Trade War

Chris Gibbs says he did not take the president's word on partial trade deal with China, which Trump says would give $50 billion boost to U.S. farmers.

Here's to you, Professors Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer. Congratulations! Now tell me whether we should increase or decrease aid to developing nations. Using very short words, please.

"The president has gotten nothing in terms of the big ticket items," Maria Bartiromo said.

James Harden is just one of many players who conveniently placed their social justice bona fides in their back pockets when it comes to making sure the money keeps rolling in. Tech companies and politicians cower too.

Bloomberg reported on Monday that the China wanted more trade talks before Xi committed to signing the agreement.

The Dow Jones climbed 350 points or 1.3 percent on Friday morning, while the S&P 500 rose 1.3 percent and the Nasdaq rose 1.4 percent.

"The growing risk is that much of the market share abroad that U.S. agribusiness is losing to foreign competitors will be hard, if not impossible, to win back -- even if current trade conflicts are resolved to the U.S. government's satisfaction."

"As a reference, this is approximately the size of Switzerland's entire economy," IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva explained.

"We urge the United States to immediately correct its wrong practices, withdraw the relevant decisions and stop interfering in China's internal affairs," foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump agreed a limited trade deal as he tries to win back support from farmers unhappy with his trade wars.

Beijing aims to become the world's dominant military force, and its rapid progress took the Pentagon by surprise.

The United States is set to impose $7.5 billion in new tariffs on range of goods from the European Union (EU), including Scotch whisky.

Despite signs of discontent with the president's trade policies, farmer support for Trump remains high.

The U.S.-China trade war appears to be de-escalating as Beijing offers an olive branch to Washington after the tariffs' delay announced by President Donald Trump.

"I think there's a couple more chapters yet to be written in the trade war," James McCormack, the global head of sovereign ratings at Fitch, told CNBC on Thursday.

There is a 35 percent chance that President Donald Trump escalates his trade war with China and others, Moody's Analytics says.

This represents an increase in concern by several points since the poll was last taken in June.

Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano accused Trump of unconstitutionally misappropriating funds for his border wall from federal money Congress did not approve.

President Donald Trump's tariffs on China are borne almost entirely by American consumers, the evidence shows.

President Donald Trump has pointed the finger at the Federal Reserve amid talk of a recession, but voters are looking at him.

Donald Trump's ongoing trade war with China has resulted in farmers losing their fourth biggest international export market for U.S. agricultural goods.

"If everyone else is screaming recession, you start to worry it might actually cause one."

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted exemptions to oil refineries, allowing them not to use ethanol, causing a huge slump in demand for corn.

"When the smoke is clear, when there is a sense of calm, the market will react to what's really going on in our economy," Charles Payne said.

"I have not heard of this situation regarding the two calls that the U.S. mentioned in the weekend," Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang.

"You know, the trade deal, I trust him to do the right thing for everybody," Randy Sowers said.

Bob Kuylen told CNN's Don Lemon that the trade war has already cost him $400,000.

"We were bracing for the worst," financial analyst Charles Payne said Monday on the Fox News show "America's Newsroom."

"Neither side sees the benefit to cooperating as better than hanging tough... We expect that tensions will continue to escalate at least until the costs of doing so are too big to ignore."

The tenor of U.S. trade negotiations with China has fluctuated, with prior positive overtures failing to lead to any compromise.