6 h. ago China and US trade negotiators vow to expand cooperation to stabilize trade ties

China and US trade negotiators vow to expand cooperation to stabilize trade ties  Anadolu Ajansı

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3 d. ago US Navy Ship Navigates Disputed South China Sea During Beijing Trade Negotiations

US Navy Ship Navigates Disputed South China Sea During Beijing Trade Negotiations  Maritime Fairtrade

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1 week ago Trump’s calls with Xi and Takaichi hint he won’t let Taiwan derail Beijing ties

US President Donald Trump’s phone calls with both his Chinese and Japanese counterparts this week suggest Washington is engaged in a delicate balancing act over the Taiwan issue. These high-level communications are also intended as a message to Japan, and other US allies, that Taiwan is not a top priority for the Trump administration and should not disrupt the stabilisation of Sino-American ties, according to diplomatic observers. On Tuesday morning, Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae...

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1 week ago Trump accepts Beijing visit as Xi–US call seeks stability in China ties

Trump accepts Beijing visit as Xi–US call seeks stability in China ties  Yeni Safak English

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2 w. ago We have 1 year: rare earth control pause may help mend China

China’s suspension of sweeping rare earth export controls has lent “new stability” to its ties with the European Union, the bloc’s ambassador to China has said, suggesting that the two sides now have a window to improve frosty relations. Speaking at a forum in Beijing on Thursday, Jorge Toledo initially offered a bleak assessment of the EU’s “difficult” relationship with China even after the high-profile summit in July between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Chinese...

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2 w. ago ‘We need stability’: China and Germany strive to reset trade ties in Beijing

Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil tried to find common ground after a financial dialogue in Beijing on Monday, with both officials saying the two countries should strengthen ties and support open, rules-based global trade. Klingbeil’s trip marked the first visit to China by a German minister since the new coalition government took office earlier this year and came at a delicate time for Sino-German relations, with Berlin gripped by supply chain anxieties...

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2 w. ago Bessent says 'all options are on the table' in China trade negotiations

Bessent says 'all options are on the table' in China trade negotiations  Fox News

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3 w. ago Vietnam’s property sector a prime example of Asia’s tariff resilience

In an interview with Fox News in April, Peter Navarro, US President Donald Trump’s senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing, described Vietnam as “essentially a colony of communist China”. For someone who believes trade negotiations with Beijing are pointless, such extremist views are unsurprising. Yet the fact that Navarro, the chief architect of Trump’s trade wars, has it in for Vietnam attests to both the vulnerability and the strength of the country’s manufacturing sector. Among the...

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3 w. ago Why Vietnam’s property sector has weathered Trump’s tariff typhoon well

In an interview with Fox News in April, Peter Navarro, US President Donald Trump’s senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing, described Vietnam as “essentially a colony of communist China”. For someone who believes trade negotiations with Beijing are pointless, such extremist views are unsurprising. Yet the fact that Navarro, the chief architect of Trump’s trade wars, has it in for Vietnam attests to both the vulnerability and the strength of the country’s manufacturing sector. Among the...

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4 w. ago Chinese students boost US education, Trump tariffs in court: 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. Chinese student boom helps create more university spots for Americans: study China’s university boom has helped boost US postgraduate education and local economies in college towns, according to a new study. 2. Chinese trade negotiator urges US to boost agricultural cooperation China’s key trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, has called on the US to create “a...

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4 w. ago Chinese trade negotiator urges US to boost agricultural cooperation

China’s key trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, has called on the US to create “a favourable atmosphere” for agricultural cooperation between the two countries. “We hope the US will work together with China, with a focus on the broader picture, to create a favourable atmosphere for practical cooperation in areas such as agriculture,” Li told a visiting US agricultural trade delegation in Beijing on Tuesday, according to a statement published by the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. Li said there...

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