Former China finance minister says trade frictions with U.S. could remain under Biden BEIJING (Reuters) — Trade frictions between the United States and China may not ease in the near term even if Joe Biden becomes president, former Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Lou Jiwei, chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund (NCSSF), speaks at the China Develop

Biden carries Arizona, flipping a longtime Republican stronghold © Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images US President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 10, 2020. — President-elect Joe Biden said November 10, 2020 he had told several world leaders that “America is back” after his defeat of Donald Trump in last week’s bitterly contested US election. (Photo by

Growing number of Republicans say Biden should have access to classified briefings But several Republicans said Thursday that Biden should be afforded some of the privileges of an incoming president while still declining to say he won. “Well, I think that it probably makes sense to prepare for all contingencies,” Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the №2 Republican, told CNN when asked if Biden should get br