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Trump, WTO chief to discuss changes to trade arbiter

Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 10:10 PM

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed dramatic action with the World Trade Organization, saying the group's director general would visit Washington as soon as next week, but giving no other details.   Read more »

Trump’s next trade fight could be with Europe

Ana Swanson and Jack Ewing, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 17 08:51 AM

In remarks in Washington on Thursday morning, Phil Hogan, the new European trade commissioner, gave a frank assessment of an important trading relationship that had grown troubled on many fronts. Read more »

Phase 2 of China trade deal to address certain tech issues -US

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 15 09:51 PM

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that some technology and cybersecurity issues would be resolved in the next chapter of a deal to end a trade dispute between the United States and China.   Read more »

US, China agree to semi-annual talks aimed at reforms, resolving disputes

Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 07:37 AM

The United States and China have agreed to restart semi-annual talks aimed at resolving economic disputes between the two countries, a process abandoned at the start of the Trump administration as a trade conflict between the countries escalated.   Read more »

China's Vice Premier to sign US trade deal in Washington next week

Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 09:52 PM

China's Vice Premier Liu He, head of the country's negotiation team in Sino-US trade talks, will sign a "Phase 1" deal in Washington next week, the commerce ministry said on Thursday. Read more »

As Trump tariffs loom, US wine lovers battle tech giants

Douglas Gillison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 10:22 AM

President Donald Trump last month threatened to punish Paris for a new tax on tech giants like Netflix and Amazon, unveiling sky-high retaliatory duties on about $2.4 billion in French wines, makeup and leather handbags.   Read more »

China's Xi turns to financial experts to tame economic risks

Keith Zhai and Cheng Leng, Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 09:21 PM

As China struggles to deal with the slowdown of the world’s second-largest economy, it has embarked on a new strategy of placing financial experts in provinces to manage risks and rebuild regional economies. Read more »

China signals stepping up economic support in 2020

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 24 01:25 PM

It has been a tough year for China's economy, which is expanding at its weakest rate for three decades as it is buffeted by a long-running trade war with the United States as well as a slowdown in global demand for its goods. Read more »

China to lower import tariffs from January

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 04:52 PM

China will lower import tariffs on more than 850 products including frozen pork from next month, the finance ministry said Monday, as authorities battle a severe shortage of the meat staple. Read more »

China to lower import tariffs on some products from Jan 1

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 23 11:29 AM

China will lower tariffs on products ranging from frozen pork and avocado to some type of semiconductors next year, the finance ministry said, as Beijing looks to boost imports amid a slowing economy and a trade war with the United States.  Read more »

Trump says trade deal with China to be signed 'very shortly'

Alexandra Alper, Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 08:26 AM

President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States and China would "very shortly" sign their so-called Phase One trade pact.  Read more »

Wakanda free trade forever? Fictional nation removed from US trade list after mistake

Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 01:14 AM

Francis Tseng, a New York-based software engineer who was looking for data on US agricultural tariffs for a fellowship he is pursuing, first noticed the reference to Wakanda on the US tariff list and called it out on Twitter. Read more »

China suspends planned tariffs on US goods

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 16 12:26 AM

China suspended additional tariffs on US products that had been due to kick in on Sunday, after Washington and Beijing announced a major thaw in their trade war Friday.   Read more »

US, China working to delay Dec 15 tariffs: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 08:01 AM

US and Chinese officials are working on a deal to postpone tariffs set to hit Chinese imports in 5 days, according to a media report on Tuesday.  Read more »

China exports fall in November, imports recover

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 08 10:00 PM

China's exports declined for the fourth consecutive month in November as a trade war with Washington rumbles on, official data showed Sunday, although imports rebounded. Read more »

China to waive tariffs on some US soybeans, pork in goodwill gesture

Dominique Patton and Yawen Chen, Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 08:10 AM

The tariff waivers were based on applications by individual companies, the finance ministry said in a statement, citing a decision by the country's Cabinet without specifying the quantities involved. Read more »

World markets rattled as Trump says no trade deadline

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 08:53 PM

Global equities mostly retreated Tuesday after US President Donald Trump warned there was no deadline for doing a trade deal with China. Read more »

Top US retailers absorb tariff pressure ahead of holiday shopping season

Nandita Bose, Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 10:42 PM

Prices for electronics sold online at top US retailers were up slightly heading into the critical US shopping season, but sites including Walmart Inc and Amazon.com Inc have held prices steady for many other popular holiday products despite the pressure from tariffs on Chinese imports. Read more »

China says it will strive to reach 'phase one' trade deal with US

Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo, Reuters
Posted at Nov 21 07:37 PM

China will strive to reach an initial trade agreement with the United States as both sides keep communication channels open, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, in an attempt to allay fears talks might be unravelling. Read more »

Trump threat of more China tariffs could hit consumer goods before Christmas

Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Nov 14 07:28 AM

US President Donald Trump's threat to jack up US tariffs on Chinese goods if the world's two largest economies fail to reach a trade deal could raise the price of cellphones, laptops, and toys less than 2 weeks before Christmas.   Read more »