Tag: US-China trade war
Trump ‘likely’ to announce new China tariffs as early as Monday
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is likely to announce new tariffs on about $200 billion on Chinese imports as early as Monday, a senior...
China says world trade system not perfect, needs reform
BEIJING: The current world trade system is not perfect and China supports reforms to it, including to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to make...
China blasts US solar tariffs, takes WTO action
BEIJING: China has blasted US tariffs on solar panel imports, filing a complaint at the World Trade Organization in the latest salvo of the...
Chinese media warns against ‘wantonly’ rising tariffs in US trade war
BEIJING (Reuters): Certain people who want to wield the “stick of hegemony” on China with tariffs for their own personal ends will only end...
Chinese newspaper mocks Trump’s claim of winning trade war as ‘wishful...
SHANGHAI (Reuters): Chinese state media kept up their criticism of US President Donald Trump’s trade policies, with a newspaper on Tuesday describing as “wishful...
Trump’s trade ‘extortion’ won’t work, China state media says
BEIJING: Chinese state media on Monday lambasted US President Donald Trump’s trade policies in an unusually personal attack, and sought to reassure investors worried...
China says it wants to resolve differences with US ‘on equal...
SINGAPORE: China is willing to resolve differences with the United States on an equal footing, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Friday after...
China vows retaliation if Trump slaps 25 percent tariff on $200...
BEIJING: China said on Wednesday that “blackmail” wouldn’t work and that it would hit back if the United States takes further steps hindering trade,...
Trump to propose 25-percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese imports
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration plans to propose slapping a 25-percent tariff on $200 billion of imported Chinese goods after initially setting them at 10...
US Senate quietly votes to cut tariffs on hundreds of Chinese...
WASHINGTON: As trade tensions escalate between Washington and Beijing, the US Senate quietly passed legislation on Thursday that would lower trade barriers on hundreds...
Trump says China is targeting US farmers, being ‘vicious’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China of targeting American farmers in a “vicious” way and using them as leverage to get...
China says US-led trade war has become biggest ‘confidence killer’ for...
BEIJING: The US-driven trade war has become the biggest “confidence killer” for the global economy, China’s foreign ministry warned on Wednesday, saying the whole...
China’s record trade surplus with US risks further inflaming trade tensions
BEIJING: China’s trade surplus with the United States swelled to a record in June as its overall exports remained solid, a result that could...
US ups China trade war ante, threatens tariffs on $200 billion...
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration raised the stakes in its trade dispute with China, threatening 10 percent tariffs on a list of $200 billion worth...
Dueling tariffs raise fears of long US-China trade battle
BEIJING: The United States and China exchanged the first salvos in what could become a protracted trade war on Friday, slapping tariffs on $34...
China says has begun implementing some retaliatory tariffs on US goods
BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Beijing has already begun implementing tariffs on some US goods in retaliation for US duties on...
US tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese imports take effect...
WASHINGTON: US tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports took effect as a deadline passed on Friday, and with Beijing having vowed to respond...
