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Stocks rally as Trump soothes fears over China trade, Fed
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
Global markets, already upended by Trump's trade war, were hit at the start of the week by fears he was looking to remove central bank boss Jerome Powell for no...
China calls on UK, EU to help defend global trade as China says 'door open' to talks
Apr 22, 2025 (AFP)
While the rest of the world has been hit with a blanket 10 percent tariff by the United States, China faces levies of up to 145 percent on many products. Beijin...
IMF slashes China growth forecasts as trade war deepens
Apr 22, 2025 (AFP)
China and the United States -- the world's two largest economies -- are engaged in a mounting tit-for-tat trade row that has sparked global recession fears and ...
Gold hits record, stocks mixed as Trump fuels Fed fears
Apr 22, 2025 (AFP)
With the US tariff blitz still causing ructions on global trading floors, investors are now dealing with the added worry that the US president will try to remov...
China slams 'appeasement' of US as nations rush to secure trade deals
Apr 21, 2025 (AFP)
While the rest of the world has been hit with a blanket 10 percent tariff, China faces levies of up to 145 percent on many products. Beijing has responded with ...
Gold hits record, dollar drops as tariff fears dampen sentiment
Apr 21, 2025 (AFP)
With several markets still closed for the Easter holiday, business was limited ahead of a week that will see the release of key data that should give an insight...
China's manufacturing backbone feels Trump trade war pinch
Apr 18, 2025 (AFP)
China's vast southern province of Guangdong, crisscrossed with factories making everything from clothing to electronics, has long been the country's biggest man...
Tokyo leads gains in most Asian markets on trade deal hopes
Apr 18, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's remarks that he was reluctant to further hike levies on Beijing also provided a little support amid hope for an easing of tensions b...
Trump says US 'talking' to China as port fees hiked for Chinese-linked ships
Apr 17, 2025 (AFP)
"Yeah, we're talking to China," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I would say they have reached out a number of times." Trump confirmed that the talks h...
Trump and Italy's Meloni talk up EU tariff deal hopes
Apr 17, 2025 (AFP)
Casting herself as the only European who can de-escalate Trump's trade war, Meloni highlighted their conservative common ground and said she wanted to "make the...
China's Xi arrives in Cambodia for state visit
Apr 17, 2025 (AFP)
Xi arrived after visiting Vietnam and Malaysia as Beijing seeks to strengthen regional trade ties and offset the impact of huge tariffs imposed by his US counte...
Unease grows over Trump tariffs despite 'progress' in Japan trade talks
Apr 17, 2025 (AFP)
Trump is banking that his tariffs will lead to a bonanza of beneficial trade deals, lowering barriers to US products and shifting global manufacturing to the Un...
Chinese embassy slams UK politicians' 'arrogance' in British Steel row
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
The UK has swooped in to prevent the closure of British Steel's main plant in Scunthorpe, northeast England, after its Chinese owner Jingye said late March it w...
Hong Kong's postal service to stop shipping US-bound goods; Trump says ball in China's court on tariffs
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
Hongkong Post said it will "definitely not collect any... tariffs on behalf of the US and will suspend the acceptance of postal items containing goods destined ...
China's economy beats forecasts ahead of Trump's 'Liberation Day'
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington are locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since the US president launched a global tariff assault that has particular...
China says 'not afraid to fight' trade war with US
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
"If the US really wants to resolve the issue through dialogue and negotiation, it should stop exerting extreme pressure, stop threatening and blackmailing, and ...
China says appoints new trade envoy as tariff war bites
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
Li Chenggang has assumed the role of representative for international trade negotiations and vice minister of commerce, Beijing's human resources ministry said ...
Stocks struggle again as Nvidia chip curb warning pops calm
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
After a relatively peaceful couple of days following last week's tariff-fuelled ructions, investors were once again on the defensive as a standoff between the w...
China's forecast-beating growth belies storm clouds ahead: analysts
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
The National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday the world's number-two economy expanded 5.4 percent on-year in January-March, helped by a surge in exports. How...
China's economy likely grew 5.1% in Q1 on export surge: AFP poll
Apr 15, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington are locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since US President Donald Trump launched a global tariff assault that has p...
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