Tag: China

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  China hopes to welcome the US at the climate change UN summit in Chile

  

  China hopes to welcome the United States “back to the negotiating table” to discuss global efforts to limit climate change at a United Nations summit to be hosted by Chile in December, its top climate change envoy said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 18:23 UTC

  US extends reprieve, allows Huawei to buy US components

  

  The United States will extend a reprieve that permits China’s Huawei Technologies to buy components from US companies to supply existing customers, the Commerce Department said on Monday, but it also moved to add more than 40 of Huawei’s units to its economic blacklist.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 10:46 UTC

  China trusts Argentina and acquires 50% of lithium brine project in Jujuy

  

  China's Ganfeng Lithium , said on Sunday it had completed a US$ 160 million deal to raise its stake in the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine project in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina to 50%.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 10:43 UTC

  Beijing wants the full integration of Hong Kong and Macau to Shenzhen industrial hub

  

  China’s State Council has called for greater development of the southern city of Shenzhen and the integration of its culture and economy with neighboring Hong Kong and Macau. The directive comes as anti-government protests in Hong Kong threaten the status of the Asian financial hub.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 07:29 UTC

  WTO agrees to a Beijing request for a dispute channel on solar channels and US tariffs

  

  The World Trade Organization agreed on Thursday to China's request to create a dispute panel tasked with judging whether US tariffs on solar panels violate international trade rules. The trade restrictions were imposed by Donald Trump's administration last year, part of a raft of measures initiated by Washington that have triggered a tit-for-tat tariff war between the world's top two economies.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 07:00 UTC

  Trump reveals “productive” trade talks with Beijing and anticipates a “fairly short war”

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that U.S. and Chinese negotiators were holding “productive” trade talks and expected them to meet in September despite U.S. tariffs on over US$125 billion worth of Chinese imports taking effect Sept 1.

• Thursday, August 15th 2019 - 12:31 UTC

  Trump praises Xi and says the Chinese leader can “humanely” resolve the Hong Kong situation

  

  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Xi Jinping can “humanely” resolve the violent standoff with protesters in Hong Kong and appeared to suggest meeting the Chinese leader.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 07:11 UTC

  China anticipates less corn imports because of outbreaks of African swine fever

  

  China's agriculture ministry said it was lowering its forecast for corn consumption in the 2019/20 crop year amid outbreaks of African swine fever across the country.

• Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 07:32 UTC

  China's growth vulnerability to US tariffs exposed by the IMF

  

  China's economy already is slowing amid the trade conflict with the United States, but if Washington were to ramp up tariffs even further it could cut Chinese growth sharply, the IMF warned on Friday.

• Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 07:25 UTC

  Markets sharply lower as Trump says he's “not ready for a trade deal with China”

  

  President Donald Trump cast more doubt on chances for a trade deal with Beijing on Friday, signalling he might cancel talks set for September amid an intensifying US-China trade war.