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China's manufacturing backbone feels Trump trade war pinch
Apr 18, 2025 (AFP)
China's vast southern province of Guangdong, crisscrossed with factories making everything from clothing to electronics, has long been the country's biggest man...
Tokyo leads gains in most Asian markets on trade deal hopes
Apr 18, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's remarks that he was reluctant to further hike levies on Beijing also provided a little support amid hope for an easing of tensions b...
Trump says US 'talking' to China as port fees hiked for Chinese-linked ships
Apr 17, 2025 (AFP)
"Yeah, we're talking to China," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I would say they have reached out a number of times." Trump confirmed that the talks h...
Trump and Italy's Meloni talk up EU tariff deal hopes
Apr 17, 2025 (AFP)
Casting herself as the only European who can de-escalate Trump's trade war, Meloni highlighted their conservative common ground and said she wanted to "make the...
China's Xi arrives in Cambodia for state visit
Apr 17, 2025 (AFP)
Xi arrived after visiting Vietnam and Malaysia as Beijing seeks to strengthen regional trade ties and offset the impact of huge tariffs imposed by his US counte...
Unease grows over Trump tariffs despite 'progress' in Japan trade talks
Apr 17, 2025 (AFP)
Trump is banking that his tariffs will lead to a bonanza of beneficial trade deals, lowering barriers to US products and shifting global manufacturing to the Un...
Chinese embassy slams UK politicians' 'arrogance' in British Steel row
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
The UK has swooped in to prevent the closure of British Steel's main plant in Scunthorpe, northeast England, after its Chinese owner Jingye said late March it w...
Hong Kong's postal service to stop shipping US-bound goods; Trump says ball in China's court on tariffs
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
Hongkong Post said it will "definitely not collect any... tariffs on behalf of the US and will suspend the acceptance of postal items containing goods destined ...
China's economy beats forecasts ahead of Trump's 'Liberation Day'
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington are locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since the US president launched a global tariff assault that has particular...
China says 'not afraid to fight' trade war with US
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
"If the US really wants to resolve the issue through dialogue and negotiation, it should stop exerting extreme pressure, stop threatening and blackmailing, and ...
China says appoints new trade envoy as tariff war bites
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
Li Chenggang has assumed the role of representative for international trade negotiations and vice minister of commerce, Beijing's human resources ministry said ...
Stocks struggle again as Nvidia chip curb warning pops calm
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
After a relatively peaceful couple of days following last week's tariff-fuelled ructions, investors were once again on the defensive as a standoff between the w...
China's forecast-beating growth belies storm clouds ahead: analysts
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
The National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday the world's number-two economy expanded 5.4 percent on-year in January-March, helped by a surge in exports. How...
China's economy likely grew 5.1% in Q1 on export surge: AFP poll
Apr 15, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington are locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since US President Donald Trump launched a global tariff assault that has p...
Hong Kong official warns US 'hillbillies' over tariffs as China's trade soared in March
Apr 15, 2025 (AFP)
Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office, said in a speech that the Chinese finance hub has never levied taxes on imports and that the Unite...
Xi's Vietnam trip aiming to 'screw' US, says Trump
Apr 15, 2025 (AFP)
Xi visited Vietnam as part of a Southeast Asia tour that will include Malaysia and Cambodia, with Beijing trying to position itself as a stable alternative to T...
Trump trade war casts pall in China's southern export heartland
Apr 15, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington have been locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since the US president began his global tariff assault that has parti...
'Ghost town' fears haunt threatened UK steel community
Apr 15, 2025 (AFP)
Smeared in soot, 18-year-old Hopkins said after his shift at the British Steel plant: "I shovel and all that lot, it's amazing. It's hard work but it makes your...
Chinese exports soared in March ahead of Trump's 'Liberation Day'
Apr 14, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington have been locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since Trump launched a global tariff assault that has particularly ta...
US Treasury chief says big deal to be done at some point; Xi warns protectionism leads nowhere
Apr 14, 2025 (AFP)
"There's a big deal to be done at some point" Bessent said when asked by Bloomberg TV about the possibility that the world's largest economies would decouple. "...
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