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US-China trade war intensifies as Beijing’s tariffs come into effect after Trump pause
China’s 84% tariffs on US products come into force amid market relief after Trump suspends steep reciprocal ta…
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Thursday briefing: Trump puts global tariffs on pause – but hikes them for China
In today’s newsletter: White House officials send mixed messages over Trump’s stunning U-turnGood morning. Two…
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Beijing attacks JD Vance’s ‘Chinese peasants’ remark in tariffs interview
Chinese foreign ministry calls comments by US vice-president ‘ignorant and disrespectful’Beijing has hit back …
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China vows to ‘fight to the end’ against latest Trump tariff threat
Beijing accuses US of blackmail and adding a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ as Wednesday deadline for latest le…
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Asian countries riven by war and disaster face some of steepest Trump tariffs
Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos hit with rates over 40% as experts say the real target is ChinaBusiness live – late…
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China likely to target US agriculture, state media reports, as Trump tariff deadline nears
Global Times signals Beijing’s likely countermeasure after US president threatened a further 10% duty to come …
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China has reacted in kind to Trump’s tariffs, but a deal may still emerge
Beijing will defend its core interests, but its initial response is more cautious than when Trump imposed levi…
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Xi says China’s economy on course to expand by 5% despite Trump concerns
President seeks to allay fears that world’s second-largest economy will falter in 2025 because of high US tari…
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Manmohan Singh obituary
Prime minister of India who brought in economic reforms and forged a new relationship with the USThe distingui…
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Let China build electric cars in UK, Tory ex-chancellor tells Rachel Reeves ahead of trade trip
Despite ‘spy’ scandal, Philip Hammond says Britain should now adopt a ‘pragmatic approach to Beijing’China sho…
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Will Japan’s close ties with US survive the caprice and quirks of Donald Trump?
Japan’s complex defence alliances built up over years as protection against China could be put at risk in a Tr…
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The forgotten faces of Christmas in China | Letter
Hugo Wong says the question today should be how much value the free movement of products and people has brough…
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What are tariffs and how do they work – explained in 30 seconds
Fodder for protectionism, protracted trade wars, and the ‘most beautiful word’ in Donald Trump’s vocabulary – …
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Chinese stocks suffer worst fall in 27 years over growth concerns
Investors disappointed after hoped-for policy plans by Beijing to stimulate economy did not materialiseBusines…
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Sri Lanka’s new president faces a problem shared by too many developing countries: austerity imposed by the west | Ahilan Kadirgamar
Anura Kumara Dissanayake wants a better deal from the IMF to reduce suffering during the country’s punishing d…