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Trump says considering TikTok ban as China row deepens

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 08 07:37 PM

US President Donald Trump said he is considering banning the wildly popular video-sharing app TikTok as a way to punish China over the coronavirus pandemic, remarks China described Wednesday as "a malicious smear".   Read more »

US House passes bill to sanction Chinese banks over Hong Kong

Reuters
Posted at Jul 02 08:57 AM

The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement a national security law that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a "brutal, sweeping crackdown" on Hong Kong. Read more »

Trump threat to 'decouple' US and China hits trade, investment reality

David Lawder, Reuters
Posted at Jun 24 07:57 AM

Conflicting talk from Trump administration officials about "decoupling" the US economy from China is running into a challenging reality: Chinese imports of US goods are rising, investment by American companies into China continues, and markets are wary of separating the world's biggest economies. Read more »

US-China trade deal 'impacted' by coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 10:01 PM

US-China tensions have been rising this year since the signing of a partial trade deal in January, with officials swapping barbs over the origin of the pandemic -- which first surfaced in central China and has since ravaged the global economy. Read more »

Huawei CFO could be set free next week by extradition ruling

Ian Young, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 22 09:27 AM

A crucial ruling in the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that could see her set free will be issued by a Canadian judge next week, British Columbia's Supreme Court announced on Thursday. Read more »

Huawei says 'survival' at stake after US chip restrictions

Dan Martin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 18 07:16 PM

Huawei on Monday assailed the latest US move to cut it off from semiconductor suppliers as a "pernicious" attack that will put the Chinese technology giant in "survival" mode and sow chaos in the global technology sector. Read more »

China warns of 'necessary measures' to defend Huawei

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 18 08:14 AM

China on Sunday warned it would take "necessary measures" to protect Huawei and other firms after the United States announced new restrictions on the tech giant's purchases of semiconductor technology.  Read more »

World stocks rally, safe-haven currencies drop on China plan to cut tariffs

Herbert Lash, Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 08:24 AM

The yield on Germany's benchmark 10-year Bund touched its highest in almost 2 weeks and US Treasury yields rose as investors bet China's efforts to contain the deadly coronavirus would mitigate its impact on the global economy. Read more »

Wuhan coronavirus outbreak seen to worsen disruption in global supply chain - expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 06:02 PM

Alex Capri, research fellow at Hinrich Foundation, says the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak adds another disruption to an already disrupted global supply chain. Capri notes that the rapid spread of the virus is already causing production delays.   Read more »

US-China trade deal: What’s in (and out) the agreement

Peter Eavis and Alan Rappeport, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 16 09:13 AM

The agreement signed Wednesday includes some victories for Trump: China has committed to buy an additional $200 billion of American goods and services by 2021 and crack down on business practices that the Trump administration has criticized. But text of the accord does not provide enough information to determine how it will work in practice. Read more »

World stocks climb new peaks on US-China trade deal

Herbert Lash, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 16 08:37 AM

US President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a Phase 1 deal that will roll back some tariffs and see China boost purchases of US goods and services, defusing a prolonged conflict between the world's two largest economies. 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 set to sign vital trade truce

Heather Scott, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 12:38 PM

Although tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of two-way trade will remain in place, likely at least until after President Donald Trump faces reelection in November, some of the uncertainty will go away. Read more »

US says to keep tariffs on Chinese goods until Phase 2 deal

Makini Brice and Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 08:58 AM

Mnuchin told reporters that President Donald Trump could consider easing tariffs if the world's 2 largest economies move quickly to seal a follow-up agreement. Read more »

Pompeo warns Silicon Valley on China ahead of trade pact

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 11:19 AM

The US top diplomat said he was not discouraging firms from heading to China, insisting that the Trump administration wants "American companies to get rich doing business there." 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 »

World Bank trims 2020 growth forecast amid slow recovery for trade, investment

David Lawder, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 09 07:40 AM

The multilateral development bank said 2019 marked the weakest economic expansion since the global financial crisis a decade ago, and 2020, while a slight improvement, remained vulnerable to uncertainties over trade and geopolitical tensions.   Read more »

Singapore economy grew just 0.7 percent in 2019: government

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 03:30 PM

The trade ministry said in a statement Thursday that based on advance estimates, the economy expanded by 0.8 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter to December. Read more »

Huawei says 'survival' top priority as sales fall short

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 01:26 PM

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei said Tuesday that "survival" was its top priority after announcing 2019 sales were expected to fall short of projections as a result of US sanctions. Read more »

US-China trade tensions eased, but not resolved - Fitch

Reuters
Posted at Dec 17 07:03 PM

Tensions between Washington and Beijing, particularly in fields such as technology, will pose a major obstacle to full resolution of the trade war, Fitch said. Read more »