First, the United States imposed a tax on Chinese steel and aluminum. Then, China counterpunched Monday with tariffs on a host of U.S. products, including apples, pork and ginseng. On Wall Street, the stock market…
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China Tells N. Korea Official Beijing Supports Its US Summit
BEIJING — Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi has told North Korea’s foreign minister that Beijing supports the North’s planned summits with South Korea and the United States. The Foreign Ministry cited Wang, China’s state councilor…
N. Korea foreign minister meets counterpart in Beijing
North Korea’s foreign minister held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Tuesday, a week after Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un made a surprise trip to China before planned summits with the US and…
N. Korea foreign minister visits Beijing to meet counterpart
North Korea’s foreign minister arrived in Beijing Tuesday for talks with his counterpart, a week after Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un made a surprise trip to China before planned summits with the US and South…
North Korean leader was in delegation visiting Beijing: source
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was part of a secretive delegation that arrived in Beijing by train on Monday and left on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter…
China hammers U.S. goods with tariffs as ‘sparks’ of trade war fly
China has increased tariffs by up to 25 per cent on 128 U.S. products including frozen pork, wine and certain fruits and nuts, escalating a spat between the world’s biggest economies in response to U.S.…
China hits the United States with tariffs on $3 billion of exports
In an opinion article Monday, China’s official news agency Xinhua warned that Trump’s plans to impose further trade measures on China are a “self-defeating gamble” that will cause harm to the American economy. “Trump’s planned…
China hits the United States with $3 billion in tariffs
China wants “to position itself as the good guy in the global economy, protecting the rules of the game from Trump’s lawless attacks,” he wrote. — CNN’s Serenitie Wang contributed to this report. Start your…
China imposes additional tariffs in response to U.S. duties on steel, aluminum
China has slapped extra tariffs of up to 25 per cent on 128 U.S. products including frozen pork, as well as on wine and certain fruits and nuts, in response to U.S. duties on imports…
China raises tariffs on U.S. pork, fruit in trade dispute
BEIJING — China raised import duties on U.S. pork, fruit and other products Monday in an escalating tariff dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump that companies worry might depress global commerce. The Finance Ministry said…
China’s Tiangong 1 space station mostly burns up on re-entry over South Pacific
The China Manned Space Engineering Office said the experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. Monday. Scientists monitoring the craft’s disintegrating orbit had forecast the craft would mostly burn up and would pose only the…
China says space station burns up over South Pacific
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said. The “vast majority” of the craft burnt…
China imposes tariffs in response to U.S. duties on steel, aluminum
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has slapped extra tariffs of up to 25 percent on 128 U.S. products including frozen pork, as well as on wine and certain fruits and nuts, in response to U.S. duties…