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As US and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump's tariff hammer looks less mighty than he claims
President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting among top U.S.
Xi and Putin vow stronger ties at Russia's World War II Victory Day parade ahead of U.S.-China trade talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s presence at the parade gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a boost as he tries to show that ...
Wall Street and other markets hold steady ahead of a highly anticipated US-China meeting on trade
President Trump floated the idea of bringing tariffs on Chinese imports down to 80 percent from their current 145 percent ...
Trade War Shock Is Scrambling China’s Exports
Shipments of goods to the United States plunged by 21 percent in April, but spiked to Asia as President Trump imposed ...
Trump signals he is open to cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of trade negotiations
An 80% across-the-board tariff would still be far beyond the duties the U.S. had in place on China before Trump took office.
China’s exports to US sink, offset by trade with other economies, as US tariffs hit global trade
Shipments to the U.S. sank 21% in dollar terms as Trump’s tariffs on most Chinese exports rose to as high as 145%. With ...
China Not Taking EU ‘Seriously’ on Trade Issues, Envoy Says
China has been ignoring the European Union’s concerns over trade issues for the past two decades, the bloc’s top envoy said, ...
The UK trade agreement was the easy part. China will be exponentially harder
As Trump administration officials prepare to meet with Chinese officials in Geneva this weekend, it’s tempting to believe the ...