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WASHINGTON—The U.S.–China trade dispute has escalated recently with both sides slapping new tariffs on each other. While tariffs have a meaningful effect on the world’s two largest economies, restrictions on investment and the flow of technology will be much […]

The real “trade war” between the United States and the Chinese regime is just starting. Right now, the playing field is merely being laid out in a way that allows companies to compete on fairer […]

China’s biggest chipmaker announced it would delist from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), amid intensifying tensions between the United States and China following recent U.S. sanctions against Huawei. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), in […]

WASHINGTON—The recent U.S.–China trade dispute has prompted the biggest capital outflow from Chinese equities in nearly four years. More than $6 billion of capital has fled China’s stock market since May 6, according to data […]

Several Japanese companies are moving some of their production lines out of China, in a move to avoid paying for current U.S. tariffs on Chinese-manufactured goods, as well as possible future tariffs—as there is no sign […]

WASHINGTON—Confidence about the U.S. economy has emboldened President Donald Trump to take a tougher stance on China, raising tariffs on May 10 to span $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. Trump in a May 13 series of […]

Commentary Most economists will say that free markets produce the greatest amount of output, the lowest price for goods and services, the greatest efficiency, and the highest quality. Free markets are innovative, responsive to the […]