The US and China have tentatively agreed to another truce in their trade war in order to resume talks aimed at resolving the dispute, sources familiar with the situation said. Details of the agreement are being laid out in press releases in advance of the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald […] Read more
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC that the U.S. and China were almost there on a trade deal. “We were about 90% of the way there (with a deal) and I think there’s a path to complete this,” he told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble in Manama, Bahrain on Wednesday. He said he’s confident President Donald Trump […] Read more
Xi Jinping will be visiting Japan for the first visit since becoming China’s president, when he heads to Osaka this weekend to attend the Group of 20 summit. While Xi got off to a strained start with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the two have made significant progress in turning around their countries’ tense bilateral […] Read more
A meeting between the two leaders has yet to be confirmed British Prime Minister Theresa May will raise concerns about the extradition bill in a meeting with Chinese Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua “Where the Internet is about availability of information, blogging is about making information creation available to anyone.” – George Siemens – Subscribe with THE ONLINE […] Read more
Sources warn that plan has generated concern about a lack of transparency and possible abuse of blacklist Measure to target organisations and individuals that pose a threat to Chinese firms or security was announced following US sanctions against Huawei “Journalism is an act of faith in the future.” – Ann Curry – Visit THE ONLINE PUBLISHERS […] Read more
A former leading trade advisor to President Donald Trump says he thinks the U.S. will emerge from its lengthy negotiations with China with a deal — but it won’t happen at the G-20 summit at the end of this month. “There won’t be a deal at the G-20,” Clete Willems tells Kayla Tausche at CNBC’s […] Read more
Beijing is turning the trade leaf: Its merchandise trade surplus with the U.S. is down at an annual rate of 10% in the first four months of this year. On current trends, that surplus could fall 24% in 2019. A friendly Trump-Xi meeting is likely during the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan later this month. […] Read more
US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping last met in Argentina in December on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Photo: AP A meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Japan next month is still up in the air as the “current conditions” are […] Read more
China produces 90 per cent of the world’s rare earth minerals, used in hi-tech production such as electric vehicles Rare earth minerals one of the few goods not hit by incoming US tariffs on US$300 billion of Chinese goods as trade war escalates ‘ Readers must think ‘this was written specifically for me’ for successful […] Read more
“By the way, you see the tariffs we’re doing? Because they broke the deal. They broke the deal,” Trump said Wednesday. “So they’re flying in, the vice premier tomorrow is flying in — good man — but they broke the deal. They can’t do that, so they’ll be paying.” Trump added that the United States […] Read more
