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China's factory-gate deflation deepens as trade war bites
China's factory-gate prices posted the steepest drop in six months in April while consumer prices fell for a third month, ...
Trump floats cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of meeting as he looks to deescalate trade war
President Donald Trump has floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting among top U.S. and ...
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 ...
Tracking Trump: Trade talks with China to begin; how the federal deficit has grown; Trump’s new surgeon general pick; and more
President Donald Trump suggested lowering tariffs on China ahead of trade talks. By how much? From current 145 percent levels ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...