In U.S.- China Tariffs Standoff, Trump Showed Xi He Has Limits
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In U.S.- China Tariffs Standoff, Trump Showed Xi He Has Limits

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump didn’t seem to mind as his worldwide tariffs set off stock market sell-offs and wiped out trillions of dollars in wealth. “Be cool,” he told Americans. Then he blinked on Wednesday afternoon in the face of financial turmoil, particularly a rapid…

Stocks Jump in Asia After Trump’s Tariff Reprieve
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Stocks Jump in Asia After Trump’s Tariff Reprieve

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Following President Trump’s decision to pause punishing tariffs on dozens of countries, markets in Asia reacted predictably: Stocks soared in the countries that were spared. In early trading on Thursday, benchmark indexes rose more than 9 percent in Taiwan, 8 percent in Japan…

China Tries to Downplay the Trade War’s Effects on Its Economy
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China Tries to Downplay the Trade War’s Effects on Its Economy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China’s leaders have sent a clear message about the effects of the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs: Things will be painful, but it is nothing that the country cannot handle. A commentary on Sunday in the Communist Party mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, said Beijing…

Opinion | The Hidden Cost of Trump’s Trade War on China
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Opinion | The Hidden Cost of Trump’s Trade War on China

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Trump placed new tariffs on China this month, he doubled down on one of his top demands on Beijing: to rein in the chemical companies fueling the illicit production and trafficking of fentanyl into the United States. Mr. Trump has long…

What Slowdown? Xi Says China Must Win the Global Tech Race.
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What Slowdown? Xi Says China Must Win the Global Tech Race.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Throughout China’s annual legislative meeting, the national leader Xi Jinping made clear that he wants nothing to hold back his plans for China to march past its rivals by becoming a technological superpower. Not the economic slowdown or heavy local government debt, nor…

China Signals Confidence in Economy Despite Sluggish Growth and U.S. Trade War
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China Signals Confidence in Economy Despite Sluggish Growth and U.S. Trade War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China’s top leaders sought to project confidence in the country’s economy on Wednesday despite sluggish growth, an escalating trade war with the United States and growing geopolitical uncertainty caused by the Trump administration. The government will aim to expand China’s economy by “around…

Trump Turns Up Trade Pressure on China After Beijing Fails to Come Running
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Trump Turns Up Trade Pressure on China After Beijing Fails to Come Running

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Trump threatened tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China in January, saying those countries needed to do more to stop the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States, Canadian and Mexican officials raced to Washington, bearing charts and videos detailing…

China’s Vow of ‘Leniency’ in Plea Deals Erodes Rights to Fair Trial
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China’s Vow of ‘Leniency’ in Plea Deals Erodes Rights to Fair Trial

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Son Jun-ho, a key midfielder for South Korea’s World Cup soccer team, signed with a Chinese club, he was an indication of China’s ambition to dominate the world’s most popular sport. But after Chinese police officers detained him two years later, accusing…

Opinion | Restoring Academic Ties With China Is a Matter of U.S. National Security
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Opinion | Restoring Academic Ties With China Is a Matter of U.S. National Security

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Then came the pandemic. China sealed itself off from the world, slamming the door on academic fieldwork in the country by foreign scholars as well as in-person exchanges with Chinese officials and other contacts. The Covid restrictions were finally lifted, but the landscape…