by Kyle Perisic An anti-virus company has discovered malware comes pre-installed on Android phones, including on ZTE phones — a Chinese phone company with ties to the Chinese government. “Thousands of users are affected” by the ad-related malware, or adware, according to Avast, the Czech anti-virus company, in its…
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Trump Claims New Accord with China on Trade Negotiations
President Trump says American farmers will be big beneficiaries of more trade with China. “Under our potential deal with China, they will purchase from our Great American Farmers practically as much as our Farmers can produce,” Trump said Monday on Twitter. In another comment, he said China “has agreed to…
Read MoreUS, China Back Away from Tariff War
The U.S. and China said Sunday they have agreed to back away from imposing tough new tariffs on each other’s exports, a day after reaching an accord calling for Beijing to buy more American goods to “substantially reduce” the huge U.S. trade deficit with China. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin…
Read MoreTrump’s ‘Critical Minerals’ List Outlines US ‘Dependency’ On Foreign Imports, Mining Group Says
by Michael Bastasch President Donald Trump’s administration’s release of a list of 35 critical minerals highlights just how reliant the U.S. is on foreign imports, according to mining advocates. “What we see is the degree of U.S. dependency — the US is 100 percent import-dependent for 14 of the…
Read MoreTrump: US Has ‘Little to Give’ in Trade Talks with China
President Donald Trump says the United States has “little to give” in contentious trade talks with China, and Beijing has a lot to give, because he says the United States for years has been losing trade battles with China. Wednesday, he defended his call to rescue China’s giant technology company…
Read MoreTrump Vows Action to Ease Job Loss at Chinese Tech Giant
President Donald Trump says he is looking for a way to let a Chinese technology firm “get back into business fast” after U.S. trade ruling severely crippled the company. “Too many jobs in China lost,” Trump tweeted Sunday, days after ZTE announced it had ceased “major operating activities.” President Xi…
Read MoreTrump’s ‘Rescission’ Package Would Save Unspent Tax Dollars
by Justin Bogie President Donald Trump on Tuesday submitted a special message to Congress requesting that $15 billion in unspent funding be rescinded. That’s a good first step toward re-establishing fiscal responsibility. Congress should embrace it and quickly adopt the president’s rescission package. Still, the package does nothing to claw back the…
Read MoreFranklin’s Own Andrew Puzder, Successful Restaurant Executive, Explains How Trump Led America’s Economic Comeback
by Ginny Montalbano Andrew Puzder, former CEO of the parent company of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. restaurants, last week spoke to The Daily Signal’s Ginny Montalbano about his new book, “The Capitalist Comeback: The Trump Boom and the Left’s Plot to Stop It.” President Donald Trump tweeted about the book…
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