Donald Trump announced on Monday $12bn in economic assistance to farmers, which he said would be drawn from tariff revenue. “This relief will provide much-needed certainty to farmers as they get this year’s harvest to market and look ahead to next year’s crops, and it’ll help them continue their ef»»»

China’s trade surplus stood at US$111.68 billion in November, up from US$90.07 billion recorded the previous month. (AFP pic) BEIJING: China’s exports topped forecasts in November, buoyed by a boost from a tariff truce with the US even as weak factory activity and vanishing returns from front-loadi»»»

Shipments of U.S. crops to China are accelerating after a tense tariff war had stalled trade for months, with at least six bulk cargo vessels scheduled to load with soybeans at Gulf Coast terminals through mid-December, according to a shipping schedule seen by Reuters on Tuesday. A seventh U.S. soy»»»

China’s factory activity staged a slight improvement in November, but once again printed below the median estimate and extended its streak of declines to a record as the country’s economic slowdown deepens. The official manufacturing PMI rose to 49.2 from 49.0 in October but remained below the 50 m»»»

President Donald Trump said Monday he has accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Beijing in April and has invited Xi for a U.S. state visit next year. Trump announced the plans after a phone call with Xi, nearly a month after their in-person meeting in South Korea. The le»»»

BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The atmosphere of the phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday was "positive, friendly and constructive," said Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Tuesday. Mao told a regular press briefing that this phone c»»»

President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting at the Gimhae International Airport terminal, on Thursday, October 30, 2025, in Busan, South Korea. File Photo by Daniel Torok/The White House/UPI | License Photo Nov. 9 (UPI) -- China's Commerce Ministry announce»»»

Beijing [China], November 9 (ANI): China's Ministry of Commerce on Sunday announced that it will temporarily suspend part of its export control measures on certain dual-use items to the United States, including key materials such as gallium, germanium, antimony, and superhard materials, Xinhua repo»»»

China has stepped back from one of its toughest trade measures against the United States, pausing a ban that restricted exports of gallium, germanium, antimony and other products linked to high-tech manufacturing. The commerce ministry said on Sunday that the suspension applies to “dual-use” items,»»»

Add TNIE As A Trusted Source BEIJING: China suspended an export ban to the United States that had targeted gallium, germanium and antimony, metals crucial for modern technology, including semiconductors, Beijing's commerce ministry announced Sunday. The restrictions banned the export of so-called "»»»

Xiaofei Xuin ParisPublished: 9:59am, 6 Nov 2025China’s key trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, has called on the US to create “a favourable atmosphere” for agricultural cooperation between the two countries. Advertisement“We hope the US will work together with China, with a focus on the broader picture»»»

SINGAPORE - China’s Commerce Ministry is on its biggest public hiring spree this decade, bolstering the unit overseeing rare-earth curbs even as it pauses sweeping measures in a trade truce with the United States. The Bureau of Industrial Security and Export and Import Controls is recruiting at lea»»»

3 BEIJING (Reuters) -China will suspend its 24% additional tariff on U.S. goods for one year but retain a 10% levy, the State Council's tariff commission said on Wednesday, following last week's meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump. The commission also announced Chin»»»

According to a White House briefing cited by Bloomberg, the suspension will take effect on 10 November and will pause measures previously introduced to counter China’s dominance in global shipping. In response, Beijing announced it will also suspend its retaliatory measures, signalling a coordinate»»»

China has agreed to allow the export of chips critical to auto production, averting widespread shutdowns that had been predicted by the industry. The chips are provided by Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands. It’s a critical supplier for the global auto industry, providing »»»

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that he and his Chinese counterpart agreed to restart military-to-military channels to “deconflict and deescalate.” Hegseth met Defence Minister Dong Jun on the sidelines of a regional summit in Malaysia, a day after Xi Jinping and Donald Trump held t»»»

Beijing has said it will loosen a chip export ban it imposed after Dutch authorities took over Nexperia - a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands. In September, the Netherlands used a Cold War era law to take over the company after citing "serious governance shortcomings" and to prevent »»»

US President Donald Trump has offered to eliminate all fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing cracks down on the export of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals. The announcement came a day after Trump cut tariffs in half, from 20% to 10%, as part of ongoing talks with Chinese Presiden»»»

GYEONGJU, South Korea: Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders on Saturday that his country would help to defend global free trade as US President Donald Trump snubbed an annual economic regional forum. Xi took center stage at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that began the »»»

Chinese President Xi Jinping was speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Friday in South Korea’s Gyeongju. Chinese President Xi Jinping called for safeguarding multilateral trade and warned against “breaking supply chains” in his first public address after his meeting with»»»

BUSAN, South Korea – U.S. President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a military base in South Korea on Thursday in hopes of reaching a ceasefire in the ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The meeting in the southern port city of Busan marked the first i»»»

After launching a trade war with China, Donald Trump now declaring a deal's at hand for a one-year truce. With nothing yet signed, we'll ask about the South Korea sit-down between the U-S president and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, promises of reduced tariffs and computer chip exports by the U-S,»»»

US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shake hands at the start of talks at the Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Busan, South Korea/Beijing — A landmark meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on the s»»»

BEIJING, Oct 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - President Xi Jinping said China has reached a consensus with the United States on economic and trade issues, state media reported, after meeting Thursday with US leader Donald Trump. Trump and Xi met for the first time since 2019 in Busan, South Korea, engaging in »»»

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism Wednesday ahead of crucial trade talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, after Beijing confirmed the meeting will take place Thursday. Agreeing a truce in the U.S.-China trade war in the meeting with Xi in South Korea would mark a fitting grand finale to»»»

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to meet with US President Donald Trump on Thursday in South Korea, to seek “positive outcomes,” Beijing confirmed on Wednesday. The two heads of state will “have an in-depth communication on strategic and long-term issues concerning China-US relations, as well as»»»

China’s Communist Party refrains from direct mention of the US trade war, but stresses ‘consolidating national security’. China’s ruling Communist Party has said it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology, after a four-day meeting that approved a draft of the party’s next »»»

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he expected to seal a "good" trade deal with China's Xi Jinping at a regional summit next week, even as he warned the highly anticipated sit-down might yet be cancelled. Trump has repeatedly changed his mind on meeting the Chinese president at the Asia-Pacific E»»»

  China accused the United States of “double standards” on Sunday, after President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on the world’s second-largest economy. “The relevant US statement is a typical example of ‘double standards’,” an ... »»»

No significant impact is expected on Taiwan's semiconductor industry from China's new curbs on rare earths as they differ from the metals needed for the chip sector, the island's economy ministry said on Sunday. China dramatically expanded its rare earths export controls on Thursday, adding five ne»»»

TAIPEI: Most rare earth materials used in Taiwan are supplied by Europe, the United States and Japan, but the impact of China's new curbs on the semiconductor industry still needs to be assessed, the island's economy ministry said on Sunday (Oct 12). China dramatically expanded its rare earths expo»»»

Mark CorriganPresident Donald Trump says the US will reimpose 100% tariffs on Chinese imports after Beijing curbed exports of rare-earth minerals, ending months of trade calm. https://p.dw.com/p/51puvAdvertisementDonald Trump has reignited his trade war with China, announcing new 100% tariffs on Ch»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday slammed China for hostile trade practices, including imposing export controls on rare earths, and said he no longer felt it necessary to meet President Xi Jinping at a summit later in the month. In a long post on Truth Social, Trump also threatened Beijing with»»»

Vessels owned or operated by U.S. firms and individuals - or those built in the United States or that fly the U.S. flag - will be charged additional port fees per voyage starting on October 14, China's transport ministry said. The fees are a counter-measure against upcoming U.S. port fees on Chines»»»

Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te has called on US President Donald Trump to help convince China to “permanently renounce the use of force” against Taiwan. “If he is able to convince” Chinese President Xi Jinping on it, Lai said in an interview with US-based conservative podcast The Clay Travis»»»

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: China’s Defense Minister today (Thursday, September 18) at the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Security Forum in Beijing, warning of an increasingly fragmented world, stressed that China is ready to cooperate with “all peace-loving forces” to def»»»

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AFP - Beijing, April 28, 2025 (AFP) - Beijing on Monday insisted that "no phone call" took place recently between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, after Donald Trump said he had spoken with the Chinese leader. The world's two biggest economies are locked in an escalating tit-for-tat tra»»»

Trump’s 145% tax on Chinese imports imperils 5% GDP growth target unless Beijing seriously cranks consumption measures China’s ambitious “around 5%” growth target this year increasingly has a Donald Trump problem. Every time the US president raises tariffs for mainland goods — 145%, at least for no»»»

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 wh»»»

US President Donald Trump has accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of using his Southeast Asia tour—including a high-profile stop in Vietnam—to "screw" the United States, as Beijing pushes back against steep new American tariffs and calls for regional unity against what it terms Washington’s “unila»»»

The president-elect confirmed on Truth Social that he had spoken with Xi and said “the call was a very good one for both China and the U.S.A.” BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping were speaking on the phone late Friday, China’s Foreign Ministry said in a st»»»

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Tuesday that there would be “no winners” in a trade war with the United States and vowed the country would hit its growth goals for the year. US President-elect Donald Trump — who returns to the White House next month — unleashed a gruelling trade war with China »»»

close Video Taiwan’s top official in the U.S. is warning that China has ramped up its aggression toward the island, and that its people are ready to fight. "Yes, of course," Alexander Yui, the Taiwanese representative to the U.S., told Fox News’ Aishah Hasnie when asked whether the island’s residen»»»

BEIJING - China is following the shooting incident at a campaign rally of former US president Donald Trump, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday. Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed sympathies to Trump, who was injured by the shooting, said the spokesperson while responding to medi»»»