International trade financing

December 19, 2017 - 11:03 am

Banking panel kills Trump nominee to lead Export-Import Bank

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel has rejected President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Export-Import Bank. Two Banking Committee Republicans, Tim Scott of South Carolina and Mike Rounds of South Dakota, joined with Democrats to shelve the nomination of former GOP Rep. Scott Garrett of New Jersey...
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June 16, 2017 - 5:53 am

US accuses Chinese company of transferring NKorean money

BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday it doesn't want governments to extend their laws to cover other countries after Washington asked a court to seize $1.9 million from a Chinese company accused of helping North Korea evade financial sanctions. The U.S. complaint Thursday comes as the administration of...
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June 16, 2017 - 3:56 am

US accuses Chinese company of transferring NKorean money

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. authorities have accused a Chinese company of helping North Korea evade financial sanctions and asked a court to seize $1.9 million they said was improperly moved through American financial institutions. A complaint released Thursday in Washington accused Mingzheng International...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, walk prior to the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Sunday, May 14, 2017. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 14, 2017 - 7:07 am

China's Xi says Silk Road plan boosts finance, security ties

BEIJING (AP) — Pledging more than $100 billion in financing, Chinese President Xi Jinping called Sunday for closer cooperation across Asia and Europe in areas from anti-terrorism to investment as leaders from 29 countries gathered to promote a Chinese initiative that could increase Beijing's global...
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In this photo taken April 14, 2017, Miriam Naranjo, a 70-year Cuban woman who now lives in Miami Lakes. President Donald Trump’s voters are showing they can be a forgiving lot, up to a point. The president’s recent shifts in position on a series of big foreign policy issues have got his supporters debating whether the policy reversals are worth a mere shrug of the shoulders or are a cause for bigger concern. (AP Photo/Kelli Kennedy)
April 15, 2017 - 2:36 am

Trump's flip-flops concern some supporters, but not others

WASHINGTON (AP) — What's wrong with being flexible? All presidents change their minds. He's only human. President Donald Trump's voters can be a forgiving lot — up to a point. "He thinks too fast and then makes decisions too fast," says Miriam Naranjo in Miami Lakes, Florida. "He's changing his...
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In this photo taken April 14, 2017, Miriam Naranjo, a 70-year Cuban woman who now lives in Miami Lakes. President Donald Trump’s voters are showing they can be a forgiving lot, up to a point. The president’s recent shifts in position on a series of big foreign policy issues have got his supporters debating whether the policy reversals are worth a mere shrug of the shoulders or are a cause for bigger concern. (AP Photo/Kelli Kennedy)
April 15, 2017 - 2:35 am

Trump's flip-flops concern some supporters, but not others

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's supporters are wondering if his recent reversals on policy matters are cause for concern. Trump has flip-flopped on such issues as NATO's relevance, bombing Syria, keeping the Import-Export Bank and calling out China as a currency manipulator. Some...
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April 14, 2017 - 8:07 pm

Trump picks critic to lead Ex-Im Bank he once opposed

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to nominate a vocal critic of the U.S. Export-Import Bank to serve as its president. The White House announced late Friday that Trump plans to nominate Scott Garrett, a former Republican congressman from New Jersey, to serve as president of...
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April 14, 2017 - 7:53 pm

Trump picks critic to lead Ex-Im Bank he once opposed

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to nominate a vocal critic of the U.S. Export-Import Bank to serve as its president. The White House announced late Friday that Trump plans to nominate Scott Garrett, a former Republican congressman from New Jersey, to serve as president of...
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