Australian trade minister Don Farrell is heading to Beijing to meet his counterpart in the country’s latest effort to resolve the long-term trade dispute with China. The minister departed for China on May 11 following an invitation from Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a virtual meeting between the two sides in February. At the […]
The prime minister is criticized for planning high-level trade talks with China. MPs accuse him of kowtowing to China and ignoring the human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. Home Secretary Priti Patel promises to find strong and decisive new leadership for the Metropolitan Police Service, after being caught by surprise when Commissioner Dame […]
The prime minister and chancellor have been reported to attempt to restart trade talks with China. Some Tory MPs accused them of kowtowing to China despite the genocide in Xinjiang and clampdown on democracy in Hong Kong. They are criticizing the government for seeking to warm relations when the Chinese regime faces global condemnation over human […]
WASHINGTON—The United States and Taiwan on June 29 resumed trade talks after five years, a move that has angered the communist regime in Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the liberal democratic island. Discussions reopened on the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), which was stalled in 2016. At the virtual meeting, U.S. and Taiwanese officials […]
WILMINGTON, Del.—The U.S. top trade negotiator will begin talks with the World Trade Organization on ways to overcome intellectual property issues that are keeping critically needed COVID-19 vaccines from being more widely distributed worldwide, two White House officials said Sunday. The White House has been under pressure from lawmakers at home and governments abroad to […]
WASHINGTON—President Trump said on May 11 that he opposes renegotiating the terms of the “phase one” China trade agreement signed in mid-January after Beijing reportedly asked to reopen trade talks to ease the terms. During a press briefing at the White House, Trump ruled out the possibility of renegotiations with Beijing. “I’m not interested. We signed […]
The United States and Britain launched formal negotiations on a free trade agreement on Tuesday, vowing to work quickly to seal a deal that could counter the massive drag of the coronavirus pandemic on trade flows and the two allies’ economies.
WASHINGTON—The United States’ and China’s top trade negotiators met on Oct. 10 for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer greeted Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on the steps of the USTR office […]
BIARRITZ, France/BEIJING–The United States and China sought to ease trade war tensions on Aug. 26, with Beijing calling for calm and U.S. President Donald Trump predicting a deal after markets fell in response to new tariffs from both countries. Trump, speaking on the sidelines of the G7 summit of world leaders in France, said Chinese […]
WASHINGTON—The United States and the European Union reached an agreement that will open Europe to more American beef exports, ending a long-running Trans-Atlantic dispute. As part of the ongoing trade talks between Washington and Brussels, President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 2 that both sides struck a “breakthrough agreement” that would lower trade barriers in […]
WASHINGTON/BEIJING—President Donald Trump said on May 23 U.S. complaints against Huawei Technologies might be resolved within the framework of a U.S.-China trade deal, while at the same time calling the Chinese telecommunications giant “very dangerous.” Washington last week effectively banned U.S. firms from doing business with Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms network gear maker, citing […]
Confidence about the U.S. economy has emboldened President Donald Trump to take a tougher stance on China, raising tariffs on May 10 on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. Trump in a tweet storm May 13 warned, “China will be hurt very badly if you don’t make a deal.”
During a new round of U.S.-China trade talks, members of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs stressed that the only way to force China to change its long-term unfair trade practices would be to increase the pressure. Speaking in Washington on May 9, Congressman Steve Chabot said, “I am not necessarily for increasing tariffs, but […]
Two days of trade talks between the United States and China ended without a reached agreement on May 10. After the talks concluded, U.S. President Donald Trump said there was no rush to reach a trade deal. In a Twitter post, Trump said the two sides held “candid and constructive conversations,” adding that discussions would […]
