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Xi Jinping goes on charm offensive as Asia reels from tariff whiplash
The message Xi is sending on his tour is loud and clear. China is seeking to capitalize on the Trump administration’s ...
China has a powerful card to play in its fight against Trump’s trade war: rare earths
Less than a year into Donald Trump’s first trade war with China, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a high-profile visit to an unassuming factory in Ganzhou, an industrial city nestled among rolling ...
'Let those US peasants wail in front of 5,000 years of Chinese civilisation!': Beijing fires extraordinary trade war broadside following JD Vance's slur
Beijing has branded the US tariffs as 'extremely shameless' today and warned that bullying has never worked on Chinese people - including those from Hong Kong.
Vance says good chance of UK-US trade deal, as Trump considers pharma and chip tariffs
US Vice President JD Vance says there is a "good chance" a trade deal could be reached with the UK, as the dust continues to settle from America's global trade shakeup. "We're certainly working very ...
UK in 'good position' for US trade agreement, as Vance talks up chances of deal
The UK, US, Europe and China rely heavily on Taiwan for semiconductors. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) provides over half of the world's supply, including for AMD, Apple, ARM, ...
In latest salvo against tariffs, China assails ‘peasants in the U.S.’
As the global trade war worsens, Beijing is shifting gears — from attempting to communicate with the White House to hitting back frequently and forcefully.