“We ask – and indeed, we insist – that our allies and partners do their part on defense,” he said.

Tensions between Washington and Beijing hit a boiling point last month, when Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese imports to a whopping 145 percent, to which China responded with a 125 percent retal...

China’s factory activity contracted in May, according to an official survey released on Saturday, although the decline slowed from April as the country reached a deal with the U.S. to slash President...

During a briefing Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt derided the decision halting tariffs as “judicial overreach” and said it was part of “a troubling and dangerous trend of unele...