China Considers Plan to Boost Purchases of US Soybeans
The Chinese government is in discussions with state and privately owned soybean buyers over a plan to raise purchases of U.S. supplies, according to people familiar with the situation.
July 22, 2019GM Chinese Ally SAIC Braces for First Decline in Annual Sales in 14 Years
SAIC Motor Corp. expects annual sales to fall for the first time in at least 14 years as China’s biggest automaker battles through a slump in demand roiling the world’s largest car market, according to people familiar with the matter.
July 19, 2019Car Plant Closings, Corruption Color Detroit Three-UAW Talks
On one side of the bargaining table will be union brass angry about plant closures and embarrassed by scandal. On the other will be auto executives sweating shrinking sales and risky billion-dollar bets to survive an era of disruption.
July 15, 2019Parts Makers Must Change With Times as Autonomous Tech Evolves
The car industry is reinventing the wheel to prepare for autonomous vehicles.
July 15, 2019Trump Hits Out at China Over Slowing Agricultural Purchases
President Donald Trump complained that China hasn’t increased its purchases of American farm products, a promise he said he had secured at a meeting with the country’s president, Xi Jinping, at the Group of 20 summit last month.
July 12, 2019China Maintains Negotiating Stance Ahead of Trade Talks
There’s no change to China’s conditions for making a trade deal with the United States as the nations’ leaders prepare to meet this weekend, a government spokesman said.
June 27, 2019Trump Says He'll Drop Mexico Tariff as Deal Reached on Migrants
President Donald Trump said he would drop plans for tariffs on Mexico that he’d been threatening to impose for the past week after the country promised new steps to stem an influx of illegal migration into the U.S.
June 7, 2019Trump to Impose Tariff Until Mexico Stops Migrant Flood Into US
President Donald Trump said that he would impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods until that country stops immigrants from entering the U.S. illegally.
May 30, 2019US Hikes Tariffs Amid Trade Talks; China Vows to Retaliate
The United States hiked tariffs on more than $200 billion in goods from China on May 10 in the most dramatic step yet of President Donald Trump’s push to extract trade concessions, deepening a conflict that has roiled financial markets and cast a shadow over the global economy.
May 10, 2019NYC Congestion Pricing Triggers Hustle for Discounts, Exemptions
Commercial truckers want out of New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing. So do advocates for the disabled, taxi drivers and swaths of the suburbs.
April 2, 2019