China on Thursday expressed confidence in striking a trade deal with the United States within their 90-day ceasefire period, praising the recent meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese … ( read original story…
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Canada arrests CFO of China’s Huawei Technologies
A U.S. Justice Department spokesman declined to comment. In April, China appealed to Washington to avoid damaging business confidence following the Wall Street Journal report that U.S. authorities wer… ( read original story …)
Exclusive: Tesla, smarting from trade war, seeks bids for China Gigafactory construction
The details, previously unreported, reveal that state-owned Shanghai Construction Group Co Ltd is taking part in the bidding while a unit of China Minmetals Corp Ltd is preparing materials for the … ( read original…
What Chinese Tech IPOs Reveal about Global Innovation
Chinese companies are taking the risk of seeking success on American shores, thanks in part to how much more quickly IPOs are approved in the U.S. than in China, even if their success is far…
Apple HomePod heads to China, beating Amazon and Google
Apple on Wednesday said its HomePod wireless speaker will go on sale in China next year, potentially beating Amazon.com and Google to the world’s most-populous nation. On its website in China, Apple a… ( read…
China’s 2018 Venture Capital Binge Could Turn Into a Hangover
A shakeout could easily follow. It has been a blowout 2018. For the first half of the year, a study released this week by the data provider Preqin and Insead business school suggests that China…
China shows confidence in U.S. trade truce; Trump says Xi sending ‘strong signals’
China expressed confidence on Wednesday that it can reach a trade deal with the United States, a sentiment echoed by U.S. President Donald Trump a day after he warned of more tariffs if the two…
China-US trade: China vows speedy action on trade commitments
But concerns linger over discrepancies in information coming from either side. The US and China paused hostilities after several months of tit-for-tat tariffs, agreeing to halt any new duties for 90 d… ( read original…
China promises action on U.S. trade deal but gives no details
BEIJING — China promised Wednesday to carry out a tariff cease-fire with Washington but gave no details that might help dispel confusion about what Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump agreed to in … (…
Exclusive: China’s Unipec to buy U.S. crude oil after Xi-Trump trade truce
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese oil trader Unipec plans to resume U.S. crude shipments to China by March after the Xi-Trump deal at the G20 meeting reduced the risk of tariffs being imposed … ( read…
China confident it can clinch U.S. trade pact as Trump demands ‘real deal’
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China expressed confidence on Wednesday that it can reach a trade deal with the United States, despite fresh warnings from President Donald Trump that he would revert to more … ( read…
China remains mum as Trump talks up trade truce
As White House officials fanned out to talk up what U.S. President Donald Trump called “an incredible deal” with China to hit pause in their trade war, Beijing has said little on a pact that…
Luxury brands take a hit from sluggish Chinese economy
That is jolting brands such as Louis Vuitton and Burberry that increasingly rely on Chinese customers who spend $90-billion a year on jewellery, clothes and other high-end goods. The industry already … ( read original…
