The United States and China signed a much anticipated “phase one” trade deal on Jan 15, making an important breakthrough in the nearly 2-year-old trade war. President Donald Trump and China’s Vice Premier Liu He signed the accord at a White House ceremony. “Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a […]
New Cybersecurity Rules Give Regime Control of Data Outside China…
The U.S. government is “very concerned” about China’s new cybersecurity measures that put American companies at risk of losing sensitive data. Beijing enacted in October 2019 a cryptography law that came into effect on Jan. 1. The new legislation, combined with comprehensive cybersecurity measures China has been passing in the past several years, creates a […]
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits 3-Year Low: ‘Trump’s China Hard Line Is Working’…
The United States’ November 2019 trade deficit fell to its lowest point in more than three years, suggesting the Trump administration’s agenda to recalibrate international flows of goods and services is having an impact. The trade deficit fell 8.2 percent to $43.1 billion, the lowest since October 2016, the Commerce Department said on Jan. 7 […]
How Chemists, Chinese Factories, and ‘Dark Web’ Dealers Spread Fentanyl Across the U.S….
The Wizard of OxyContin—where is he now? That nickname, revealed in leaked documents, belonged to an employee of Abbott Laboratories, which partnered with Purdue Pharmaceuticals to sell the drug. Starting in the late 1990s, he and his colleagues canvassed clinics around the country, hard-selling doctors on their flagship product. Purdue wooed doctors taught to distrust […]
Study: Opioid Deaths Rise in Towns Where U.S. Auto Plants Have Closed…
Chinese Scientist Who Created First Gene-Edited Babies Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison…
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a scientist responsible for creating the world’s first genetically modified children to a three-year stretch in prison after his experiments elicited a massive backlash over what some described as a blatant abuse of bioethics, according to reports in the Chinese press that were picked up by WSJ. The court […]
Whistleblower: UN Discloses Names of Chinese Dissidents to Beijing…
A United Nations whistleblower has accused the organization’s human rights agency of endangering Chinese rights activists by disclosing their names to the Chinese regime. “The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) apparently continues to provide China with advance information on whether named human rights defenders plan to attend meetings (in Geneva),” Emma […]
Beijing to Buy $200 Billion in U.S. Goods as Part of Initial U.S.-China Trade Deal…
The Chinese regime has committed to buy at least $200 billion in American goods and services over the next two years in a “phase one” U.S.-China trade deal struck between the two countries, according to a senior White House official. The deal also includes commitments by the regime to reform “critically important structural issues,” including […]
‘Skinny’ Trade Deal Leaves U.S., China Starving for Phase 2…
The U.S. and China have yet to sign their phase one trade deal, but the two economic superpowers have already begun setting their sights on phase two. “It’s important we remember that our eyes are on the prize, and the prize really consists of a number of key issues that would be part of a […]
U.S. Stocks Hit Records After Reports of ‘In Principle’ US–China Trade Deal…
U.S. stock indexes hit record highs on Dec. 12 after reports that the United States had reached an “in principle” deal with China, as the two countries seek to resolve a 17-month trade war. Stocks soared in the afternoon after Bloomberg first reported on the in-principle deal, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closing at […]
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