China on Tuesday lashed out at US vice president JD Vance, calling him “ignorant and impolite” after he made a controversial remark about the United States borrowing money from “Chinese peasants.”“China’s position on China-US economic and trade relations has been made very clear,” said Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian during a press briefing. “It […]
China vows to fight US tariffs ‘to the end’ China on Tuesday vowed to retaliate against the United States if President Donald Trump goes ahead with his threat to impose fresh 50 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports. Reacting to Trump’s new threat, China hinted of imposing more retaliatory tariffs on American products. Beijing said […]
Trump escalated his trade war against China with 104% tariff. As President Donald Trump threatened China with more tariffs on Mondayt, the White House confirmed that the new tariffs would take the total tariff of China to 104 per cent if China does not back down. Trump announced a 34 per cent tariff on China […]
NEW DELHI: A global market rout intensified Monday following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs and Beijing’s retaliation with 34% duties on all US imports starting April 10.Stock markets across Asia plunged sharply, with investor sentiment collapsing as fears of a global trade war took hold. Analysts say over $9 trillion in market […]
US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that a deal over the future of TikTok in the United States was nearly finalised but China pulled back in response to new American tariffs.Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said Beijing’s change of stance came after Washington slapped an additional […]
China has struck back at President Trump on Friday. In a rapid fire series of policy announcements from Beijing, including 34% across-the-board tariffs, three Chinese govt agencies showed that China has no intention of backing down in the trade war that Trump began this week with his own steep tariffs on imports from around the […]
TOI Correspondent from Washington: MAGA supremo Donald Trump was all bravado on Friday as US stocks went into a dizzying downward spiral, wiping out another $ 2 trillion in investor money after China retaliated to his tariff gambit that has inflamed global markets. “China played it wrong, they panicked — the one thing they cannot […]
President Donald Trump announced a 25 per cent tariff on all foreign automobiles as he started his big Liberation Day announcements that he said would bring back jobs to the country and herald the golden age of America. Friend is worse than foe, Donald Trump said, adding that he does not blame the countries for […]
Only one building in Bangkok fell during the earthquake on Friday that rocked Myanmar, hundreds of miles away. Recovery efforts continue with at least 15 people killed and dozens still missing. Determining the cause could take months. But interviews with workers who had been on the site, together with early official findings, highlighted potential problems […]
China’s Shandong aircraft carrier sailing near Taiwan on Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP) TAIPEI: China’s military said it practised hitting key ports and energy sites during “live-fire” drills Wednesday as part of exercises aimed at Taiwan, the democratic island it claims as its own.The surprise manoeuvres were criticised by Washington as “intimidation tactics” and come […]
