The US government has granted tariff exclusions for smartphones, computers, and other electronics imported largely from China, sparing them from US President Donald Trump’s steep 125% reciprocal duties. In a notice to shippers, the US Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) agency published a list of tariff codes that will be excluded from the…
Donald Trump told his team that China should be the first one making a move in tariff agreement. President Donald Trump told his team that the US will not reach out to China first and that China must be the first to make the move, two senior White House officials told CNN as China slapped…
United States President Donald Trump on April 6 told reporters that China is holding back on approval for the sale deal for TikTok as a response to his tariffs, AFP reported. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump said that China “changed the deal because of tariffs”, and insisted that they would agree…
China showed its military might as Beijing conducted war-games around the Taiwan. The head of Taiwan’s National Security Council arrived in the United States for talks with President Donald Trump’s administration, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, days after China’s military concluded war games around Taiwan. Joseph Wu was leading a delegation…
In a stern order, the US government has banned American government personnel in China from establishing any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, The Associated Press reported. The directive, issued by the Donald Trump administration, also applies to diplomats, family members, and contractors with security clearances. The diktat was put into effect in January…
New Delhi: China “presents the most comprehensive and robust military threat to US national security” and is the top threat to American interests globally, said a report released by the US director of national intelligence (DNI) on Tuesday. The report presents “collective insights” of top US intel agencies into the security threats to the US…
While US President Donald Trump is talking to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, he’s also engaging with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. The American strategy is to drive a wedge between the two leaders and turn them against each other. The goal could be to have Russia turn against China and thus force Beijing to…
China firmly opposes the “weaponisation” of economic and trade issues, and is open to “candid dialogue” with the United States as equals, according to Vice-Premier He Lifeng, who met pro-Trump US Senator Steve Daines in Beijing on Saturday. He also informed Daines that Chinese Premier Li Qiang would meet him on Sunday, according to a…
US President Donald Trump has denied a New York Times report that his close ally, billionaire Elon Musk, was due to be briefed by the Pentagon on Friday about the US military’s plan for any war that might break out with China. “China will not even be mentioned or discussed,” Trump said in a…
In 2021, as US defence contractors sketched concepts for a futuristic drone controlled by blasts of air instead of mechanical flaps, China quietly flew one. Now, newly published research has revealed for the first time details of how Beijing outpaced Washington in this pivotal arms race. Next-generation air dominance hinges on eliminating traditional control surfaces….