Xi Delivers Veiled Warning to Nations Not to Take the U.S.’s Side
At an Asia-Pacific summit, the Chinese leader urged countries to “resist unilateral bullying,” an appeal that seemed at odds with his country’s recent actions.
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Carney Plans to Meet With Xi to Try and Reset Relations
The leaders of Canada and China met for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.
In China Truce on Tariffs and Rare Earths, National Security Controls Are Bargaining Chip
Some analysts say Beijing won a major victory in its trade talks: Getting the U.S. to withdraw a national security measure that previously was not under discussion.
How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger
By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.
Chinese Officials Heap Praise on Trump and Xi Before They Meet
President Trump and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping are being described as “irreplaceable” and “world class leaders” before a meeting seen as critical for shoring up a trade truce.
As China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle
It needs the United States for defense and has spent billions building factories in America. But a Trump trade deal this week with China could erase a Korean edge in the U.S. market.
How the Opium War Still Shapes Xi Jinping’s Trade Clash With Trump
China’s leader draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a Qing official whose defiance of Britain led to China’s humiliating defeat but made him a national hero.
As Trump Tariffs Canada, Carney Turns to Asia for Trade
Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a predictable and responsible alternative to the United States.
Chinese and U.S. Officials Reach Framework of a Trade Deal
Negotiators announced on Sunday they had preliminarily agreed on several issues ahead of an expected meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping this week.
The ‘Sleeper Issue’ at the Heart of Trump’s Trade War on China
Concern is increasing throughout Southeast Asia as U.S. officials, intent on slowing China, have yet to say how they will define the origin country of imports.