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China signals, ever so obliquely, that it’s more open to trade talks
After three months of bluster and huge tariffs on both sides, Beijing and the Trump administration are softening their ...
Xi says China's economy should adapt to external changes
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for action to adjust to changes in the international environment as the ...
China rejects Trump’s claim that Xi has called him by phone
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has not spoken to US President Donald Trump on the phone recently, Beijing said Monday, reiterating ...
Bessent Demurs on Trump’s Claim of Trade Talks With China’s Xi
The Treasury secretary said that the President Trump and Xi Jinping of China have a good relationship but that he was not ...
China rejects Trump claims of Xi Jinping tariff phone call
China and US ‘have not engaged in consultations or negotiations regarding tariff issues’, foreign ministry says, as Beijing ...
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How China Armed Itself for the Trade War
The view that the Chinese leadership was desperate to negotiate a trade deal, to avoid economic pain that could destabilize ...
Defiant China Fires Warning at Donald Trump
A Chinese government video exhorts other countries not to buckle to U.S. trade pressure and pledges to "fight on." ...
China’s manufacturing activity contracts as tariffs take effect
The data covers a period in which a trade war between the US and China escalated dramatically, with tariffs now well over 100 ...