US Trade War
Warns against what he called the US’s “crude interference” on the issue of Taiwan.
Published 17 Dec, 2024 12:10pm
Analysts says China better prepared to deal with almost any tariff, short of an "Armageddon announcement" of 60pc tariff on all Chinese goods.
Published 13 Dec, 2024 08:50pm
Says Republican leader's business experience will help steer relations riven by deep mistrust, trade tensions.
Published 06 Dec, 2024 02:17pm
Move is one of Biden administration’s last large-scale efforts to stymie China’s ability to access and produce chips for AI.
Published 02 Dec, 2024 03:32pm
US tariffs on Canadian crude could raise global prices, hurting importers like Pakistan.
Updated 02 Dec, 2024 09:50am
No one will win trade war, Chinese spokesman says; economists warn tariffs will hurt growth, increase inflation.
Published 26 Nov, 2024 07:15pm
Global economic thinking has shifted from free trade to strategic trade.
Updated 16 Oct, 2024 09:43am
While challenges will be formidable in the year ahead, global leadership will be in short supply.
Updated 04 Dec, 2023 09:51am
If we want to be part of these global trade networks, we need to first address our internal inadequacies.
Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:08am
Despite the tech war and tensions over Taiwan, economic decoupling is a distant possibility.
Updated 24 Oct, 2022 08:41am
America accuses firm of having developed facial recognition programmes that can determine a target's ethnicity.
Updated 11 Dec, 2021 09:40am
Several entities and individuals from China and Pakistan added to Commerce Department’s Entity List.
Updated 25 Nov, 2021 08:43am
Spokesman for foreign affairs ministry urges Washington to be ‘fair, just and non-discriminatory’ towards Chinese companies.
Updated 05 Jun, 2021 07:49am
SMIC is the latest leading Chinese technology company to face US trade restrictions related to national security issues.
Updated 27 Sep, 2020 10:20am
US trade representative slams decision, says WTO “is completely inadequate to stop China’s harmful technology practices”.
Updated 16 Sep, 2020 10:21am
“It’s a sour end to the trading week,” said AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould.
Updated 25 Jul, 2020 10:36am
"The ink was barely dry and the plague came over. And it doesn’t feel the same to me,” says Trump.
Updated 15 May, 2020 08:55am
Tariff increases on 79 types of goods including radar sets, disinfectant and rare earth minerals will be suspended.
Updated 13 May, 2020 08:43am
The narrowing of the US trade gap comes after a year when the deficit reached its highest level in a decade.
Updated 06 Feb, 2020 08:41am
"Together, we are righting the wrongs of the past," says Trump.
Updated 16 Jan, 2020 07:54am
The two sides have been undergoing a trade war for well over a year.
Updated 12 Jan, 2020 08:50am
The signing will cap a nearly two-year spat that threatened to throttle the global economy.
Updated 10 Jan, 2020 08:17am
Many don’t know yet what crops they’ll plant next season among a host of dicey options.
Updated 05 Jan, 2020 08:35am
Hopes for a US-China trade deal helped keep world stocks positive on Monday.
Updated 31 Dec, 2019 08:36am
The National Defence Authorisation Act bars the use of federal funds to buy railcars and buses from China.
Published 26 Dec, 2019 07:26pm
China hopes to work with the US on the basis of equality and mutual respect, says a Cabinet statement.
Published 15 Dec, 2019 01:38pm
"We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China," President Donald Trump tweets.
Updated 14 Dec, 2019 08:35am
Trump says the US is "very close" to nailing down a deal.
Updated 13 Dec, 2019 08:10am
Trump says he has no deadline to end the 16-month trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Updated 04 Dec, 2019 08:36am
The financial hub has been rocked by nearly six months of increasingly violent unrest demanding greater autonomy.
Updated 03 Dec, 2019 09:07am
