President Donald Trump said he reached “phase one” of a tentative U.S.-China trade deal after meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He Friday.
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Commentary: Imagining Chelsea Clinton’s America
It’s nice to know we have Chelsea Clinton to advise us on the state of America today. And since Chelsea Clinton reliably channels the conventional wisdom of the establishment Left in America, it is useful to wonder what sort of country her children would grow up in, if she could wave a wand and let the Left win every battle for the next 20 years.
Read MoreCommentary: With a Japan Trade Deal and a Strong U.S. Economy, Where Is the Trade Depression People Predicted?
Readers will recall that in the 2016 election and since then financial and political analysts were tripping over themselves to predict that if President Donald Trump won and implemented his planned trade agenda, which included tariffs, why, we’d have a global recession perhaps even as bad as the Great Depression.
Read MoreTop-Level US-China Trade Talks Resume as Irritants Sour Atmosphere
WASHINGTON – The United States’ and China’s top trade negotiators met on Thursday for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war as new irritants between the world’s two largest economies threatened hopes for progress.
Read MoreState Dept. Says The US And North Korea Will Continue Talks ‘Within The Next Week’
The United States and North Korea will hold talks “within the next week” after months of silence, the State Department announced Tuesday.
Read MoreTrump Administration Signs Asylum Deal With El Salvador
Acting Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan announced that the U.S. has reached an asylum agreement with El Salvador, marking the latest development in the Trump administration’s effort to curb the border crisis.
Read MoreCommentary: Why Strong Intellectual Property Laws Abroad Require a Strong US Example
China has failed to respect intellectual property rights for decades, and U.S. businesses have suffered. Thankfully, those companies are getting help from the Trump administration.
Read MoreCommentary: The Problem With the Push for More College Degrees
In a 2009 speech, President Barack Obama proclaimed that by 2020, the United States will “once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.”
Read MoreCommentary: America Needs Jobs, Not Chinese Imports
J.P. Morgan estimates that President Trump’s tariffs will cost American families up to $1,000 next year. We have heard this before and we’ll hear it again. But the fact is that tariffs have not yet—nor will they likely—increase the cost of living.
Read MoreCommentary: On 9/11 Anniversary, Remembering a Red, White, and Blue Nation Is Possible
Eighteen years ago, in the wake of the terrorist assaults on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, I wrote about the tidal wave of patriotism that swept across America.
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