The Republican president finally landed one of those deals on May 8 when he announced a trade agreement with the United Kingdom. Trump has a lot more deals to make, though, and in a relatively short time. They involve much larger trading U.S. partners such ...

Progress toward reducing trade barriers has been made but uncertainty from U.S. trade policy will lead to weaker growth and continued lower inflation in the U.K., Lombardelli said.

The result has been a raft of trade wars between Washington and other governments, Beijing foremost among them. Trump’s disruptions to the global economy are serious, and they may feel novel. But today’s situation is hardly without precedent.

China criticized the trade agreement reached between the U.S. and the U.K. last week as it could potentially push Chinese products out of British supply chains.

When President Trump ended a tariff exemption for small packages from China and Hong Kong, e-commerce companies Shein and Temu lost a big advantage as they became exposed to Trump’s new sky-hig

"Today’s announcement is a positive step that will allow some trade between the two countries to resume," said U.S.-China Business Council President Sean Stein

The President and CEO of the US Meat Export Federation says the U.S. trade agreement in principle with China is good news for beef and pork exports. Dan Halstrom says the deal significantly drops tariff rates for muscle cuts and variety meats.

SharkNinja Chief Executive Mark Barrocas obsessively checked his Apple News feed throughout the night Sunday. When the U.S.-China trade agreement was announced early Monday morning, he instructed factories in China to release hundreds of containers of goods bound for the U.