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US-China trade talks: Is a thaw on the cards after Trump-Xi call? | Business and Economy News

Top US and Chinese officials are meeting in London in a bid to defuse trade tensions over rare earth minerals and advanced technology after a phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last week. The two sides are aiming in Monday’s talks to build on a preliminary trade deal struck in Geneva in…

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Trump speaks with China’s Xi amid trade, student visa tensions | Donald Trump News

US president previously said it was ‘hard to make a deal’ with the Chinese leader as talks continue over trade. United States President Donald Trump has spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping by phone as the two countries continue to clash over trade relations, which Trump has sought to aggressively reshape through a series of…

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Trump says China’s Xi ‘hard to make a deal with’ amid trade dispute | Donald Trump News

Growing strains in US-China relations over implementation of agreement to roll back tariffs and trade restrictions. United States President Donald Trump has said his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, is tough and “extremely hard to make a deal with”, days after he accused China of violating an agreement to roll back tariffs and trade restrictions. “I…

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Trump says China ‘violated’ Geneva deal with US on tariffs, minerals | Donald Trump News

United States President Donald Trump has accused China of violating an agreement to mutually roll back tariffs and trade restrictions for critical minerals, as he suggested China was in “grave economic danger” until he agreed to cut a deal earlier this month. Posting on his Truth Social platform on Friday evening, Trump said he made…

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Did the US flinch first in tariff war with China? | Trade War News

On Monday, the United States and China reached an agreement to slash sky-high tariffs for 90 days. Though both sides claimed they could withstand a long trade war, they reached a truce quicker than many analysts expected. The breakthrough marked a dramatic ratcheting down of trade tensions following the tariff war launched by US President Donald…

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China’s Xi vows to stand with friend Putin against ‘hegemonic bullying’ | Xi Jinping News

Chinese leader, the highest-profile guest of Moscow’s WWII commemorations, keen to maintain ‘deep’ relationship with Russia. Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that his country will stand with Moscow against “unilateralism and hegemonic bullying” during a visit to the country to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II….

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Trump-China tariff war: Who’s winning so far? | Trade War News

After United States President Donald Trump suspended his “reciprocal tariffs” on major US trading partners on April 9, he ramped them up on China’s goods. US trade levies on most imports from China have climbed to 145 percent. Beijing retaliated with duties of its own, at 125 percent on US goods. Trump has long accused…