Chinese Economy

At the behest of the Communist Party leadership, Chinese conglomerates and investor groups have this year transformed from sometimes overeager spree buyers of foreign companies, real estate, and art, into net sellers of global assets for the first time since …

SHENZHEN, China When Trump talks about tariffs on China, he stresses protecting American workers. But the jobs arent exactly coming back to America. Gong Pengfeis company, BUD Electronics, used to make Bluetooth speakers for the U.S. market, which accounted…

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…