Tag: China

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 05:52 UTC

  Trump announces US$ 16billion to help farmers caught in the US/China trade dispute

  

  US President Donald Trump unveiled a new US$16 billion aid package to help farmers caught in the crossfire of his trade war with China. “The farmers have been attacked by China,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We're going to help out our farmers and we're giving them that level playing field that is so important.”

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Markets in the red on Wednesday over concerns with China-US trade dispute

  

  US stocks fell back into the red on Wednesday, putting equities down for three of the last four sessions as investors reacted to reports of possible new US-China trade frictions.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  President Xi tells China to prepare for increasingly complex and difficult times

  

  China must prepare for difficult times as the international situation is increasingly complex, President Xi Jinping said in comments carried by state media on Wednesday, as the country faces increased tariffs in a bitter trade war with Washington.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Trump says trade dispute with Beijing is making companies move out of China

  

  President Donald Trump said his tariffs on Chinese goods are causing companies to move production out of China to Vietnam and other countries in Asia, and added that any agreement with China cannot be a “50-50” deal.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  US eases some restrictions imposed on Huawei for 90 days

  

  The US government on Monday eased some restrictions imposed last week on China's Huawei, a sign of how the prohibitions on the telecommunications company may have far-reaching and unintended consequences.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 08:26 UTC

  Beijing replies to the US via the official media: Washington has “fragile nerves”

  

  The United States has “fabricated” accusations that China forces firms to hand over technology in exchange for market access, China's top Communist Party newspaper said on Saturday, the latest salvo in a bitter trade war.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 08:17 UTC

  Peru wants China to help finance a railway to the heart of South America

  

  Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra told news agency Reuters on Friday that China could partner with Bolivia and Peru on a massive intercontinental railway project that Peru once dismissed as too costly when pitched by China nearly three years ago.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  China not interested in trade talks; Beijing rekindles nationalist resilience during Korean War

  

  China may have no interest in continuing trade negotiations with the United States now, as it sees little “sincerity” in US President Donald Trump's recent approach, according to commentaries run by state media outlets on Friday.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  World's leading modern architect IM Pei dies aged 102

  

  IM Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died, the New York Times reported on Thursday. He was 102.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Beijing cancels major pork order from the US; China a leading market for US hog industry

  

  The same week United States President Donald Trump announced sweeping increases on tariffs against Chinese goods, Chinese buyers dropped orders for 3,247 metric tons of US pork - the biggest cancellation in more than a year, according to US Department of Agriculture data released on Thursday.