Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Trump administration's goal is to use the power of the American economy to open China to U.S. exporters.

The president's approval rating on the economy has fallen, though his overall approval rating has increased slightly since April.

Lately, Wall Street economic commentary has been replete with ominous warnings. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are bound to cause an economic downturn, or perhaps even a recession.

A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the island attempts to strengthen its fragile economy. Government officials are jumping on planes to try and convince international companies to relocate their manufacturing plants to the U.S. territory, where they would be exempt from tariffs. (AP Video: Alejandro Granadillo)

President Donald Trump talks a lot about the economy. The question is: do people believe what he is saying. A recent Economist/YouGov poll set out to answer that question, at least in part, by putting six Trump statements on the economy before its 1,850 poll respondents.

The president thinks he can return America to manufacturing glory — but the cycles of economic history are hard to break.

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In the second part of this conversation, Fareed asks Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates about his outlook on the global economy and his thoughts on President Trump’s tariffs.

Beijing has pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's claims that its economy is "suffering greatly" under American tariffs. "No external shock can change the fundamentals of China's stable economic foundation,

A team is headed to the nation’s highest-profile event dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment in the U.S.