Tag: Trade talks

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  China ready to fight the US on trade, but the door still open for talks, Beijing defense minister says

  

  China is ready to fight the US on trade but the door is still open for talks, the country's defense minister said on Sunday. “On the trade friction started by the US: if the US wants to talk, we will keep the door open. If they want to fight, we are ready,” General Wei Fenghe told an international security dialogue in Singapore.

• 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.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Xi promises a far more open China to the world, despite the trade dispute with US

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged that his country will be even more open to the world and debunked the notion of a “clash of civilization ”, even as his country remains mired in a trade war with the United States.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  China reports weaker industrial output and retail sales during April: stimuli round the corner?

  

  China on Wednesday reported surprisingly weaker growth in industrial output and retail sales for April, reinforcing expectations that Beijing needs to roll out more stimulus measures as the trade war with the United States escalates.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil's Real slides past 4.00 to the US dollar as China/US trade dispute escalates

  

  Brazil’s Real weakened past 4.00 per dollar for the first time in three weeks on Monday as an escalation in the U.S.-China trade war sent emerging markets reeling and a weekly snapshot of domestic growth forecasts fell to a new 2019 low.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Trade talks with Beijing escalate: China will not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harms its interests

  

  The United States and China appeared at a deadlock over trade negotiations on Sunday as Washington demanded promises of concrete changes to Chinese law and Beijing said it would not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harmed its interests.

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Trump orders a new tariff hike on Chinese products as trade talks remain “candid and constructive”

  

  US President Donald Trump cranked up the heat on Friday in a trade battle with China, ordering a tariff hike on almost all remaining imports from the world's second-biggest economy, putting at risk global growth and the stability of financial markets.

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Trump admits receiving a “beautiful letter” from Chinese president Xi Jinping

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had received a “beautiful letter” from Chinese President Xi Jinping, as negotiations on a trade deal between the two countries continue in Washington.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  World markets on the edge waiting for Friday's China/US trade talks outcome

  

  Asian markets once again fell into the red on Thursday as investors anxiously await the start of high-stakes trade talks between China and the United States. After several rounds of negotiations, the two-day meeting in Washington, which kicks off later in the day, has taken on huge significance after Donald Trump threatened to ramp up tariffs on Chinese goods from Friday blaming backsliding by Beijing.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Chinese backtrack prompted Trump to announce raising tariffs next Friday

  

  Top US trade officials said on Monday that China had backtracked on previous commitments made in talks, and that this reversal was what prompted President Donald Trump’s earlier announcement that the United States would raise tariffs on billions of Chinese goods next Friday.