The TOI correspondent from Washington: Pride and prejudice stand in the way of China and the US making the first move to break the trade and tariff stand-off that is starting to strangle global commerce. The Trump White House is saying the ball is in China’s court to initiate talks and Beijing is demanding “respect” […]
China has expressed its willingness to resume trade negotiations with the United States, provided that certain key preconditions are fulfilled. Among the primary demands is a call for greater diplomatic respect, a consistent US trade stance, attention to its concerns on sanctions and Taiwan, and the appointment of a lead negotiator with Trump’s full backing, […]
Xi Jinping and Luong Cuong (AP) BANGKOK: Chinese leader Xi Jinping is making the case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia this week, presenting China as a source of “stability and certainty.” On Monday, he was welcomed to Hanoi with pomp and ceremony by Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong. He arrived in Kuala Lumpur, […]
Washington: Donald Trump believes it is up to China, not the United States, to come to the negotiating table on trade, the White House said Tuesday, after the US president accused Beijing of reneging on a major Boeing deal. “The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don’t […]
Chinese official Xia Baolong called Americans peasants in his trade war jibe. JD Vance recently used the word ‘peasants’ for Chinese people. Vice president JD Vance recently used the term ‘peasants’ when he spoke about Donald Trump’s tariffs and how US borrows money from “Chinese peasants” to buy things that “Chinese peasants manufacture”. Beijing condemned […]
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping US President Donald Trump has said “the ball is in China’s court,” amid the ongoing tariff war between the two countries, after which America’s tariffs on Chinese goods have reached 145 per cent, while China, in turn, now imposes 125 per cent tariffs on imports from the United States.White House […]
Representative image/AI generated Amid the ongoing trade conflict with the United States of America, China has told its airlines not to take any more deliveries of Boeing Co planes, Bloomberg reported. This move follows US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs of up to 145 per cent on Chinese goods.Chinese carriers have also been […]
The US-China trade war has taken a new turn online, with Chinese social media users and diplomats accusing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt of hypocrisy after she appeared in a dress reportedly made in China. The backlash was triggered by a post from Chinese diplomat Zhang Zhisheng, who mocked the contradiction between the Trump […]
India stands apart in Trump’s Asia policy. (AI image for representation only) US President Donald Trump’s economic team is rapidly advancing a new global strategy to box in China – not just with tariffs, but with alliances. At the center of this plan? India.Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, emerging as Trump’s surprise lead negotiator, has outlined […]
Beijing warned Britain on Monday against “politicising” an unfolding spat over the future of Chinese-owned British Steel after legislation was approved to prevent the shutdown of the last British factory that can make steel from scratch. A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry urged the British government on Monday to “avoid politicising trade cooperation or linking […]
