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China's President Xi Jinping, center, meets German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (Fred Dufour/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

China moves to lower auto tariffs

China is moving to lower tariffs on cars, according to reports Tuesday, signaling progress on President Trump's get-tough trade stance toward Beijing.

December 11, 2018
President Donald Trump talks to media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Philadelphia to attend the Army-Navy Football Game. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump threat to kill NAFTA boosts USMCA

Democratic congressional leaders are loath to acknowledge it, but President Trump has them cornered with his threat to terminate NAFTA if his new trade deal with Mexico and Canada isn't approved.

December 10, 2018
President Donald Trump pauses as he talks to media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Philadelphia to attend the Army-Navy Football Game. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump cancels Baltimore visit

President Trump's planned visit this week to Baltimore has been canceled, the White House confirmed Monday.

December 10, 2018
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a news conference with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 201816. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Chuck Schumer injects climate change fight into infrastructure deal

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Friday demanded that a deal for an infrastructure program include measures to combat climate change, throwing down the gauntlet on road and bridge projects that was one of the only areas of potential agreement between Capitol Hill Democrats and President Trump.

December 7, 2018
Specialist Vincent Surace works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. U.S. stocks tumbled again Thursday as the arrest of a senior Chinese technology executive threatened to cause another flare-up in tensions between Washington and Beijing. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.S.-China trade war fears spook Wall Street

Stocks recovered in a late rally Thursday after nearly wiping out all gains for the year, capping a tumultuous trading day that reflected investors' persistent jitters over the U.S. trade war with China and fears of a weakening global economy.

December 6, 2018
President Donald Trump asks if reporters can hear the audio as he talks with troops via teleconference from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump companies ignoring E-Verify, hiring illegal immigrants

Just five of the 565 companies in President Trump's business empire are signed up to use E-Verify, the government's best tool to weed illegal immigrants out of the workforce, according to a Washington Times analysis that suggests the president could personally be doing more on that front.

December 6, 2018
President Donald Trump with China's President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump-China trade deal: Beijing breaks unexplained silence

China said Wednesday that it is "confident" of reaching a trade deal with the U.S., and President Trump expressed optimism that Beijing will meet its promises to him, a day after Mr. Trump's threat of more tariffs caused stock markets to plummet.

December 5, 2018
In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Donald Trump-China trade deal unravels

Skepticism mounted Tuesday about President Trump's impromptu trade agreement with the president of China, as Mr. Trump threatened new penalties against Beijing if the deal falls through. Stock markets plummeted.

December 4, 2018
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow said China made new commitments and "put stuff on the table that we have not seen before."

Donald Trump cheers China’s trade concessions

President Trump on Monday heralded big concessions from China to lower auto tariffs and other trade barriers, as Wall Street rallied on the breakthrough that put a trade war on hold.

December 3, 2018