US China Trade War

President Donald Trump is moving toward levying a new tariff on China that would penalise the world's second-largest economy for flooding the global market with underpriced goods, according to three people familiar with the matter. Two of the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations still being finalised, said Trump is considering setting the new tariff at 7.5 per cent. It's a level administration officials believe would not endanger the one-year trade truce between Washington and Beijing or a planned White House meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping expected to take place in late September. The move, if finalised, appears to be a calibrated effort by the White House to work around a Supreme Court decision earlier this year that struck down Trump's plan to implement a sweeping, high-tariff scheme not seen since the 1930s. After that decision, the Trump administration announced in March it was launching formal investigations ...

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White House report accuses dozens of countries of helping China evade US tariffs through third-country transshipments, with the new AI set to track such illicit trade flows

The US concerns come as Chinese AI artificial intelligence (AI) companies rapidly expand their presence in the global market

President Donald Trump accused China of interfering in the 2020 US election and stealing voter data, reviving claims that US intelligence agencies have previously debunked

Just 49 per cent of the companies surveyed by the US-China Business Council said they planned to invest in the Asian country this year, up one percentage point from a record low last year

According to the Lowy Institute's 2025 Asia Power Index, Vietnam recorded the second-largest increase in overall influence in the region; it now ranks seventh in Asia for economic relationships

The release also stated that President Trump will host President Xi in Washington later this year, while both countries will support each other as hosts of the G20 and APEC summits

President Xi Jinping of China is buying time for Beijing and may see an opening with a US president weakened by the war in Iran

Trump said he had spoken with the Chinese leader and the meeting would be 'positive' as he embarked with a coterie of aides, CEOs and family members

Trump, who last visited China in 2017, will meet Xi Jinping in a much-anticipated summit that's already been rescheduled once due to the Iran war

The two countries will focus on identifying mutual areas of interest in trade

A successful meeting between the two leaders on May 14-15 may provide an extra boost for Chinese equities, which have lagged their Asian peers

Trump and Xi Jinping are slated to meet May 14-15 after their summit was rescheduled once due to the war, which has triggered an energy crisis and restricted supplies to importers of West Asia crude

In early February, China started trials for its largest artificial intelligence computing cluster for scientific research

Shipments of US ethane are expected to rise to an all-time high of 800,000 tons in April, which would be around 60 per cent higher than the monthly average

During recent trade talks between the US and China in Paris, both sides discussed the creation of a board of trade and also touched on the formation of a board of investment

Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun rejected reports that Beijing is set to supply military hardware to Tehran

Trump's proposal reflects push for energy dominance, but raises risks of deeper conflict and global fallout

Representatives from Beijing and Washington began their economic and trade talks in Paris on Sunday, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in about two weeks. The delegations, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, convened in the French capital in the morning, China's official news agency Xinhua reported. The White House has said that Trump will travel to China from March 31 to April 2, though Beijing has not officially confirmed it. Bessent said on Thursday that his team will continue to deliver results that put America's farmers, workers and businesses first. The U.S. Treasury Department said Bessent will meet He on Sunday and Monday. China's commerce ministry said Friday the two sides are set to discuss "trade and economic issues of mutual concern." Trump's visit to China will be the first for a U.S. president since he went in his first term in 2017. It will come five .