The mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party has urged the nation to break through technological “choke points” and avoid becoming “subordinate to other nations” in a series spotlighting the country’s achievements in hi-tech industries. The series of editorials comes as Beijing prepares to outline its next five-year plan and amid a renewed escalation in trade…
By Eduardo Baptista and Selena Li BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -China called U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical on Sunday and defended its curbs on exports of rare earth elements and equipment, but stopped short of imposing new levies on U.S. products. Trump on Friday responded to Beijing’s most recent export controls…
The trade tensions between the United States and China have flared up once again, after a brief phase of calm, exposing how deep the divide and mistrust between the two giant economies still run.What began as a simmering disagreement over rare earth exports has now escalated into a full-blown confrontation, with both Washington and Beijing…
In a dramatic escalation of trade tensions, US President Donald Trump announced on October 10, 2025, that the US would impose an additional 100% tariff on all Chinese imports, effective November 1 or sooner if Beijing continues what he described as “aggressive” trade actions. US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the…
China has announced it is monitoring Mexico’s ongoing antidumping probes into Chinese products and urged the country to uphold World Trade Organization (WTO) rules throughout the process, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said, who was not identified. “We have noted that Mexico’s Ministry of Economy, at the request of domestic companies, has recently…