55 h. ago Free trade agreement and China’s rise hailed as yielding benefits to Australians

Free trade agreement and China’s rise hailed as yielding benefits to Australians  chinadailyasia.com

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3 d. ago U.S., China announce a trade agreement – again. Here’s what it means

U.S., China announce a trade agreement – again. Here’s what it means  The Hill

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4 d. ago U.S. and China Confirm Trade Agreement, Lutnick Says 10 More Deals on the Way

U.S. and China Confirm Trade Agreement, Lutnick Says 10 More Deals on the Way  Barron's

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4 d. ago Beijing confirms that it has signed a trade agreement with the US

Beijing confirms that it has signed a trade agreement with the US  Euronews.com

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4 d. ago China, US reach agreement on export controls as trade talks bear fruit

China said on Friday that it would review and approve export applications for controlled items while the US would also remove some of its limits – confirming much-needed progress in trade talks centred on the two countries’ extensive, reciprocal export controls. Beijing and Washington have been in close communication since a two-day round of trade talks in London ended earlier this month, with both sides further confirming details of the framework solidified in those meetings, China’s Ministry...

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4 d. ago US ‘close to 10 trade deals’ after China rare earth agreement reached – business live

US ‘close to 10 trade deals’ after China rare earth agreement reached – business live  The Guardian

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4 d. ago 'We are having some great deals': Trump announces trade agreement with China; says 'very big one' coming up with India

'We are having some great deals': Trump announces trade agreement with China; says 'very big one' coming up with India  Times of India

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4 d. ago Trump says US signed agreement with China; White House clarifies

The United States and China reached a “framework” agreement aimed at implementing a deal based on trade talks that started in Geneva, Switzerland last month, the White House said. The clarification came shortly after US President Donald Trump said that the US had signed a trade agreement with Beijing a day earlier, offering no further details. “Everybody, everybody wants to make a deal and have a part of it, right? I know [US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer] and [Commerce Secretary] Howard...

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4 d. ago Trump Says He Signed Trade Deal With China, Teases India Agreement

Trump Says He Signed Trade Deal With China, Teases India Agreement  Newsweek

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4 d. ago Trump says China trade deal done, hints at 'very big' agreement with India

Trump says China trade deal done, hints at 'very big' agreement with India  India Today

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4 d. ago Trump says China trade deal done, hints at 'very big' trade agreement with India

Trump says China trade deal done, hints at 'very big' trade agreement with India  India Today

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8 d. ago Can China build on eased trade tensions with US amid Trump’s many distractions?

While the US-China talks in London earlier this month suggested Beijing had the negotiating edge over Washington’s other major trading partners, observers warn that China may need to temper expectations of a restoration of senior-level exchanges. US President Donald Trump’s competing priorities – both domestically and internationally – could distract his administration from the pressing need to establish a lasting agreement on US-China trade relations, they said. But while the Trump...

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1 week ago UK Scotch whisky makers cheer news of FTA with India, eye expansion

Global Scotch whisky producers are eagerly eyeing India after New Delhi and London concluded their long-awaited free trade agreement (FTA), as lower tariffs are set to propel sales in the world’s largest market for the popular alcoholic drink. Finalised last month, the deal will lead to India halving its levy on British whiskies and gin from 150 per cent to 75 per cent starting from the middle of next year, and reducing it further to 40 per cent over a 10-year period. While this could make...

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2 w. ago Chinese solar firms bank on overseas expansion to survive amid US tariffs

Chinese solar and energy-storage companies will continue to press ahead with their overseas expansion with or without a long-term agreement on trade tariffs, as production abroad holds the key to their long-term survival, according to executives at China’s largest solar industry exhibition. Although the US and China reached a 90-day truce in their ongoing tariff war in May, solar panel exports from China and Southeast Asia to the US are still subject to tariffs of as much as 3,521 per cent, with...

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2 w. ago Trump cannot hope to solve a China ‘problem’ he has misdiagnosed

Amid a US-China trade truce, negotiators in London reached a “framework” agreement to activate the Geneva deal, raising hopes for an immediate alleviation of the trade conflict, including potentially a US commitment to revoke some of its tech embargoes in return for China’s relaxation of rare earth export restrictions. The full details of the London agreement are expected to be available after both US President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping have approved it. The two-day London...

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2 w. ago Trump’s fundamental mistake is in seeing China as America’s problem

Amid a US-China trade truce, negotiators in London reached a “framework” agreement to activate the Geneva deal, raising hopes for an immediate alleviation of the trade conflict, including potentially a US commitment to revoke some of its tech embargoes in return for China’s relaxation of rare earth export restrictions. The full details of the London agreement are expected to be available after both US President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping have approved it. The two-day London...

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2 w. ago US stock futures lower after US and China reach trade agreement

US stock futures lower after US and China reach trade agreement  USA Today

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2 w. ago China, US officials agree to ‘framework’ that will need approvals by Xi, Trump

China and the United States wrapped up two days of high-level trade talks in London with an agreement “in principle to a framework” that each side will bring home for review by their top leaders. “The two sides agreed in principle a framework for implementing the consensus” that Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump reached in their phone call last week, and the consensus of high-level bilateral negotiations in Geneva last month, China’s top trade negotiator Li Chenggang...

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3 w. ago Will Sri Lanka and China push for FTA or just engage in economic diplomacy?

A long-delayed free-trade agreement (FTA) between Sri Lanka and China appears to be back on the agenda, even as analysts warn that the crisis-hit South Asian nation is not expected to benefit much from it for years after its implementation. Sri Lanka’s officials are cautiously optimistic the FTA could help narrow the country’s huge trade deficit with China. First proposed in 2014, talks between both sides for an FTA have been on hold for the past six years because Sri Lanka did not agree to some...

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3 w. ago Trump announces trade agreement with China: 'We have the deal'

Trump announces trade agreement with China: 'We have the deal'  Fox News

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