Threatened by US sanctions and restrictive trade policies, Japan sought to secure its access to resources in the Indo-Pacific. This led to its attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

The fast-worsening trade war between the United States and China – the planet’s premier geopolitical powers, whose economies are intricately entwined – threatens to wreak severe damage on ...

US-China trade tensions tariffs: The Donald Trump administration has announced that China now faces 245 per cent tariffs on all United States imports after Beijing retaliated in the ongoing trade war ...

The US has a unique history of truly staggering incomprehension when it comes to China. In the 19 th century, they passed the ...

But China is not backing down, saying it will “fight to the end” if Trump continues to escalate what is already becoming a full-blown trade war. On Friday, China also significantly ramped up ...

China’s propaganda machine is in full churn as Beijing ramps up all of the tools at its disposal to fight a public relations war with President Donald Trump. It may even have a chance to win. In the ...

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese refiners are importing record amounts of Canadian crude after slashing purchases of US oil by roughly 90% amid escalating trade tensions. A pipeline expansion in Western ...

On Friday, China hit the US with a 125% tariff on imports. The move is the latest in a series of tit-for-tat tariff increases. China accused the US of "bullying" and said it risked becoming a ...

Steep tariff hikes on Chinese imports went into effect Wednesday and China retaliated, announcing its own tariff on goods from the U.S. − as the world braces for a trade war. Of the $3.2 ...