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Politics
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as they depart a round of trade talks in Washington on Friday.

China Puts New Tariffs On $60 Billion Of U.S. Goods, Retaliating For Trump Action

May 13, 2019
U.S. stock markets plunged on the news, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by up to 580 points in the first hour of trading Monday.
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Business
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer discusses the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement as President Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin look on Oct. 1, 2018. Lighthizer is now the chief U.S. negotiator in trade talks with China.

'Expect Change': Robert Lighthizer Is Trump's Hardball-Playing China Trade Negotiator

Feb 21, 2019
The U.S. Trade Representative has spent his career warning about the problems and perils of global trade. Now, as the chief U.S. negotiator with China, he's in a position to do something about it.
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The Two-Way
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (center left) and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (center right) walk through a hotel lobby as they head to a state guest house to meet Chinese officials in Beijing on Friday. The talks included a "thorough exchange of vi

U.S. Trade Team Leaves China Talks Without Any Big Breakthroughs

May 04, 2018
The U.S. team had hoped to cut the trade imbalance by $200 billion and stop China from targeting U.S. technology and intellectual property.
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