TRADE WARS - INDO DAILY

Dec 05, 2018 (AFP)

Lisbon and Beijing used a two-day state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to ink 17 bilateral cooperation memoranda of understanding including one relating ...

Trump says China to cut car tariffs in trade truce

Dec 03, 2018 (AFP)

Trump's surprise announcement late Sunday came a day after he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to suspend any new tariffs and give negotiators 90 days to...

US wants 'concrete' trade action from China within 90 days

Dec 03, 2018 (AFP)

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on CNBC the US and China had held "very specific discussions" in Buenos Aires on Saturday evening on steps to defuse thei...

China media lauds 'momentous' trade truce but questions linger

Dec 03, 2018 (AFP)

Asian stock markets opened higher after US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Argentina at the week...

Sticking points in US-China trade talks

Dec 03, 2018 (AFP)

The White House announced after talks between President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Saturday that a tariff hike that had been due on Janu...

W.House: Expect China to roll back punitive farm tariffs 'quickly'

Dec 03, 2018 (AFP)

Beijing retaliated with steep duties on US crops in the trade war which has seen President Donald Trump hit $250 billion in Chinese goods with tariffs of 10-25 ...

China, US hail trade truce but key obstacles still remain

Dec 02, 2018 (AFP)

The White House said it would postpone for 90 days a planned increase of US tariffs on Chinese goods, while China pledged to take in more US imports. The steps ...

US, China agree to trade war ceasefire, more talks

Dec 02, 2018 (AFP)

Following more than two hours of dinner talks between the two leaders, the White House said an increase of tariffs from 10 to 25 percent due to kick in on Janua...

Trump, Xi trade war dinner went 'very well:' White House advisor

Dec 02, 2018 (AFP)

Kudlow's comment to journalists, as Trump and his delegation were about to take off for Washington from Buenos Aires, was the first public reaction from the hig...

China agrees $9 billion currency swap with Argentina

Dec 02, 2018 (AFP)

Struggling to recover after a currency crisis earlier this year, Latin America's third largest economy sought the help of the International Monetary Fund -- whi...

Trump, Xi chew over trade war at high-stakes dinner

Dec 01, 2018 (AFP)

Both leaders expressed optimism as they and top aides sat down at a long hotel table in Buenos Aires, just before Trump was due to board Air Force One for Washi...

China allows UBS to control local securities business

Dec 01, 2018 (AFP)

Beijing in April relaxed the rules in the financial industry in a move to open up the economy. "The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) recently appro...

Macron vows 'no retreat' on reform

Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)

Visiting Argentina for the summit of the Group of 20 major economies, Macron said he heard "the legitimate anger, the impatience, the suffering of a part of the...

China factory activity softens amid trade war

Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)

The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of factory conditions, came in at 50.0 for the month, down from 50.2 in October and below forecast, the Nation...

Trump: China deal 'close' but maybe not desirable

Nov 29, 2018 (AFP)

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet during the Group of 20 summit in Argentina, which begins Friday. "I think we are very close to doing some...

US slams harmful China trade policies, threatens auto tariffs

Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)

The latest trade threat against China comes days before President Donald Trump is due to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a G20 summit in Argentina to def...

China, Spain pledge 'more balanced' trade ties

Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)

While Spanish exports to China increased last year by 28.3 percent, it still has a trade deficit of 19.4 billion euros ($22.1 billion), a 2.3 percent increase o...

Trump believes 'good possibility' of China trade deal: advisor

Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)

As the trade tensions have escalated and engulfed hundreds of billions of products in retaliatory tariffs, Trump is due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Bue...

Spain rejects China's Silk Road plan

Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)

The multi-billion-dollar initiative, unveiled by Xi in 2013, aims to link the continents through a network of ports, railways, roads and industrial parks. Beiji...

Trump says China tariff rates very likely to rise: report

Nov 26, 2018 (AFP)

Just days ahead of a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump also vowed to put tariffs on all remaining imports from China if the two sides fai...