Chinese Economy

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Friday raised taxes on American importers by tens of billions of dollars, costs that consumers will soon be paying on everything from clothes to electronics to frozen seafood. Tariffs on thousands of Chinese products total…

Donald Trumps Twitter feed is playing an increasingly central role in the messy trade talks between the US and China. He used it on May 5 to announce that the US could increase additional tariffs on Chinese products, after being briefed by US officials that …

The United States has thrown what it hopes will be the punch that forces its main economic rival, China, to change its trade practices. On Friday, US President Donald Trump more than doubled import tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of Chinese …

Most visitors to Vietnam's famed Ha Long Bay opt for cruise views of the UNESCO heritage site but from Friday tourists can hop on a helicopter to see the area's famous karst rock formations from the skies. Nervous flyers beware. A pair of five-seater helico…

BEIJING (AP) The tariff war between Washington and Beijing poses one of the biggest challenges yet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, potentially exposing his political vulnerabilities at a time when the Chinese economy is already slowing. The U.S. effort to …

BEIJING (AP) The tariff war between Washington and Beijing poses one of the biggest challenges yet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, potentially exposing his political vulnerabilities at a time when the Chinese economy is already slowing. The U.S. effort to …

Washington (AFP) - Chinese trade officials intend to "make a deal" in a new round of talks in Washington this week, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, reviving hopes for negotiations that appeared to be hanging by a thread. However, with negotiations set…

The trade talks are chaotic because a trade deal would be chaotic. By which I mean, it would be difficult to interpret and enforce, not unlike the present situation… The basic problem is easy enough to state, though it is all but impossible to solve. Many of…

China's President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump have been working toward a trade deal since their meeting in Beijing in November 2017.Images) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Project Syndicate) Would a still-possible U.S.-China trade agreement exacerbate global bus…

I do not see this developing into a massive trade war notwithstanding this tweet from President Trump, said Geoff Dennis, EM Commentator, in an interview with ETNOW.Edited excerpts: Just when we thought that there will be no problem between the Chinese and t…