Tag: US China trade

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Global trade tensions have investment on hold and promote poverty, World Bank claims

  

  As global trade tensions persist, investments are put on hold and without that cash to boost economic growth, poverty could surge, the World Bank's chief economist warned Tuesday. Without growth “inevitably, people will struggle”, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg said in an interview.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 05:51 UTC

  US/China trade negotiations have a deadline: March first, says Lighthizer

  

  U.S.-China trade negotiations need to reach a successful end by March 1 or new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying there is a “hard deadline” after a week of seeming confusion among President Donald Trump and his advisers.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 10:26 UTC

  US/China announcement of trade talks come as a relief to world markets

  

  The dollar stepped back from 13-1/2-month highs against other major currencies on Friday as talks next week between China and the United States offered some hope that the world’s two largest economies will find a way to head off a full-blown trade war.