Tag: China-US

• Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 08:18 UTC

  Questioned at G7, Trump defends his negotiating style with China: “Sorry it's the way I do it”

  

  Crushing off concerns about global economic instability, US President Donald Trump on Monday defended the way he is trying to squeeze a trade deal out of China, saying it's what worked for him in business.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 07:30 UTC

  China bows to fight back Trump's tariffs: “if they want to fight, then we will fight”

  

  China on Friday vowed to fight back against US President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to slap 10% tariffs on the remaining US$300 billion in Chinese imports, a move that ended a month-long trade truce.

• Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 07:34 UTC

  Trade war: US and China set to discuss intellectual property on Monday

  

  United States negotiators are preparing to press China next week on longstanding demands that it reform how it treats American companies’ intellectual property in order to seal a trade deal that could prevent tariffs from rising on Chinese imports.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 10:29 UTC

  US and China trade talks ahead of Xi and Trump's meeting in Buenos Aires

  

  United States and Chinese negotiators have revived trade talks in the hopes of reaching a draft agreement before President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet face-to-face on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Argentina.

• Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 07:37 UTC

  US/China trade talks “moving along nicely”; Trump and Xi plan to meet at G20 in Argentina

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping both expressed optimism on Thursday about resolving their bitter trade disputes ahead of a high-stakes meeting planned for the two leaders at the end of November in Argentina.

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 11:54 UTC

  Trade war: “China's countermeasures are rational”, argues Beijing

  

  China’s state media said on Saturday the government’s retaliatory tariffs on US$60 billion in U.S. goods showed rational restraint, although in an opinion piece it still admonished the United States for blackmail and bullyboy tactics.

• Sunday, April 2nd 2017 - 06:02 UTC

  Trump will host Xi at his Florida resort April 6/7; anticipates “difficult meeting”

  

  United States President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time on April 6-7 at Trump's Florida resort, China's Foreign Ministry announced, amid a range of pressing issues including trade, North Korea and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

• Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 07:03 UTC

  Xi arrives in the US hoping for investments and pledging cooperation

  

  Seeking to warm bilateral ties and project a sunny climate for U.S. business, Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Wednesday to cut restrictions on foreign investment, while his chief Internet regulator appeared to lay the groundwork for a basic agreement later this week on cyber warfare.

• Monday, October 13th 2014 - 06:54 UTC

  US against China proposal to create a regional development bank for Asia

  

  For almost a year, China has been pitching an idea to its neighbors in Asia: a big, internationally funded bank that would offer quick financing for badly needed transportation, telecommunications and energy projects in underdeveloped countries across the region.

• Friday, February 15th 2013 - 05:36 UTC

  China became in 2012 the world’s biggest trading nation surpassing the US

  

  China surpassed the US to become the world's biggest trading nation last year as measured by the sum of exports and imports of goods, a milestone in the Asian nation's challenge to the US dominance in global commerce.