WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday that the United States is trying to maintain a stable relationship with China, but if Beijing gets involved with Iran in a way that is counter to U.S. interests, that would complicate matters. “The underlying goals of our economies are so different….
MOSCOW, April 10 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that a visit to the United States by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special investment envoy did not mean that negotiations on a possible peace deal in Ukraine had resumed. Reuters reported on Thursday, citing sources with knowledge of the visit, that Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s envoy,…
In 2025, the EU exported €199.6 billion worth of goods to China and imported €559.4 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of €359.8 billion. Compared with 2024, exports decreased by 6.5% while imports increased by 6.4%. When looking at 2015, exports increased by 37.1% from €145.6 billion and imports by 89.0% from €295.9 billion. Source…
KYIV, April 10 (Reuters) – Ukraine is in talks with Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain to cooperate in the security sector and share its drone defence expertise and technology, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy visited several Middle Eastern countries last month to offer Ukraine’s technology and expertise on how to counter Iranian drone attacks. Security cooperation…
BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) – Beijing stands ready to work with North Korea to further improve ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a meeting with his North Korean counterpart on a visit to Pyongyang, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Beijing has been trying to draw Pyongyang back into its orbit after ties…
BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s top leader To Lam will visit China next week, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, as ties between the two nations continue to warm. Reuters first reported on the Vietnamese state president and party chief’s planned visit to its much larger and economically significant neighbour from April…
BUDAPEST, April 8 (Reuters) – Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday said Tehran’s negotiators thought the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreed to on Tuesday included Lebanon, but the U.S. had in fact not agreed to that. “I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just…
TAIPEI, April 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun left for China on Tuesday for a “peace” mission and a potential meeting with President Xi Jinping, as a senior Taiwanese minister detailed the number of Chinese warships currently deployed around the island. Cheng, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest opposition party, is travelling…
YAOUNDE, March 27 (Reuters) – Canada’s minister of international trade said on Friday that he hopes to conclude a free-trade agreement with South America’s Mercosur bloc by the autumn. “We’re stepping up the negotiation timelines a little bit. Hopefully we can have negotiations every six weeks or so, and hopefully we can get it done…
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) – Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal aimed at ending the war in the Middle East is expected later on Friday, according to a source briefed on the matter. U.S. President Donald Trump and top White House officials have been told via interlocutors that Iran’s counter-proposal would likely arrive Friday,…