China issued a blunt warning to Washington after President Donald Trump threatened a new round of 100% tariffs, stating that it prefers diplomacy over confrontation but will not hesitate to retaliate if provoked. This back-and-forth tariff warning threatens to derail a possible meeting between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping and end a truce in…
For months, bubbling trade tensions between China and the US seemed to calm to a simmer, with words like “thaw” and “truce” swapped in for warnings of economic “war.” Now, hostilities appear to be returning to full boil. A series of tit-for-tat moves this week by the two superpowers has thrust trade hostilities back in…
AI image for representation The TOI correspondent from Washington: The trade war between the United States and China dramatically escalated this week, reaching a new and alarming phase after tit-for-tat export controls that rattled markets even as they were closing on Friday. Barring a pullback by both sides over the weekend, more pain is expected…
Beijing’s rare-earth bombshell – On October 9, 2025, China dramatically expanded export controls on critical rare earth metals, adding five more elements (holmium, erbium, thulium, europium, ytterbium) to an export-restricted list that already included seven others [1] [2]. In total, 12 of the 17 rare-earth elements are now under Chinese export curbs [3]. Beijing also imposed new licensing requirements on dozens of…
Residents of China’s capital city, Beijing, on Saturday showed indifference and defiance about United States President Donald Trump’s recent decision to impose harsh new tariffs on the country, AFP reported. On Friday, Trump unexpectedly announced that the United States would impose an extra 100 percent tariff on all imports from China starting from November 1,…
Here’s why Trump is threatening 100% tariff on China President Donald Trump issued a new threat in his trade war with China on Friday in response to new export controls on rare earth minerals. Updated: 9:16 AM EDT Oct 11, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ Stocks fell sharply on Friday after President Donald Trump announced plans…
US President Donald Trump on Friday reignited his trade war with China, announcing an additional 100 per cent tariff on Chinese imports, escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies. US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, western Japan,…
US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs on rare earth minerals. Trump said the extra levies, plus US export controls on “any and all critical software,” would come…
China tightened export controls for critical rare-earth metals on Thursday. The new restrictions were announced by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, and come ahead of an expected meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump’s later this month. The world’s two largest economies have been locked in trade negotiations aimed at…
China announced it is tightening the export of rare earth technologies, broadening restrictions that have been a source of tension between Beijing and Washington. Technologies related to the extraction of rare earth minerals, manufacturing of magnets and recycling of rare earths are banned from being exported unless permitted, according to a notice published Thursday by…