31 h. ago China sends back Boeing jet worth $55m as Trump tariffs continue to hurt trade

Beijing cautions third countries against making trade concessions to US at its expense

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31 h. ago China sends back Boeing jet as Trump tariffs escalate trade war with US

Beijing cautions third countries against making trade concessions to US at its expense

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5 d. ago JD Vance set for first official visit to India with wife Usha and family

US vice president to lead US trade delegation to New Delhi – alongside recreational visits to the Taj Mahal and Jaipur

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5 d. ago Putin’s play for an Indonesian airbase was always likely to fail – but Russia has wider ambitions

Russia remains a key arms supplier in South-east Asia, and Trump’s unstable leadership is providing more opportunities to make inroadsA defence industry report claiming that Russia requested a permanent base for its warplanes in Indonesia’s remote Papua region, right on Australia’s northern doorstep, sent Canberra into a tailspin. But in Indonesia, it was the frenzy whipped up in Australia’s tight election campaign that came as the real surprise.Foreign policy and defence experts are highly sceptical about the prospect that Jakarta would ever acquiesce to such a Russian request, and besides, it is hardly new. Moscow has sought permanent basing rights for its planes at Indonesia’s Biak airfield in Papua for almost half a century – and not once has it won approval. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago China says economy beat expectations to grow 5.4% ahead of Trump tariff war

Beijing expects Trump tariffs to put ‘certain pressures’ on its trade and economy

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7 d. ago China retaliates with travel restrictions on US officials after Tibet visa curbs

Beijing lashes out at Washington’s ‘arbitrary visa restrictions on Chinese officials’

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7 d. ago Trump says Xi in Vietnam to ‘screw’ US as China calls for unity against tariff ‘bullying’

Chinese president urges Vietnam to resist ‘unilateral bullying’

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8 d. ago Tariffs live: UK suspends some tariffs to ease business tension as trade deal ‘days away’

Breakthrough between UK and the US over tariffs could be reached in the coming days

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1 week ago Tariffs live: US central bank threatens to step in as Trump still defends levies

President insists policy ‘doing really well’ despite China hiking tariffs on American goods to 125 per cent

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1 week ago Tariffs live: Trump insists policy ‘doing really well’ despite China hiking levies on American goods to 125%

Beijing will ignore further US action as ‘there is no possibility of market acceptance for US goods’ at current tariff level

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1 week ago Tariffs live: White House insists countries need US markets to survive as ‘phones ringing’ to make trade deals

The share markets reacted after China lifted tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent and said it would ignore any further US levy increases in the escalating trade war

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1 week ago Tariffs live: Global markets unstable while Trump says US ‘doing really well’ on trade policy

The share markets reacted after China lifted tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent and said it would ignore any further US levy increases in the escalating trade war

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1 week ago Tariffs live: China hits US with fresh levies and vows it will ‘fight to the end’ in Trump trade war

China has lifted tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent and said it would ignore any further US levy increases in the escalating trade war

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1 week ago Tariffs live: China raises levies to 125% on US as Trump trade war escalates

British and European markets show signs of recovery as US president threatens to go ahead with ‘reciprocal’ levies

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1 week ago Tariffs live: Gold prices hit record high after Trump admits concerns over transition ‘costs’

Falling stocks across Asia follow Wall Street sell-off as US president threatens to go ahead with ‘reciprocal’ levies

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1 week ago Life in Shanghai, China’s commercial capital, goes on but anti

Chinese companies are relieved Trump’s wider tariffs have been paused but on social media, posts are full of defianceOn Thursday morning in Shanghai, as shoppers filled the luxury malls and delivery drivers whizzed around the winding streets at breakneck speed, financiers breathed a cautious sigh of relief. Overnight, US President Donald Trump had reversed course, announcing a 90-day pause on his so-called “reciprocal tariffs” of up to 50% for dozens of countries. Although China got no such reprieve – instead, the levy on Chinese goods was increased to 145% – the temporary return of normal trade channels showed Chinese businesspeople that all was not lost.Trump’s announcement of punitive tariffs on countries across south-east Asia had risked closing off the routes that Chinese companies have been using since his first term in office to circumvent his levies. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Tariffs live: Asian markets tumble after Trump admits concerns over ‘costs and problems’

Falling stocks across Asia follow Wall Street sell-off as US president threatens to go ahead with ‘reciprocal’ levies

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1 week ago India’s central bank cuts interest rates after Trump’s tariffs kick in

Reserve Bank lowers growth forecast after economists estimate US tariffs could shave 20-40 basis points off growth in world’s fifth-largest economy this year

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2 w. ago Trump tariffs live: EU pleads with China not to escalate trade war after FTSE finally rallies

Total new levies could climb to 104 per cent on Chinese goods imported into US this year

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2 w. ago China vows to fight Trump tariffs to the end with more ‘strong measures’ to come

Beijing calls US president’s threat to impose yet more tariffs ‘a mistake on top of a mistake’

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