Updated April 29, 2026, 7:06 p.m. ET Washington — Two emerging leaders on Capitol Hill are teaming up for a bipartisan push to keep Chinese cars and trucks out of the United States. Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio introduced a bill Wednesday to solidify barriers…
March 19, 2026, 8:53 a.m. ET Beijing — China has arrested seven people and subjected 12 more to “criminal compulsory measures” in a campaign targeting traffickers in fentanyl precursor chemicals, state media said on Thursday, following pressure from the United States. China’s first wide-publication in years of legal action that has led to the arrests…
Feb. 22, 2026, 6:07 p.m. ET Chinese President Xi Jinping is heading to the negotiating table with Donald Trump with a boost in bargaining power, after the U.S. leader lost his ability to quickly raise tariffs for nearly any reason. Weeks before Trump lands in Beijing on March 31, the first trip by an American…
Feb. 18, 2026, 9:33 a.m. CT BEIJING ― Chinese President Xi Jinping said the desire of the Chinese and American peoples for exchanges and cooperation will not change regardless of how bilateral relations evolve, in a reply to Iowa friends ahead of an expected meeting with President Donald Trump in April, according to Xinhua. “The hope of…
Feb. 11, 2026, 4:52 p.m. ET A Southern California man has been sentenced for covertly operating as a Chinese agent while serving as campaign advisor for a local city council candidate and carrying out orders that included monitoring Taiwan’s former president during her 2023 visit to the state. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, of Chino Hills,…
Updated Dec. 10, 2025, 10:59 a.m. ET President Donald Trump and his team of advisers spend all day, every day, seeking adversaries to tangle with, so they can assign blame for any problem in America that Trump cannot or will not fix. The truth is never an obstacle when Team Trump feels an acute need…
Tennessee soybean farmers are cautiously optimistic that China will begin buying U.S. soybeans again, after President Donald Trump announced cuts to U.S. tariffs on China after meeting with President Xi Jinping Oct. 30. The Trump Administration announced that China has agreed to resume buying American-grown soybeans. Soybeans are the top commodity grown in Tennessee, based…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said immigration enforcement officials “haven’t gone far enough” in deporting people who are in the country without legal authorization, in a wide-ranging interview on “60 Minutes” on CBS. Trump also insisted to Norah O’Donnell that China wouldn’t invade Taiwan while he is president. He said the subject didn’t come up…
Chicago soybean prices reached a 15-month high following news of a trade truce with China. China has agreed to purchase tens of millions of tons of U.S. soybeans over the next few years. The deal could help Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans return to previous levels by the 2026/27 season. Chicago soybeans hit a 15-month…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he reached an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping on soybean purchases, fentanyl precursors, and rare earth exports, paving the way for a finalized trade deal to be signed “pretty soon” that he said would last for at least a year and result in an immediate reduction in tariffs….