A statue of Confucius stands in the Chinese resort town of Beidaihe, where Chinese leaders are gathered to debate policy on a number of critical issues, including how to manage China's economic slowdown amid intensifying trade assaults from the United States.
On the Record Don't forget, if they have their dollars, we have our people, our God. We are working hard. Look at what we were 16 years ago and look at us now. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan On Our Radar Trump vs. Turkey. U.S. President Donald Trump may have met his match when it comes to stubborn populists on the world stage. As evidenced by the Turkish lira's Black Friday free fall, about as much restraint goes into Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speeches as Trump puts into his tweets. The perfect storm hit when, just as Erdogan's son-in-law was trying to reassure investors and stem the lira's fall after another bombastic Erdogan speech, Trump fired off a tweet saying he would double steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkey as punishment for its failure to strike a deal to release a detained American pastor.
