China and U.S. to review trade deal and air other grievances Aug 15
Senior U.S. and Chinese officials will review the implementation of their Phase 1 trade deal and likely air mutual grievances in an increasingly tense relationship during an Aug. 15 videoconference, two people familiar with the plans said. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Chinese Vice ...
China demands U.S. close Chengdu consulate in tit-for-tat move
China ordered the U.S. to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, after the American government forced China to leave its mission in Houston earlier this week in a rare decision. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Friday that ...
Mike Pompeo urges more assertive approach to 'Frankenstein' China in major speech
Speaking at the Nixon Library in California, Pompeo said the late U.S. leader's worry about what he had done by opening the world to China's Communist Party in the 1970s had been prophetic.
Trump ends Hong Kong's preferential status over new security laws
Citing China's new national security law for Hong Kong, Trump said he signed an executive order that will end the preferential economic treatment enjoyed by Hong Kong.
Trump says phase-two China trade deal unlikely at this point
U.S. President Donald Trump said a phase-two trade deal with China isn’t under consideration, saying the relationship between Washington and Beijing has deteriorated too much. "I don’t think about that,” Trump said Friday when asked about the possibility of a second round of trade agreements ...
From Hong Kong to TikTok, China-U.S. rivalry widens from trade to everything
The U.S.-China rivalry is shifting into new and unpredictable areas, engulfing everything from a popular video app to Hong Kong’s status as a global financial hub. The latest tensions are overshadowing a trade agreement in January that was meant to draw a line under the ...
Trump's threat to 'decouple' U.S. and China hits trade and investment reality
Conflicting talk from White House officials about "decoupling" the U.S. economy from China is running into a challenging reality: Chinese imports of U.S. goods are rising, investment by American companies into China continues, and markets are wary of separating the world's biggest economies. U.S. President ...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his threat to cut ties with China, a day after his top diplomats held talks with Beijing and his trade representative said he did not consider decoupling the U.S. and Chinese economies a viable option. The top U.S. ...
Can the U.S. end China’s control of the global supply chain?
The trade war amplified calls in the U.S. and elsewhere for reducing dependence on China for strategic goods. Now, the pandemic has politicians vowing to take action. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has talked about bringing supply chains home from China, and even ...
Millions of newly jobless in China pose a looming threat to Xi
The Pearl River Delta industrial belt has served as one of China’s most important growth engines since the Communist Party opened the economy four decades ago, propelling its rise to become one of the world’s leading powers. But now in Guangdong, a southern coastal province ...
Trump administration stepping up efforts to rip global supply chains from China
Recent U.S. policy has been defined by tussles between pro-trade advisers and China hawks; now the latter say their time has come.
Trump's China trade deal turns from re-election asset to albatross
The trade agreement U.S. President Donald Trump signed with China less than four months ago has gone from a cornerstone of his re-election bid to a potential political liability as the pandemic sours the relationship between the world’s two biggest economies. The phase-one pact, which ...
