Washington hit China hard on tech influence this week
After months of back-and-forth negotiations, Washington moved rapidly this past week to fend off the increasing transcendence of China’s tech industry, with Congress passing expanded...
China unveils new tariffs on $60b of US goods in latest tit-for-tat trade war
China has announced retaliatory tariffs on $US60 billion ($81b) worth of US goods ranging from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to some aircraft and warned...
U.S. Considers Higher Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Imports
The Trump administration will propose raising to 25 percent its planned tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports, ratcheting up pressure on Beijing to...
Trump and Europe are teaming up against China on trade
President Trump called it “a very big day for free and fair trade.” That’s Trumpian hyperbole, but the president’s new efforts to smooth out...
U.S.-China trade war is now becoming a currency war, too
President Trump is laying into China and the European Union as currency manipulators, accusing them in a tweet last Friday of "manipulating their currencies and interest...
China’s Currency Manipulation Is A Response to Trump’s Tariffs
Many years before President Trump won the 2016 presidential election, he labeled China a country that manipulates the value of its currency to hurt...
4 powerful weapons China has in its arsenal to win the US-China trade war
Last week the U.S. launched a trade war with China revealing a list of tariffs it could slap on $200 billion worth of...
EU Enlists Trade Rival China to Counter U.S. Protectionism
Europe’s push to cooperate with Beijing on WTO overhaul expands European efforts to open Chinese and other markets.
The European Union is pressing China to...
China’s record trade surplus with U.S. risks further inflaming trade tensions
China’s trade surplus with the United States swelled to a record in June as its overall exports remained solid, a result that could further...
Trump administration announces $US200 billion in extra China tariffs
The US has announced its plans to impose taxes on a further $US200 billion ($270 billion) worth of Chinese imports, in retaliation for China's...
Trump is about to kick the trade war with China into high gear
President Donald Trump’s administration is nearing the release of a list of $US200 billion worth of Chinese exports to the US that could...
Trade War Between U.S. and China Moves From Threat to Reality
A trade war between the world’s two largest economies will officially begin Friday morning when the Trump administration follows through with its threat to...
Trump is reportedly planning major new restrictions against China
President Donald Trump plans to bar many Chinese companies from investing in U.S. tech and to block additional technology exports to China, The Wall Street...
‘Things could get a lot worse’: China sharemarket rout sees 1,023 stocks plunge by...
In a stock market where investors are used to being disappointed, Tuesday's plunge still shocked.
China's benchmark equity gauge sank almost 5 per cent at...
Trade tariffs: Chinese media in Trump ‘fools build walls’ jibe
Chinese media have mocked US President Donald Trump over plans to impose 25% tariffs on $50bn worth of Chinese goods, saying "wise men build...
China announces retaliatory tariffs on $34 billion worth of US goods, including agriculture products
In a quick response to U.S. tariffs, Beijing announced on Friday its own duties on American products, including the politically sensitive areas of agriculture...
Trump approves tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods
President Donald Trump has given his approval for the United States to put tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese exports, according to a source...
White House weighs next steps after latest China talks
High-level trade talks with China over the weekend produced no immediate breakthroughs, the White House indicated Monday in a bland statement that made no...
The U.S. Trade War with China Has Reached a Dangerous New Phase
Not so long ago, U.S. leaders predicted that economic development and the birth of a middle class in China would inevitably move that nation...
China reportedly lining up countries against US in pending trade war
China is reportedly looking to line up other countries against the U.S. in a pending trade war after the White House took an unexpected...