Tag: China

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  US-China sign Phase One of trade deal, but some tariffs to remain until completion of Phase Two

  

  The United States will maintain tariffs on Chinese goods until the completion of a second phase of a United States-China trade agreement, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday, a day before the two sides are to sign an interim deal.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Leading Chinese auto makers planning to produce vehicles in Mexico

  

  At least three Chinese automakers are preparing to produce vehicles in Mexico or expand existing operations, the Mexican ambassador to China earlier this week, in what would be a boost to one of the Latin American country’s top export industries.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Money markets react to US decision reversing China as a currency manipulator

  

  The Yen plumbed an eight-month low while the Yuan climbed to its highest level since July on Tuesday after the U.S. Treasury Department reversed its decision in August to designate China as a currency manipulator.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  Beijing will not change its position despite Taiwan's president landslide election victory; threats from Xinhua news agency

  

  China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it, Beijing said on Sunday, after President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would not submit to China’s threats, as state media warned she was courting disaster.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 08:42 UTC

  All ready to sign US/China Phase 1 trade deal, following lengthy translation process

  

  China's commitments in the Phase 1 trade deal with the United States were not changed during a lengthy translation process and will be released this week as the document is signed in Washington, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Hong Kong troubles ensure election victory for Taiwan's incumbent candidate

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – “Over the past few years, China’s diplomatic offensives, military coercion, interference and infiltration have continued unabated,” said Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on New Year’s Day, as the Jan. 11 elections neared. “China’s objective is clear: to force Taiwan to compromise our sovereignty.” But every leader of her Democratic People’s Party (DPP) has always said that.

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 14:28 UTC

  Chinese fishing vessels withdraw from Indonesian EEZ, following standoff with Beijing

  

  Dozens of Chinese vessels which were fishing in Indonesia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in Natuna are leaving the area, the Indonesian military said on Thursday, after days of stand-off.

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  US/China second phase trade negotiations results after presidential election, Trump warns

  

  Negotiations for the second phase of a pending US-China trade deal will begin promptly but the outcome may wait until after this year's elections, President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

• Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil after other markets if US and China agree on farm deal, mainly soybeans

  

  Brazil could lose some recent gains it made in the global soy market during the US-China trade war if those two countries reach a deal to end their dispute, a Brazilian Agriculture Ministry official said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  WHO growing concern with a possible new coronavirus outbreak in China

  

  A cluster of more than 50 pneumonia cases in the central Chinese city of Wuhan may be due to a newly emerging member of the family of viruses that caused the deadly SARS and MERS outbreaks, World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.