9 h. ago China's vice president calls for 'partnership' with US ahead of possible Xi

China's vice president calls for 'partnership' with US ahead of possible Xi-Trump meeting  TRT World

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15 h. ago Ghana's Ambassador to China shines in Beijing as President Mahama leads state visit

Ghana's Ambassador to China shines in Beijing as President Mahama leads state visit  GhanaWeb

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47 h. ago GM's president says Western automakers have one big lesson to learn from China's EV giants

GM's president says Western automakers have one big lesson to learn from China's EV giants  businessinsider.com

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49 h. ago Is China President Xi Jinping picking his successor? Key Beijing meet holds key

Is China President Xi Jinping picking his successor? Key Beijing meet holds key  The Economic Times

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63 h. ago President Trump defends approach to China during Fox News interview

President Trump defends approach to China during Fox News interview  Straight Arrow News

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4 d. ago Trump confirms Xi meeting, retreats on 100% tariffs: ‘not sustainable’

In a turnaround from the tough stance he took a week ago, US President Donald Trump said Friday that he planned to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea in two weeks and suggested that imposing an additional 100 per cent tariff on all Chinese goods appeared unworkable. But he also blamed China for the latest stand-off in trade talks. The mercurial president called into question his planned sit-down with Xi seven days ago and threatened the draconian tariff increase in addition to...

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5 d. ago Carney walks fine line between Washington, Beijing as Ottawa weighs EV tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said he expects to meet senior Chinese leaders in the “coming month or so” as part of a broad re-engagement with Beijing, but declined to say whether Ottawa will lift tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. “We are in the process of having those discussions on a much broader range of issues than single sectors and single trades,” Carney said at a press conference. “And when we look at the auto sector, we take into account the dynamics with the United...

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5 d. ago Carney expects to meet senior China leaders, sidesteps question on tariffs

Carney expects to meet senior China leaders, sidesteps question on tariffs  Reuters

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5 d. ago China’s top advisory body revives Xi’s ideas on unity ahead of fourth plenum

China’s top political advisory body has brought new attention to President Xi Jinping’s ideas on balancing diversity and unity ahead of a key conclave of the Communist Party. It also threw punches at Western-style multiparty political systems, championing the consultation mechanism led by the ruling party in China. “The united front is a combination of unity and diversity,” the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) wrote in an article published in the party mouthpiece...

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6 d. ago Trump’s cooking oil embargo threat, ‘red gift bag’ arrest: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump threatens China with cooking oil embargo over soybean snub US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called China “economically hostile” for not buying American soybeans and threatened to halt imports of cooking oil and other products from the country in retaliation. 2. ‘Red gift bag’: US national security expert arrested over classified documents Ashley...

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7 d. ago China's top legislator meets Liberian senate president pro tempore

China's top legislator meets Liberian senate president pro tempore  Xinhua

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8 d. ago How India’s purchases of Russian oil are reshaping global energy trade

Western sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine have shifted global energy flows, with India and China emerging as prominent buyers of Russian oil. The question is no longer from whom New Delhi and Beijing will purchase energy, but in which currency they will pay. Amid warming ties between India and China following US President Donald Trump’s imposition of sweeping tariffs on Indian exports after New Delhi refused to stop purchasing Russian oil, Indian traders are reportedly asking...

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8 d. ago Trump’s tariffs are pushing India closer to Russia and China

Western sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine have shifted global energy flows, with India and China emerging as prominent buyers of Russian oil. The question is no longer from whom New Delhi and Beijing will purchase energy, but in which currency they will pay. Amid warming ties between India and China following US President Donald Trump’s imposition of sweeping tariffs on Indian exports after New Delhi refused to stop purchasing Russian oil, Indian traders are reportedly asking...

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8 d. ago Wall Street stocks bounce as Trump softens posture on China after tariff threats

Wall Street stocks rebounded on Monday from steep pre-weekend falls as US President Donald Trump softened his posture on China following earlier threats of large tariffs. European stock markets made modest gains while Asia’s leading stock markets began the week in the red as they caught up with Wall Street’s sharp losses on Friday. Gold reached a fresh record high thanks to its status as a safe-haven investment. “Things have calmed down almost as dramatically as the flare up on Friday when...

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8 d. ago Wall Street rebounds as Trump softens posture on China tariffs

Wall Street stocks rebounded on Monday from steep pre-weekend falls as US President Donald Trump softened his posture on China following earlier threats of large tariffs. European stock markets made modest gains while Asia’s leading stock markets began the week in the red as they caught up with Wall Street’s sharp losses on Friday. Gold reached a fresh record high thanks to its status as a safe-haven investment. “Things have calmed down almost as dramatically as the flare up on Friday when...

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8 d. ago Bitcoin climbs after President Trump says trade relations with China will be fine: CNBC Crypto World

Bitcoin climbs after President Trump says trade relations with China will be fine: CNBC Crypto World  CNBC

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8 d. ago Trump’s tariff tirade is nothing more than hurtful political theatre

Markets that seemed initially unconcerned about US-China trade tensions reacted sharply last Friday to US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose an extra 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports. Wall Street, driven by AI-focused tech companies, lost around US$2 trillion in value. This increase in dependence on China’s supply chain suggests that any further escalation could trigger a market bubble burst. Mixed messaging from Trump to try to keep China off balance isn’t helping to ease...

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9 d. ago US trade envoy says China ‘deferred’ when US tried to discuss export controls

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday that the US reached out to China for a phone call following an announcement that it was expanding its rare earths export controls but Beijing deferred. “I can tell you that we were not notified, and quickly, as soon as we found out from public sources, we reached out to the Chinese to have a phone call, and they deferred,” Greer told Fox News’ Sunday Briefing, while calling China’s move “a power grab”. US President Donald Trump responded on...

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9 d. ago US trade envoy Jamieson Greer calls China’s new rare earths curb a ‘power grab’

The outlook for US-China relations appeared to hit another snag on Sunday when the US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that China had rebuffed an attempt to communicate, even as US President Donald Trump appeared to downplay the ongoing trade differences. This follows Trump’s threat on Friday to impose an extra 100 per cent tariff on all Chinese goods starting November 1 and to curb the export of “any and all critical software”, a doubling down on his China trade policy a day after...

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9 d. ago US has 'far more cards than' China, says Vice President Vance amid trade tensions

US has 'far more cards than' China, says Vice President Vance amid trade tensions  Anadolu Ajansı

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