China, Trump and Trade War
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China's naphtha imports will hit record levels this year as new plants and caution over U.S. propane and ethane purchases will drive demand and support refiners' margins for the petrochemical feedstock,
China accounted for 5.89% of all U.S. trade in May, its lowest percentage in decades. Trump’s tariffs or trade trickery? It’s hard to dispute it’s a remarkable shift.
Article in top political journal reiterates argument that China supports globalisation in age of heightened protectionism.
China and Australia will keep open dialogue and look for areas of cooperation despite strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday after meeting China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
External demand continues to support Chinese economic growth, as the first-half trade surplus surged to a new high of $586bn.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony on security risks as the U.S. remains 100% import reliant on nearly a quarter of 50 critical minerals dominated by China.
BEIJING—China’s exports grew at a faster clip in June, topping market expectations as trade tensions with the U.S. eased following a round of bilateral talks. Outbound shipments rose 5.8% in June from a year earlier,
Since US President Donald Trump – just days into his second term – began imposing tariffs on China for its role in the flow of deadly opioids like fentanyl into the United States, Beijing’s message has been clear.
Details are still scarce on the agreement, which the president said will partly walk back some of the steep tariffs he threatened on the country last week.
The prime minister of Australia, a longtime US security partner in Asia, sought to focus his trip to China this week on business and trade opportunities, dodging thornier issues around US-China competition such as Taiwan or Beijing’s military expansion.