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Senate confirms former Sen. David Perdue as Trump’s US ambassador to China amid tariff showdown
The Senate has confirmed former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff ...
China sends a stern video message to Trump: We won’t ‘kneel down’
In a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump’s trade war, China’s Foreign Ministry posted to social media a striking video ...
Scott Bessent says China could lose 10 million jobs 'very quickly' if tariffs don't drop
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said the onus is on China to bring down its tariffs as he outlined how many jobs the world's second-largest economy stands to lose in a trade war.
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even ...
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How China Armed Itself for the Trade War
The view that the Chinese leadership was desperate to negotiate a trade deal, to avoid economic pain that could destabilize ...
What the plunge in shipping traffic from China tells us about tariffs, stocks and the economy
Fears of pandemic-era shortages at American stores have made a big comeback as shipping-container traffic between China and ...
China's Big Five banks post slimmer margins as economic challenges persist
China's Big Five lenders on Tuesday reported narrower margins on their first-quarter earnings and some a drop in profits as ...
With China and the US at intense economic odds, other nations are being forced to choose sides
As President Donald Trump’s trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a collision course, America’s unnerved ...