US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China would not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office. Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News, ahead of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “I will tell you, you know, you have…
United States President Donald Trump on Monday, August 11, extended the trade truce with China for another 90 days, delaying showdown between world’s two biggest economies. In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump announced that he signed an executive order that would extend the tariff suspension on China by another three months. He also…
Beijing and Washington are expected to extend their tariff truce by another three months at trade talks in Stockholm beginning on Monday, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter. More to come. Source link
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s disappearance from public view for two weeks is raising questions about who controls the reins in Beijing. The development comes in the backdrop of reports that his successor Wang Yang, a technocrat, is being groomed to take over. All this and more in our weekly roundup of stories from around the…
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has claimed that a number of countries are now prepared to supply Iran with nuclear warheads following the recent American airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. In a series of posts on X, Medvedev said the US operation-targeting sites in Isfahan, Natanz, and Fordow – had not only failed to achieve…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump have agreed the mounting conflict between Iran and Israel should be resolved by “diplomacy and dialogue”. UK PM Keir Starmer met US President Donald Trump at the White House.(AP file) The two leaders spoke on Friday evening, as western nations began a diplomatic flurry to…
In a dramatic twist during an already volatile trade showdown, US President Donald Trump heaped praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping, calling him “one of the smartest people in the world” even as both Washington and Beijing lobbed escalating economic threats at each other. The tensions flared further when Trump executed a stunning volte-face –…
Beijing: China and the United States moved towards an all-out trade war on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump imposed an astounding 104 per cent in tariffs across all Chinese imports. Locked in a high-stakes game of brinkmanship, both nations refused to back down, with Beijing vowing to fight against America’s aggression “to the end.”…
Washington: Donald Trump has followed through on his threat of “additional 50 per cent tariffs” on China starting Wednesday. The White House announced that this will make America’s new tariff on China an unprecedented 104 per cent. President Trump had given China 24 hours to roll back or “withdraw” the retaliatory 34 per cent tariff…
How do you deal with a bully? If you are China, you stand up to your bully, vowing that it will “fight to the end”. On Monday (April 7), signs of an all-out trade war loomed between the US and China after President Donald Trump threatened Beijing with another 50 per cent tariff unless it…