China’s factory output growth slowed sharply in April while retail sales barely rose, highlighting fragile domestic demand and a prolonged property downturn, official data showed on Monday. rose 4.1% in April from a year earlier, missing analysts’ expectations for 6.0% growth and slowing from March»»»

The planet’s two most powerful chiefs locked horns in Beijing last week, with the whole world assessing every syllable and twitch from both. It was part performative theater, part secretive conclave. Xi Jinping and Donald Trump had a face-to-face summit for the first time in Trump’s second term. Be»»»

China has agreed to ramp up trade for U.S. agricultural products such as beef and poultry, buying at an annualized rate of $17 billion per year for 2026 and at that level for 2027 and 2028, the White House announced Sunday, two days after President Donald Trump returned from a high-stakes summit in»»»