Tag: China

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  US/China trade talks make “substantial progress”; Trump delays deadline for more tariffs

  

  The United States is delaying a planned increase of tariffs on more than US$200 billion in Chinese exports after “substantial progress” made in trade talks, President Donald Trump said on Sunday. Trump also said he planned to hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping at his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago to ink a deal.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  China and US hail progress in trade talks: “a deal more likely than not” said Trump

  

  Chinese negotiators have agreed to extend their stay in Washington, as the US and China push to strike a trade deal. The decision was the latest sign that the two countries may be nearing an agreement, as they look for a way out of last year's punishing trade war.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 10:11 UTC

  Argentine foreign minister gives India some advice on Chinese penetration

  

  If India has to compete with China in Latin America, then it has to be “absolutely active” in the region, Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Faurie said on Tuesday during the business forum in New Delhi.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 10:01 UTC

  Europe's biggest bank slower profits blamed on tepid growth in China and UK

  

  HSBC warned it may have to delay some investments this year as Europe's biggest bank missed 2018 profit forecasts due to slowing growth in its two home markets of China and Britain. HSBC reported a drop in fourth-quarter revenue amid tumbling stock markets that sapped customer's confidence in investing.

• Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Hammond visit to China called off amid reports of Beijing anger with UK defense actions

  

  A visit to China by Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been called off amid reports a speech by the UK's defense secretary angered Beijing. There were plans for trade talks between Mr Hammond and senior Chinese government figures during the brief visit this week. But last week, Gavin Williamson had indicated the UK's intention to send an aircraft carrier to the Pacific.

• Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  US/China trade talks resume in Washington... and are going “extremely well”

  

  US-China trade talks aimed at ending a damaging tariff war will resume from this Tuesday in Washington, the White House has announced. The last set of talks ended Friday in Beijing with no deal, though US President Donald Trump said the discussions were going “extremely well” and suggested he could extend a Mar 1 truce deadline for an agreement to be reached.

• Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 11:30 UTC

  China/US trade talks break down; Washington warns “very difficult issues” remain unresolved

  

  Trade talks between the US and China have broken up without a deal, with the US warning that “very difficult issues” remain unresolved. The talks in China this week were aimed at securing a new deal before further US tariffs are imposed on 1 March. China said negotiations would now continue in the US next week.

• Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 10:22 UTC

  US/China trade talks take off in Beijing with much expectations

  

  United States and Chinese negotiators kicked off two days of official trade talks in Beijing on Thursday as the world's top two economies try to patch up their festering economic dispute. Pressure to seal an accord ahead of a March deadline lessened before the talks as US President Donald Trump indicated on Tuesday in Washington he was open to extending a trade truce, depending on progress in Beijing.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Trump open to extending the deadline for a trade deal with China

  

  United States president Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would consider extending the deadline for a trade deal with China beyond March first.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  China iron ore futures soar on concerns over the Vale tragedy in Brazil

  

  China iron ore futures rose to a record on Monday, the first session after a week-long national holiday, on concerns that supply from Brazil, the country’s second-largest ore supplier, may decline after a fatal dam accident at a Vale mine.