11 h. ago China’s Xi makes a case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia

BANGKOK — China’s Xi is making the case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia this week, presenting China as a source of “stability and certainty.” On Monday, he was welcomed to Hanoi with pomp and ceremony by Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong. He arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, later Tuesday, for a three-day […]

Economics

22 h. ago China’s US Decoupling Collapses Trade in Key Petroleum Product

It’s been just days since China responded to US tariffs with its own set of eye-watering levies, but one corner of the petroleum market is already in crisis as bilateral trade collapses between the two heavyweights.

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43 h. ago China’s Commodities Imports Shrink Bar Oil as Trade Woes Worsen

China’s commodities imports mostly fell year-on-year in March, the last full month before the Trump administration choked off bilateral trade by imposing punitive levies on Chinese goods.

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45 h. ago China’s Xi says there are ‘no winners’ in a tariff war as he visits Southeast Asia

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping started a week of diplomacy in Southeast Asia with a visit to Vietnam on Monday, signaling China’ s commitment to global trade, just after U.S. President Donald Trump upended the global economy with his latest tariffs moves. Although Trump has paused some tariffs, China was the outlier, […]

Economics

4 d. ago Carney warns of signs that global economies are slowing amid Trump’s tariffs

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are signs the global and Canadian economies are slowing as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war escalated again Friday, with China announcing it will push up retaliatory tariffs to 125 per cent. “In the last week there have been a lot of developments in terms of U.S. […]

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4 d. ago Trade war ramps up as China retaliates by raising tariffs on U.S. imports

China hits back by raising tariffs on imported American products from 84 per cent to 125 per cent after the U.S. raising tariffs on China earlier this week.

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4 d. ago Here’s what some exporters in China say about Trump’s trade war

YIWU, China (AP) — The trade war between the world’s two largest economies is escalating as China on Friday slapped a 125% tariff on U.S. goods in response to President Donald Trump’s 145% tariff on Chinese products. Caught in the crosshairs are businesses that are part of the more than $582.4 billion trade between the […]

Economics

4 d. ago European Stocks Edge Higher With Index Set for Third Weekly Loss

European stocks rose, paring some of this week’s losses, with investors cautious about the economic effects from the US and China trade war.

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4 d. ago Trade War to Slash China’s Demand for Plastic Feedstock From US

China’s demand for some of the building blocks used to produce plastics is set to drop as costs rise because of the trade war between Beijing and Washington.

Economics

5 d. ago Apple has few incentives to start making iPhones in U.S., despite Trump’s trade war with China

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has been predicting its barrage of tariffs targeting China will push Apple into manufacturing the iPhone in the United States for the first time. But that’s an unlikely scenario even with U.S tariffs now standing at 145% on products made in China — the country where Apple […]

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5 d. ago China’s Consumer Deflation Persists as Trade War Poses New Risks

China’s consumer deflation extended for a second month in March, as an escalating trade war with the US threatens to put more downward pressure on prices.

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6 d. ago Trump Pauses Higher Duties on Most Nations, Hikes China Rate

President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher reciprocal tariffs that hit dozens of trade partners after midnight, while raising duties on China to 125%.

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6 d. ago Trump says countries are ‘kissing my ass’ to avoid tariffs amid trade war

U.S. President Donald Trump has long argued that tariffs are necessary to counteract America's trade deficit with global partners, including China.

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6 d. ago Trump Shock Pushes US and China Toward Decoupling Cliff Edge

An unraveling of the US-China trade relationship would be ‘disastrous,’ Yellen once warned

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6 d. ago Stampede out of stocks gathers momentum as China ups ante in trade war

'We’re reaching a new stage in the selloff'

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6 d. ago China raises its retaliatory tariff on the U.S. to 84% as it vows to ’fight to the end’

BANGKOK (AP) — China again vowed to “fight to the end” Wednesday in an escalating trade war with the U.S. as it announced it would raise tariffs on American goods to 84% from Thursday. Beijing also added an array of countermeasures after U.S. President Donald Trump raised the total tariff on imports from China to […]

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7 d. ago China’s Farm Sector Buckles Up for Tariffs as Trade War Worsens

Chinese tariffs on US agricultural goods will test the farm sectors of both nations.

Economics

7 d. ago China warns it will fight trade war ‘until the end,’ as Trump sows confusion over tariffs

Trump's slew of comments Monday offered little clarity about what he wants from trading partners in exchange for lowering tariffs — or whether he’s willing to do that at all

Economics

8 d. ago Xi Switches to Fighting Mode as Trump Trade Deal Looks Unlikely

President Xi Jinping’s decision to quickly retaliate against Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent the world a clear message: If the US wants a trade war, China is ready to fight.

Economics

1 week ago Stocks Tumble as Tariff War Overshadows Solid Jobs: Markets Wrap

Stocks tumbled around the world, bonds surged and oil hit a four-year low, with China stepping up its the fight against President Donald Trump’s trade war to intensify concerns about the economy despite signs of a solid jobs market.

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