U.S., China rivalry poses risks, benefits for Latin America
MENDOZA, Argentina (Reuters) – As the trade dispute between the United States and China was gaining steam last month, a half-dozen Chinese dancers and a person in a panda bear…
Trump taking ‘serious look’ at policy options on Amazon
Aboard Air Force One (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would take a serious look at policies to address what he says are the unfair business…
Trump attacks Amazon, again, over U.S. postal rates
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump launched his second attack in a week on Amazon.com Inc on Saturday, accusing the world’s biggest online retailer of getting unfairly cheap rates from…
Arkansas sues opioid manufacturers for roles in epidemic
(Reuters) – Arkansas’ attorney general on Thursday joined the widening mass of litigation against opioid manufacturers, accusing three drugmakers of promoting addictive painkillers in ways that falsely denied or trivialized…
Automakers keep wary eye on tariff impact, possible trade war
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Executives from major automakers raised concerns at the New York auto show this week about the possibility of a trade war after the Trump administration imposed…
U.S. consumer spending up slightly; jobless claims at 45-year low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending rose marginally for a second straight month in February as households boosted savings, the latest indication that the economy lost momentum in the first…
China warns U.S. it will defend own trade interests
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States has flouted trade rules with an inquiry into intellectual property and China will defend its interests, Vice Premier Liu He told U.S. Treasury Secretary…
U.S. lawmakers formally ask Facebook CEO to testify on user data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Friday formally asked Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) Mark Zuckerberg to explain at a Washington hearing how 50 million users’ data got into the hands of…
Longtime U.S. AIDS researcher picked to run CDC
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Longtime AIDS researcher Dr. Robert Redfield will be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the administration of U.S. President Donald…
Tokyo bids farewell to ‘trustworthy’ Tillerson, Seoul awaits seasoned Pompeo
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Japan’s foreign minister said on Wednesday he personally regretted the departure of “frank, trustworthy” U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ahead of a proposed summit between President…