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  • TOPSHOT - A vendor picks up a 100 yuan note above a newspaper featuring a photo of US president-elect Donald Trump, at a news stand in Beijing on November 10, 2016. The world's second-largest economy is US president-elect Donald Trump's designated bogeyman, threatening it on the campaign trail with tariffs for stealing American jobs, but analysts say US protectionism could create opportunities for Beijing. / AFP / GREG BAKER (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

    US trade with China, explained

    President Trump is imposing tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports to the US, heightening fears about a trade war between the world's two biggest economies. CNNMoney's Vanessa Yurkevich explains what your life could look like if Chinese products get more expensive.
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    Steel union looks to flip Pennsylvania's 18th District

    By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Video by Jordan Malter
    At the United Steelworkers rally for Conor Lamb, there are three union steelworkers supporting the Democrat in his bid against Republican Rick Saccone for a house seat in the special election in Pennsylvania 18th District.

  • My life with DACA: Preparing for deportation

    Alex Velez will be in the U.S. undocumented after her DACA expires on March 6 - one day after Congress has to decide a solution for her and nearly 700,000 others. CNNMoney's Vanessa Yurkevich talks to Alex about how she is planning for two realities.

  • The Green Wall: The human line of protection at the border

    There's already a wall along the entire southern border with Mexico -- just not the one President Donald Trump pledged to build. Over a disjointed 1,300 miles where there's no fence or concrete structure, there's just men and women in green uniforms -- border patrol agents who call themselves the "green wall."
  • A young Mexican helps a compatriot to climb the metal wall that divides the border between Mexico and the United States to cross illegally to Sunland Park, from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on April 6, 2018. US President Donald Trump on April 5, 2018 said he would send thousands of National Guard troops to the southern border, amid a widening spat with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto. The anti-immigration president said the National Guard deployment would range from 2,000 to 4,000 troops, and he would "probably" keep many personnel on the border until his wall is built -- spelling out a lengthy mission. / AFP PHOTO / HERIKA MARTINEZ (Photo credit should read HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

    After 9 years, a 3 minute reunion at the border

    For the third time in history, the United States Border Patrol opened a fence that divides the U.S. and Mexico. Six families had the opportunity to embrace their loved ones for three minutes at a time.

About 

  • Vanessa Yurkevich is a digital correspondent for CNN. Yurkevich is responsible for reporting for CNN's Premium Businesses including CNN Politics, Money, Travel, Tech and Style on digital and broadcast.

    Yurkevich reports on immigration and has spent time reporting from the US-Mexico border. In a three-part series 'The Green Wall' Yurkevich spent months embedded with three border agents about life protecting the US border. Yurkevich also embarked on a one month road trip for the #MyVote Campaign Camper tour and traveled the country for the last month before the 2016 election talking to Americans about the issues that matter to them. She spent election night anchoring CNN's digital coverage from the Empire State Building.

    Yurkevich reports for CNN's digital political magazine //STATE in which she interviews Americans about the current state of politics. She's also created original content and series including Away, Political Anthropology, and the half hour TV special Agility in Action. She's also exclusively interviewed Richard Branson about his new Virgin Hotel chain, and interviewed billionaires Tommy Hilfiger and Related CEO Stephen Ross. She's sat down with singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi, Arianna Huffington, and Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit of Norway.

    Yurkevich has also anchored for CNN Newsource live from the NASDAQ market site. Before coming to CNN, Yurkevich helped launch the digital team at Blouin Artinfo where she reported on art, luxury, and travel. Yurkevich is fluent in Spanish and worked at NY1 News and NY1 Noticias where she covered immigration, politics, and travel. She's also reported for BBC, The New York Times -- The Local, and Associated Press Television in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    She received the Scripps Howard Immigration Fellowship from the International Center for Journalists and the Knight Foundation's US - Russia Young Media Professionals Fellowship where she spent a month in Russia reporting for Russia's TV3.

    Yurkevich received her bachelor's degree from Fordham University in communications and Spanish. She also holds a certificate for Polish language from Hunter College.