US President Donald Trump signaled progress in the ongoing trade war with China, revealing that talks are moving in a positive direction, speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday (April 18). “By the way, we have nice conversations going with China … It’s, like, really very good,” Trump said, though he did not…
Donald Trump’s trade war may be a threat to China’s economy, but it may also offer a chance to improve relations with Europe and its neighbours in Asia, as well as “rehabilitating” its image internationally, according to analysts. Beijing has already started working to improve relations with these countries and forge alternative trade agreements and…
This week, EU Confidential is on a spring break — but with trade tensions between the U.S. and the rest of the world (China in particular) escalating, we thought it was the perfect moment to revisit a timely episode from our archives. As Trump’s new trade war heats up, with triple-digit tariffs hitting Chinese goods…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signaled a potential end to the tit-for-tat tariff hikes between the U.S. and China that shocked markets, and that a deal over the fate of social media platform TikTok may have to wait. “I don’t want them to go higher because at a certain point you make it where…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Washington and Beijing were talking and expressed confidence that a deal on tariffs would be reached soon but declined to say if he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping, as a brewing trade war threatens to roil the global economy. “We are confident that we will…
President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed confidence that the United States would reach a trade agreement with China, even as tensions between the two countries remain high and there is no clarity on when talks might resume. “Oh we’re going to make a deal,” Trump said from the White House in response to a reporter’s…
(Bloomberg) — China wants to see a number of steps from President Donald Trump’s administration before it will agree to trade talks, including showing more respect by reining in disparaging remarks by members of his cabinet, according to a person familiar with the Chinese government’s thinking. Most Read from Bloomberg Other conditions include a more…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Malaysia as part of a Southeast Asian tour which is seen as delivering a personal message that Beijing is a more reliable trading partner than the United States amid a bruising trade war with Washington. Xi arrived in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday…
U.S. President Donald Trump‘s moves to take China to task on trade are likely to backfire as his sweeping global tariffs hit allies as well as rivals, according to former national security advisor John Bolton. “This is certainly not the way you treat your friends. You don’t slap them in the face publicly and say,…
By Alice Philipson China’s President Xi Jinping urged Vietnam to join forces in upholding free trade, before wrapping up a visit to Hanoi on Tuesday which President Donald Trump said was aiming to “screw” the United States. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong pose for photos during a meeting at the Presidential…