The fast-worsening trade war between the United States and China — the planet’s premier geopolitical powers, whose economies are intricately entwined — threatens to wreak severe damage on both nations and will send shockwaves worldwide.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would love to get a deal with China to end an escalating trade war.

President Donald Trump is in a tit-for-tat with China over tariffs. If the trade war continues Tennesseans and the rest of America could soon see prices going up.

The lower revenues, a result in part of President Trump’s trade war, could prove more damaging to the Russian economy than the penalties the United States and its allies have already imposed.

U.S. President Donald Trump's about-face on sweeping import tariffs did little to soothe companies' worries about the fallout from his trade war and its chaotic implementation: soaring costs, falling orders and snarled supply chains.

In a stunning reversal, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would temporarily lower the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries while further ramping up pressure on China, sending global stocks rocketing higher.

A week of turmoil unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs showed little sign of easing on Friday, with markets again tumbling and foreign leaders trying to work out how to respond to a dismantling of the world trade order.

Following one day of respite, the U.S. stock market returned to its downward spiral Thursday amid ongoing concerns tied to President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs. At market close, the tech-stock-heavy Nasdaq Composite index was down 4.

On Wednesday, Trump said he was pausing his sweeping set of 10 percent tariffs on global trading partners that he had announced earlier in the month. The pause wil

President Donald Trump's tariffs on dozens of countries took effect on Wednesday, including huge 104% duties on Chinese goods. Trump nearly doubled duties on Chinese imports, which had been set at 54% last week,

US President Donald Trump's political allies reacted with relief after Wednesday's U-turn on tariffs, insisting it was part of a wider plan. Trump backed down from imposing worldwide higher-rate tariffs,

Oil prices settled more than $2 per barrel lower on Thursday, wiping out the last session's rally, as investors reassessed a planned pause in sweeping U.S. tariffs and focus shifted to a deepening trade war between Washington and Beijing.

US President Donald Trump's political allies reacted with relief after Wednesday's U-turn on tariffs, insisting it was part of a wider plan. Trump backed off imposing worldwide higher-rate tariffs, or taxes on imports.

As President Donald Trump tries to turn his global trade war into a one-on-one showdown with China, he is finding that he has alienated some key U.S. partners who could boost America's position in a fight between the world's largest and second-largest economies.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Mexico with sanctions and tariffs over what he said was Mexico's non-compliance with an 81-year-old water treaty. "Mexico OWES Texas 1.3 million acre-feet of water under the 1944 Water Treaty,

President Donald Trump threatened Mexico wth "escalating consequences," asserting the U.S. ally owes Texas a massive amount of water under a decades-old treaty and is "unfortunately violating their Treaty obligation.

Wall Street stocks tumbled on Thursday on mounting worries over the economic impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's multi-front tariff war.

U.S. stocks fell a day after posting spectacular gains over President Trump's decision to pause many of his tariffs. Now, some of that relief is starting to fade.

Wall Street stocks rocketed higher Wednesday following President Trump's shock move to pause many new tariffs, lifting an equity market beaten down by days of losses amid rising recession worries.

After attacking Donald Trump’s trade adviser, Elon Musk was silent when Trump paused some tariffs. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell asks, “When did Elon Musk know that his stock price was going to start climbing back up because Donald Trump was going to announce that he was backing down?

While far from the only Republican defector from President Trump's tariff regimen, Elon Musk is among the most prominent. Here are a few others on Team Trump who have their doubts.