Trade War

Investors in the commodities sector have closely tracked developments tied to U.S. trade policy, with the possibility of a resolution between Washington and Beijing providing a boost to commodities and raising hopes for demand that get dashed whenever expecta…

Third-quarter earnings seasons is almost wrapped up, with the vast majority of S&P 500 companies have reported as of the beginning of November, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Earnings results are pointing to an overall 2% bot…

Federal authorities, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the FBI, are in the middle of a sweeping crackdown on what they believe is widespread Chinese scientific espionage in the biomedical field, the New York Times reported on Thursday, wit…

Reuters/Jonathan Ernst Here is what you need to know.  1. China says it and the US agreed to a path to roll back trade-war tariffs. "Top negotiators had serious, constructive discussions and agreed to remove the additional tariffs in phases," said Gao Feng,…

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States must simultaneously cancel some existing tariffs on each other’s goods for both sides to reach a “phase one” trade deal, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday. The proportion of tariffs canceled must …

Computer chips: the next bubble to burst? Wheres the bubble in financial markets? Some analysts point to commercial real estate, propped up by the exuberant spending of WeWork. Some are keeping a watchful eye on corporate debt. And still others are uneasy …

Huawei is bullish about seeing a 20 per cent uptick in smartphone sales next year despite the escalating US-China trade war - a prediction branded by analyst Canalys as "ambitious". The Chinese phone and infrastructure kit maker said it expects to see a spik…

* Chinese imports to U.S. fall by a quarter over study period * U.S. consumers seen absorbing most of tariff costs * Taiwan, Mexico, EU benefit from Chinese losses By Emma Farge GENEVA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A trade war between the world's top two economies c…

BANGKOK: Several Southeast Asian leaders snubbed a meeting with US officials on Monday after President Donald Trump decided not to attend a regional summit in Bangkok. Just three leaders from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) showe…

Americas farmers have borne the brunt of Chinas retaliation in the trade war that President Donald Trump launched in 2018. One reason: China is the biggest buyer of many U.S. agricultural products, such as soybeans, grain sorghum, cotton and cattle hides, wh…