Relations between the United States and China are tense, once again, with experts saying that the administration of US President Donald Trump “doesn’t quite know how to deal with China”. The latest flare-up took place when Beijing, on October 9, expanded its restrictions on the export of rare-earth metals, increasing the number of elements on…
US President Donald Trump said the deal had been negotiated over the last four to five months. Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed an agreement on rare earth and critical minerals as…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US President Trump makes announcement after being invited by the Chinese government. Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump has said he will visit China early next year after receiving an invitation from Beijing. “I’ve been invited to go to…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed plans to speak with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng on Friday in a further sign of easing tensions ahead of a potential meeting between the two countries’ leaders. “The vice-premier, who is my counterpart, and I will be speaking this evening at around 8.30, 9 o’clock,” Bessent said at the…
Australia may have spotted a lucrative hole in the market for rare-earth metals, which are crucial for the defence industry and for manufacturing products necessary for the development of artificial intelligence (AI), such as semiconductors. Last week, China, which has a stranglehold on the supply of these critical minerals, tightened its export controls over its…
Hi, this is Allen Wan in Shanghai. It’s getting difficult to keep score in the US-China trade war. Both countries are hitting each other with seemingly daily threats and harsh rhetoric, possibly to build leverage before a big potential meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the coming weeks. Source link
US stock futures rose slightly early Thursday as investors weighed promising corporate earnings against concerns about an escalating US-China trade war. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) nudged up 0.1%, while those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) put on roughly 0.2%. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) moved up 0.3%, on the heels of…
“DON’T WORRY about China, it will all be fine!” President Donald Trump posted on social media on October 12th, days after threatening retaliation for Beijing’s new export controls on batteries and rare earths. Don’t worry, world, it will all be fine, China’s Ministry of Commerce had said, roughly speaking, in a press briefing a day…
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar slipped on Thursday as the Sino-U.S. trade war sapped investor sentiment, while growing confidence of the U.S. Federal Reserve cutting its policy interest rate this year also weighed on the greenback. The euro rose 0.14% to $1.1664 in early trade, hitting a one-week high. The yen also…
US stock futures made slight gains Wednesday evening as investors weighed corporate earnings against the escalating US-China trade war. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) and the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) inched up 0.1%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) rose 0.2%. After the bell, Salesforce (CRM) stock advanced after…