Chinese Economy

WASHINGTON The White House is temporarily sparing more than 400 Chinese products from tariffs, even as President Donald Trump suggested Friday that the trade war could extend beyond the 2020 election. The exemptions apply to a wide assortment of goods rangin…

The trade dispute between two of the world's economic superpowers is well into its second year, and apart from delayed tariffs and pledges to continue talks, not much progress toward a resolution has been made. China may have been too quick to pivot from f…

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese envoy will head to Washington on Wednesday to prepare for trade negotiations. The announcement Tuesday follows conciliatory gestures by both sides ahead of the October talks on their fight over trade and technology, which threatens t…

Global stocks were mainly lower on Monday after strikes in Saudi Arabia led to a jump in oil prices and new data cast further doubt over the health of the Chinese economy. European stocks lost ground, with the DAX index in Germany down 0.7 percent, while Asi…

Sakina Mandsaurwala Last week, precious metals prices remained lacklustre ahead of ECB and Fed economic policy. Comex Gold prices traded down 0.2 percent last week while Comex Silver prices closed higher by 0.8 percent. Base metal complex witnessed some rel…

REUTERS: Tencent Holdings Ltd and private equity partner Hammer Capital have offered US$16 per share to buy out the other shareholders in Chinese car comparison website Bitauto Holdings Ltd, valuing the company at just under US$1.2 billion. The offer from th…

Soybeans have been subject to heavy duties, imposed during successive rounds of Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods. | Scott Olson/Getty Images) This story is being published for Pros as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post. It originall…

The United States and China tapped the brakes on their trade war Wednesday. President Donald Trump said he would delay enforcing tariffs on Chinese imports worth $250 billion from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15 due to the fact that the Peoples Republic of China will be ce…

Tech, healthcare and utility shares pushed stock prices higher Wednesday as investors mulled Chinas decision to exempt 16 U.S. products from tariffs ahead of the next round of talks aimed at ending the U.S.-China trade war. At the close, the Dow Jones Indust…

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - As the Sino-U.S. trade war drags on, Beijing is throwing its door wide open to foreign investors as concerns grow over declining exports, capital flight and persistent yuan weakness. In the latest of a slew of measures to woo ov…