Alter Ego Comics has been a staple in the Lima community for more than two decades, offering a wide variety of pop culture merchandise. Owner Marc Bowker said the latest round of tariffs is forcing him to raise prices — a move that could hurt his small business.
China has frozen the assets of General Dynamics Land Systems. They claim the reasoning behind the sanctions is because the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima makes the Abrams tanks, some of which are being sold to Taiwan. China claims Taiwan as its own territory, which they say will be taken back by force if necessary.
Democratic congressman Tim Ryan made stops in Van Wert and Celina on Sunday for his senate campaign. He talked about some key issues that he …
Senator Sherrod Brown says that his and Senator Rob Portman’s “Leveling the Playing Field 2.0” is close to becoming law. Brown says the bill will update and continue to strengthen trade laws to make sure they are effective tools to fight back against unfair trade practices, which in turn, will protect American workers.
Back in May, this task force came together to come up with a plan to essentially cut numerous ties with China. The report cites China's bad behavior throughout the year including their coronavirus response and acts taken in Hong Kong. The report recommends 137 bills that would try to ensure the united states relying less on china in technology, medicine, energy, and more. Latta has four bills included revolving around autonomous driving, unmanned delivery, and the creation of uranium reserves.
The 800 point drop last week in the Dow Jones has caused some concerns for the economy, but Congressman Jim Jordan believes it's right on track.
After progress was made in trade talks with Canada and Mexico, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is confident we will soon be seeing improvements in China talks as well. While the Trump administration has recently lifted tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from our northern and southern neighbors, they are still putting the pressure on China to do more to protect the intellectual property of American companies operating in China. Portman says that while our country wants China to buy products from us, true progress will not be made until they agree to level the playing field for American companies in their country.
The world's two biggest economies are in flux as the two nations still hammer out a trade deal. Two days of trade talks between China and the United States ended Friday with no agreement, just hours after President Trump raised tariffs on $200 billion's worth of Chinese imports.
Trade talks with China have hit another snag that ended up affecting the stock market. President Trump threatened to raise import taxes on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods if the two sides can't settle on a trade agreement. The president said he'd raise tariffs to 25 percent from 10 percent. Sen. Rob Portman believes the two sides are close to a deal even with the latest threat. Portman said China is willing to make concessions to things they've never given up before. He said included in that is addressing the trade imbalance and China not stealing intellectual property.
