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A woman uses a smartphone outside a Huawei store in Beijing Monday, May 20, 2019. Google is assuring users of Huawei smartphones the American company's services still will work on them following U.S. government restrictions on doing business with the Chinese tech giant. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP Explains: US sanctions on Huawei bite, but who gets hurt?

By FRANK BAJAK and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at the National Association of REALTORS Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo, Friday, May 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump tariffs on China could equate to a $2,000 plus tax hike on a U.S. family; report

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this image from video, rescuers try to find survivors at the site where a building collapsed in Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, Monday, May 20, 2019. Framework surrounding a bar gave way on Monday, trapping or injuring almost 100 people. (CCTV via AP)

At least 3 killed in China building collapse

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Vice President Mike Pence visits troops at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin Thursday, May 16, 2019. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)

Mike Pence: Time for Congress to ‘do its job’ on NAFTA rewrite

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) leaves the podium after his statement, during the first day of the 72nd World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2019. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

US backs calls for Taiwan to get role at UN health assembly

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In this photo taken Wednesday, May 15, 2019, customer Torre Treece, left, talks with Rad Power Bikes sales associate Becs Richards about the two electric bikes he bought at the shop in Seattle. The bicycle company said that they will absorb 100% of any tariff on their Chinese-made bicycles. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Tariffs have varying fallout in trade-heavy Washington state

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

In this May 8, 2019, photo, a pig stands between other pigs in a barn at a pig farm in Jiangjiaqiao village in northern China's Hebei province. Pork lovers worldwide are wincing at prices that have jumped by up to 40 percent as China's struggle to stamp out African swine fever in its vast pig herds sends shockwaves through global meat markets. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China’s pig disease outbreak pushes up global pork prices

By JOE McDONALD and SAM McNEIL - Associated Press

China, the renegade state, won’t play by the trade rules

By Peter Morici

In this May 14, 2019, photo, photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, right, and Philippine counterpart BRP Batangas conduct joint search and rescue and capability-building exercises off the South China Sea west of the Philippines. Captain John Driscoll, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750), told reporters Wednesday, May 15, 2019, two Chinese Coast Guard ships were spotted off the South China Sea while they were conducting the joint exercise with Philippine Coast Guard. (Philippine Coast Guard Via AP)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 2018, file photo, visitors walk past a display showing microchips and circuit boards at the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo in Beijing. For four decades, Beijing has cajoled or pressured foreign companies to hand over technology. And its trading partners say if that didn't work, China stole what it wanted. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China’s technology tactics irk its trading partners

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

In this May 22, 2019, photo, farmer Tim Bardole pauses for a photo as he plants a field near Perry, Iowa. Donald Trump won the presidency by winning rural America, in part by pledging to use his business savvy and tough negotiating skills to take on China and put an end to trade practices that have hurt farmers for years. While the prolonged fight has been devastating to an already-struggling agriculture industry, theres little indication Trump is paying a political price. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Donald Trump’s trade war with China threatens farm vote

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 22, 2018 file photo, a staff member works in a circuit board manufacturing facility in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. In a report issued Monday, May 20, 2019, a business group says the number of foreign companies in China that feel compelled to hand over technology in exchange for market access has doubled since two years ago. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

Report: More companies in China handing over technology

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 10, 2019, file photo John Deere Agricultural machinery made by Deere &amp; Company sits staged for transport near cranes at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, Wash. Deere’s fiscal second-quarter earnings were a mixed bag and the agricultural equipment maker lowered its full-year outlook as the trade war between the U.S. and China intensifies and conditions in the agricultural sector soften. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Q&A: Is there a way out of the US-China trade fight?

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

In this May 7, 2019 photo, a machine that produces plastic pellets from plastic film is seen in operation at a GDB International warehouse in New Brunswick, N.J. GDB International exported bales of scrap plastic film such as pallet wrap and grocery bags for years. But when China started restricting imports, company president Sunil Bagaria installed new machinery to process it into pellets he sells profitably to manufacturers of garbage bags and plastic pipe. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

China’s ban on scrap imports a boon to US recycling plants

By MARY ESCH - Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Friday, May 18, 2019. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

China, Iran foreign ministers meet amid Middle East tensions

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Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shake hands at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Friday, May 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Japan, China agree to boost relations ahead of Xi visit

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, speak at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, May 16, 2019. Iran’s foreign minister has said his country is committed to an international nuclear deal and criticized escalating U.S. sanctions “unacceptable” as he met with Japanese officials in Tokyo amid rising tensions in the Middle East.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Iran’s top diplomat presses efforts to save nuclear deal

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives at John F. Kennedy Airport Thursday, May 16, 2019, in New York. Trump is in New York for a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lifts tariffs on Mexico, Canada, delays auto tariffs

By PAUL WISEMAN, TOM KRISHER and KEVIN FREKING and ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Mounting tensions with Iran, China leave oil prices in flux

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MICHELLE CHAPMAN - Associated Press

An electronic screen shows the drop in the Dow Industrials, Monday, May 13, 2019, at the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks moved sharply lower Monday on Wall Street and extended the market's slide into a second week as investors seek shelter from an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **

Greed will sink America

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times