Feb. 18, 2026, 9:33 a.m. CT BEIJING ― Chinese President Xi Jinping said the desire of the Chinese and American peoples for exchanges and cooperation will not change regardless of how bilateral relations evolve, in a reply to Iowa friends ahead of an expected meeting with President Donald Trump in April, according to Xinhua. “The hope of…
Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 9:26 p.m. ET Vice President JD Vance suggested San Francisco-born skier Eileen Gu should be competing for the U.S. as the Stanford student accumulates medals representing China in the Olympics. “I certainly think that somebody who grew up in the United States of America, who benefited from our education system, from…
Feb. 11, 2026, 4:52 p.m. ET A Southern California man has been sentenced for covertly operating as a Chinese agent while serving as campaign advisor for a local city council candidate and carrying out orders that included monitoring Taiwan’s former president during her 2023 visit to the state. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, of Chino Hills,…
Updated Jan. 28, 2026, 2:21 p.m. ET Chinese electric carmaker BYD plans to sell over a million plug-in models outside of China in 2026. A recent trade deal will allow up to 49,000 Chinese-made EVs, including BYD models, into Canada. BYD does not currently plan to sell its electric cars in the United States due…
Jan. 24, 2026, 2:24 p.m. ET President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it goes ahead with a trade deal with China in a Truth Social post on Jan. 24, following a string of insults lobbed at its neighbor during the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland,…
Updated Jan. 22, 2026, 2:33 p.m. ET General Motors Co. will shift production of the Buick Envision from China to Kansas in the Detroit automaker’s latest reshoring move under President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Production of the next-generation compact SUV is slated for 2028 at the Fairfax Assembly & Stamping plant in Kansas City, GM confirmed…
Updated Jan. 22, 2026, 9:41 a.m. ET China’s rapid electrification has been hailed as a miracle. By some measures, India is even further ahead. The nation is electrifying faster and using fewer fossil fuels per capita than China did when it was at similar levels of economic development, according to a new report from the…
Updated Jan. 20, 2026, 10:20 a.m. ET Canada and China announced a new trade agreement allowing up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market. The deal is expected to drive new Chinese investment in Canada’s auto manufacturing sector within three years. Canada’s Unifor union criticized the agreement, stating it puts Canadian auto jobs…
Updated Jan. 17, 2026, 4:09 p.m. ET A key Trump administration trade official is not concerned that Canada’s decision to allow limited electric vehicle imports from China will hurt U.S. automakers, he said Saturday at the Detroit Auto Show. “We have an enormous market share in Canada,” said U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer during…
Updated Jan. 16, 2026, 5:39 p.m. ET A new Canadian trade deal with China allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the country at a lower tariff rate was swiftly criticized by senior Trump administration officials as well as the leader of Canada’s main automaking province. “China now has a foothold in the Canadian market and…