US-China Ties

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Asian stocks slip as U.S.-China tensions flare. (AFP Photo)

Asia stocks fall sharply as US-China tensions escalate

The moves extended a dour start in May which began on Friday with bleak U.S. data and the threat of fresh trade-war hostilities

04 May 2020 9:03 AM

Trump said the American economy is doing well and he has been receiving congratulatory message from across the world. (Photo: File)

China having hard time, says Donald Trump over trade war

The two nations had already imposed tariffs on USD 50 billion of each other’s goods before the September sanctions.

01 Nov 2018 2:58 PM

'Stealing another country's intellectual property, something China's been engaged in to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, is just something China has to figure out a way to stop,' Pompeo told the Brian Kilmeade Show. (Photo: File)

US trying to convince China 'to behave like normal nation': Pompeo

Pompeo called China's behaviour in stealing intellectual property 'inappropriate' and 'not consistent with being a superpower.'

01 Nov 2018 1:48 PM

Trump has long threatened to impose tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports into US, which exceed USD 257 billion, if Beijing fails to meet US demands for sweeping changes to Chinese trade, technology transfer and industrial subsidy policies. (Photo: File | AP)

US plans tariff on all remaining Chinese imports if Trump-Xi talks fail: Report

No decision has been made but preparation for new tariff list are on, in case the meeting does not yield progress towards solving disputes.

30 Oct 2018 9:56 AM

The White House's move to expand Washington's dispute with Beijing beyond trade and technology and into accusations of political meddling has sunk relations between the world's two largest economies to the lowest level since the Cold War. (Photo: File)

China-US ties sinking amid acrimony over trade, politics

Major speech by US Vice President on Oct. 4 was clearest, highest-level sign that US strategy was turning from engagement to confrontation.

23 Oct 2018 1:54 PM

An official US statement described the move by the Chinese destroyer as 'unsafe' because it moved within 41 metres of the US warship. (Representational Image)

Chinese warship in ‘unsafe’ encounter with US destroyer in South China Sea

China expressed firm opposition to US warship sailing near islands and reefs claimed by it in South China Sea.

02 Oct 2018 4:53 PM

Trump did not go into details about how he believed China was interfering in the midterms which could see the Republicans lose control of both the Senate and House of Representatives. (Photo: File)

China ‘doesn’t want me to win’ upcoming polls: Trump at UNSC

'They do not want me or us to win because I am the first president ever to challenge China on trade,' Trump said.

27 Sep 2018 11:56 AM

William Evanina said LinkedIn should look at copying the response of Twitter, Google and Facebook, which have all purged fake accounts allegedly linked to Iranian and Russian intelligence agencies. (Photo: Office of the Director of National Intelligence)

China using fake LinkedIn accounts to recruit Americans: US top spy catcher

William Evanina, the US counter-intelligence chief, also said that LinkedIn should shut those fake accounts.

31 Aug 2018 9:15 PM

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Trump signs USD 716 bn defence bill with watered-down China measures

The defence policy bill includes watered-down controls on US govt contracts with China’s ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.

14 Aug 2018 12:23 PM

Chinese security personnel stand outside the US Embassy, in the background, after a reported blast occurred nearby in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Chinese man sets off explosive outside US embassy in Beijing: police

The area where the incident took place is home to several embassies, including those of the United States, India and Israel.

26 Jul 2018 12:08 PM

The US military has a long-standing position that its operations are carried out throughout the world, including in areas claimed by allies, and that they are separate from political considerations. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)

Two US warships sail near South China Sea islands claimed by Beijing

The operation was the latest attempt to counter what US sees as Beijing's efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters.

27 May 2018 5:33 PM

In 2017, the United States had a USD 375.2 billion trade deficit with China, a source of frequent and bitter complaint by President Donald Trump. (Photo: File/AP)

China agrees on measures to 'substantially' reduce US trade deficit

The joint statement, coming at a time of high tensions over trade, followed high-level talks between US and Chinese delegations.

20 May 2018 9:38 AM

'Our high level delegation is on the way back from China where they had long meetings with Chinese leaders and business representatives,' Trump wrote in a tweet. (Photo: AP File)

Trump says China ‘spoiled’ by trade wins over US

Trump has accused China of unfair trade practices that have driven up the US goods deficit with the Asian giant.

05 May 2018 12:21 PM

Trump said that China and the United States will always have a great relationship. (Photo: ANI)

China-US will always have great relationship, says Trump

The trade talks to be held from May 3 to May 4 in Beijing will have the US delegation, led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

03 May 2018 1:49 PM

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson (Photo: AP)

Work closely with US, but keep options open

While speaking warmly of India, Tillerson did not fail to point out that Pakistan was a major US partner, and that all “relations stand on merit”.

21 Oct 2017 12:40 AM

Bannon talked about the infighting in the White House, now engulfed in a storm over Trump's defensive response to deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia. (Photo: AP)

N Korea conflict only ‘sideshow’, US in ‘economic war’ with China: WH strategist

Bannon, an economic nationalist and ex-CEO of Breitbart news website, is said to be on shaky ground with President Trump.

17 Aug 2017 9:00 PM

In retaliation, China has dispatched military vessels and fighter jets to warn off US warship sailing near disputed, as reported by Russia Today. (Photo: File/Representational)

South China Sea dispute: China slams US, says it opposes show of military force

The statement came after the US Air Force confirmed on Friday that 2 bombers from Guam had flown over the disputed waterway.

07 Jul 2017 9:09 PM

In an interview last month, Trump had said China had not been "currency manipulators" for some time and had been trying to prevent further weakening. (Photo: AP)

China stopped manipulating currency after I became president: Trump

China has been accused of suppressing the yuan to make its exports more competitive with American goods.

01 May 2017 5:31 PM

Trump advisors have mulled declaring China a "currency manipulator," or levying tariffs on Chinese products in a bid offset in the import gap. (Photo: AP)

Will defend 'interests' in South China Sea: US

China lays claim to a vast extent of South China Sea within a so-called 'nine dash line,' including waters claimed by its neighbors.

24 Jan 2017 8:46 AM

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