China has granted export licences to eight new Australian facilities to start supplying beef, just months after introducing a range of trade measures and tariffs to protect its domestic cattle industry. China’s customs website (GACC) shows late on Friday (April 17), China approved access to six distribution centres (cold stores) and also two abattoirs —…
Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned that his country’s “former strengths” based on close ties to the United States have become its “weaknesses” and must be corrected. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney attends the Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, April 15, 2026. (AP) Carney made this statement in a nearly 10-minute-long…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Congressional Republicans are urging the Trump administration to make illegal Chinese-made e-cigarettes a bigger trade and law-enforcement priority, framing the issue as both a public health concern and a politically advantageous one for the 2026 midterms. “As trade discussions with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) advance,…
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shake hands as they leave after their talks in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) March 16, 2026 12:44 PM, EDT PARIS — China warned March 16 that U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves could harm the countries’ trade relationship, at the end of high-level talks in…
(cbarnesphotography/Getty Images) March 15, 2026 1:31 PM, EDT BEIJING — Representatives from Beijing and Washington began their economic and trade talks in Paris on March 15, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in about two weeks. The delegations, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese…
The Port of Los Angeles is seen from the Goodyear Blimp on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. Juliana Yamada | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images New data from the Port of Los Angeles shows that commitments made by China to buy more U.S. agricultural products as part of a trade bargain…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The United States is warning Peru that China’s growing control over a major Pacific port could threaten the country’s sovereignty, escalating tensions over Beijing’s expanding footprint in Latin America. The concern centers on the $1.3 billion deep-water port in Chancay, north of Lima, which has become a…
TOPSHOT – US President Donald Trump (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had a “long and thorough call” with…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump warned the U.K. Thursday against strengthening ties with China, hours after Prime Minister Keir Starmer met President Xi Jinping in Beijing to reset relations after a long period of strain. Trump’s remarks came as Starmer and Xi had called for a renewed “strategic partnership,”…