In an in-depth one-on-one meeting last month with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Liu He, China’s Vice Premier in charge of trade negotiations with the US, laid out a very clear retaliatory path should

The spin game is now well underway to assign responsibility for the surprise announcement today by President Donald Trump to cancel his much-awaited summit meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un that

American and Chinese officials have gone out of their way since the high-profile visit by Vice Premier Liu He to Washington last week to emphasize that “trade wars are over”

US President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the 2015 nuclear accord negotiated by the Obama Administration between the “P5+1” – comprised of the UN Security Council permanent five members, US,

Markets have been cheered by a somewhat more conciliatory tone over the last week or so from China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, reflecting a desire by

The White House has notified the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill that it intends to send a “rescission” proposal their way early next month that would strip a still unspecified

In the wake of a strong, even aggressive, push on trade, the Trump Administration has grasped the proverbial olive branch that was cautiously extended last weekend by China’s President Xi

China’s President Xi Jinping is set to announce a series of measures at the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia scheduled for tonight (tomorrow morning, local time). These measures,

To date, Beijing has twice threatened deliberately targeted tit-for-tat punitive measures against the US – first, in response to the Trump Administration’s threat of steel and aluminum tariffs, and second, in response to broader measures aimed

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, known for his particularly harsh views on China, announced that President Trump will “over the next few weeks” consider the recommendations presented by US

The White House announced President Trump intends to move forward with an announcement on proposed steel and aluminum tariffs, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has confirmed the Administration is scrambling to get the finishing documents

Sources close to China’s powerful incoming Vice-Premier, Liu He, report that his just concluded trip to Washington DC was successful in achieving the goals Beijing originally set out for the

If there is a silver lining in the 1,200-point drop and ongoing volatility in the Dow these last few days, it is its marked impact on sentiment across Capitol Hill today, namely an

Barring last minute disruptive tweets or inchoate demands from the fringes of both parties, we are fairly confident H.J.Res.125 will pass, if not by its Friday midnight deadline, then over the weekend before Monday morning.  But

As of mid-afternoon today: The Republican leadership is expected to release the details of the latest and perhaps final version of the “Tax Cut and Jobs Act” tomorrow at 9

In the wake of last night’s upset win by the Democrat Doug Jones for the Alabama Senate seat, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved quickly this morning to confirm that Jones will not be seated until

Events are moving very quickly in the Senate in the last few hours that are pointing to likely passage of the Senate tax cut bill late tonight. *** A crucial concession won by Maine

President Trump’s “huge” tax plan promised to cheering truck drivers in Pennsylvania yesterday will go the way of replacing Obamacare unless the Senate can soon pass a budget resolution. *** As of

The single most important takeaway in the unveiling of the “Big Six” tax blueprint earlier this week is not its much criticized lack of detail — there aren’t any, frankly — but rather what is

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation to large swathes of Houston and eastern Texas, political developments are moving quickly in Washington even before Congress returns on Tuesday.   ***