Tag: Tianjin

• Friday, September 21st 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  US/Beijing trade war: China plans to reduce tariff rates on imports next October, reports Bloomberg

  

  China plans to reduce the average tariff rate on imports from most of its trading partners as soon as October, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. In July, China cut import tariffs on almost 1,500 consumer products ranging from cosmetics to home appliances as part of efforts to open up its economy, the world’s second biggest.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2015 - 10:25 UTC

  Chemical blast in Tianjin halts work at auto and farm equipment plants

  

  Toyota and John Deere have said they will halt work at plants near China's port of Tianjin where huge explosions last week killed more than 100 people. Toyota's production lines will be closed until the end of Wednesday while John Deere suspended work indefinitely.