

Ana Swanson
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For Companies, Winning in China Now Means Losing Somewhere Else
The debacle over Olympic sponsorship shows how the U.S.-China relationship has turned into a minefield for companies trying to do business in both countries.

Why Companies Struggled to Navigate Olympics Sponsorships
The debacle over Olympic sponsorship shows how the U.S.-China relationship has turned into a minefield for companies trying to do business in both countries.

U.S. Adds WeChat and AliExpress to Notorious Piracy Markets List
The Biden administration added several major Chinese businesses to a list of counterfeiters, but removed any mention of Amazon’s foreign operations.

Fed officials discussed removing policy support more quickly if inflation continues to accelerate.
Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s meeting in January reflected ongoing concern about prices rising across the economy.

Biden Administration Says China Failed Trade Commitments
In a new report, the administration detailed China’s violations of promises made both to the World Trade Organization and under a 2020 trade deal with...

China fell far short of promises it made to purchase American goods.
New data show that China effectively bought none of the additional $200 billion in goods it promised to as part of a 2020 trade deal.

The U.S. trade deficit soared to a record last year.
The widening deficit was driven by a $576.5 billion increase in imports last year, as Americans purchased more products made abroad.

The U.S. and Japan strike a deal to roll back Trump-era steel tariffs.
The agreement will transform a current 25 percent tariff into a so-called tariff-rate quota, exempting up to 1.25 million metric tons of Japanese steel.

President Biden extends solar tariffs, with major caveats.
The Biden administration extended tariffs on imported solar products but made changes to exempt many more products from the levies, a decision that angered some...