

“U.S. turns down China offer of preparatory trade talks.” Yesterday, the Financial Times reported: The Trump administration rejected an offer by two Chinese vice-ministers to travel to the U.S. this week for preparatory trade talks because of a lack of progress on...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
President Trump’s schedule (EST): 12:00 PM: Daily intelligence briefing; and 12:30 PM: Lunch with Vice President Pence. The Senate will return a 1 PM EST today to “resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1, Strengthening America’s...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
“Trump team weighs surprise tariff cut in hopes of securing China trade deal.” Last night’s Washington Post article led with: The Trump administration is considering eliminating tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese imports to spur progress...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
President Trump’s schedule (EST): 11:30 AM: Meets with the House Problem Solvers Caucus; 1:00 PM: Has lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; and 2:15 PM: Signs S.24, the “Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019,” requiring retroactive...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
12:45 PM Fed Chair Jerome Powell will address the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Watch it live here. 7:00 PM Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida will address the Money Marketeers of New York University on the “Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy.”...
Letter from Washington