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President Donald Trump asked Pentagon officials why America bears the burden of militarily defending Europe, said White House biographer Doug Wead, author of Inside Trump’s White House: The Real Story of His Presidency, in a Wednesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.

Wednesday, during an appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio show, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue addressed the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China

“I don’t think he likes me too much anymore, but that’s OK,” Trump told reporters in London.

China believed the narrative that Trump needed a trade deal before the 2020 election. Wilbur Ross said that was wrong from the start.

China demands that the U.S. surrender tariffs put in place over the past year as a condition of even a preliminary trade agreement.

Trump said that Argentina and Brazil had devalued their currencies and hurt U.S. farmers. He also called on the Fed to cut rates.

European countries seeking to circumvent U.S. trade sanctions against Iran by avoiding use of the dollar have been slammed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Business investment rebounded, easing fears that the manufacturing sector would continue to slowdown into year end.

A new look by the New York Fed at tariffs walks back claims that the cost of tariffs are borne by U.S. households.

“The hand of Xi keeps weakening but the mainstream media keeps talking about it getting stronger,” Cramer said.

Approval of Trump’s handling of the economy is up 10 points from the start of his presidency and approval of his trade policies is climbing.

The trade talks have stalled over China’s demands that the U.S. rollback tariffs as part of a preliminary deal.

“If we don’t make a deal with China, I’ll just raise the tariffs even higher,” President Trump said at a cabinet meeting Tuesday.

The two sides had constructive discussions on each other’s core concerns in the “phase one” deal, Xinhua said.

Prices for imported goods plunged by more than expected in October, undercutting critics who claimed tariffs would hurt consumers

Tariffs did not raise prices on consumers. But they did initially pressure profits. The latest price data shows that has eased.

Stocks moved higher despite impeachment inquiry, China trade deal worries, and Fed chair Powell standing pat.

President Trump has said he got a commitment from China to buy $50 billion of farm products. China is balking.

The prices of bicycles, many imported from China, are up. Prices are down for phones, appliances, computers, clothing, and televisions.

The president spoke to the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday afternoon with some of the world’s biggest business leaders.

Imports from Taiwan and other Asian nations are jumped higher while the U.S. put pressure on China’s economy

President Donald Trump denied the claims by Chinese officials that the U.S. has agreed to roll back tariffs.

Not everyone in the Trump White House is ready to surrender to China’s demand that the U.S. lift tariffs.

LONDON (AP) – The growth outlook for the British economy has deteriorated largely as a result of a gloomier global backdrop, the Bank of England said Thursday as it refrained from cutting rates in the run-up to a general election that could have huge repercussions on Brexit.

China’s Commerce Ministry said Thursday that a “phase one” trade deal will include a roll-back of existing tariffs.

Navarro forcibly rejects the idea that “trade tensions” or “uncertainties” are holding back the world economy.

U.S. imports from China have declined by $53 billion through the first nine months of the year, Commerce Dept. data show.|

Uncertainty over trade policy is not likely to be the primary cause of depressed business investment in the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump has backed an election pact between Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage which he believes would do “great numbers” and said a Jeremy Corbyn premiership would be a disaster.

Violent riots in Chile have thrown the “phase one” trade deal between the U.S. and China into doubt.

“They made headway on specific issues and the two sides are close to finalizing some sections of the agreement,” the U.S.T.R. said.

“We don’t collect tariffs,” Sciutto said, incorrectly, Thursday. “You know that as well. Everybody in the room knows that as well.”

“My hunch is that we could get those December tariffs off if the phase one talks go well,” Larry Kudlow said Monday.

While there is good reason to be skeptical of the official economic figures released by China, the economy does appear to be slowing

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has told reporters Brexit “has to happen now” and there will be no deadline extension – MPs must accept Boris Johnson’s new deal or leave without one.

Peter Navarro is out with a new White House video calling on Nancy Pelosi to hold a vote this month on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement.