inmmigration controversy

Fighting to stave off punitive tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior Mexican delegation had started high level talks on Monday in Washington, where it will be pushed to do more to hold back Central American migrants.
Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 10:15 UTC
US economy beats expectations and expands 3.3% in the first quarter

The US economy grew much faster than expected in the first quarter of the year, helped by a jump in exports and by firms building up stocks of goods. The economy expanded at an annualized pace of 3.2% in the January-to-March period, well above analysts' forecasts.
Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
US/China trade talks resume in Washington... and are going “extremely well”

US-China trade talks aimed at ending a damaging tariff war will resume from this Tuesday in Washington, the White House has announced. The last set of talks ended Friday in Beijing with no deal, though US President Donald Trump said the discussions were going “extremely well” and suggested he could extend a Mar 1 truce deadline for an agreement to be reached.
Friday, January 25th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
US and China “miles and miles away” in resolving economic structural reforms

The United States and China are “miles and miles” from resolving trade issues but there is a fair chance the two countries will get a deal, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Thursday.