US wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc to counter China

Workers use machinery to dig at a rare earth mine in Ganxian county in central China’s Jiangxi province The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it

US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan

The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and

Trump’s new favorite term for US-China relations carries baggage

In diplomacy, even short words matter. And with a brief Truth Social post, President Donald Trump may have revealed his approach to the U.S.-China relationship — to

US and China ‘talking past each other’ on key issues, says US lawmaker visiting Beijing

U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue, center, speaks at a press conference with a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, Tuesday (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar

Top Chinese, US trade officials huddle in Sweden for second day of thorny talks over tariffs

Chinese and U.S. trade officials arrived for a second day of meetings in the Swedish capital yesterday to try to break a logjam over tariffs that have

Navigating challenges in Sino-US trade ties

Head-of-state diplomacy has provided crucial guidance for the development of Sino-US relations. It was the telephone talks between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart on June

China, US strike tentative trade deal amid lingering uncertainty

The United States and China have reached an agreement — again — to deescalate trade tensions. But details are scarce, and the latest pact leaves major issues between the

US and China agreed on a framework to resolve their disputes

Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators have agreed on a framework to get their trade negotiations back on track after a series of disputes that threatened to derail

Equality, respect and mutual benefit key to producing positive outcomes in London

That China and the United States held the first meeting of the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism in London on Monday, soon after their leaders called for

US declines to label China a currency manipulator, but blasts its transparency policies

The U.S. declined to label China a currency manipulator in a new Treasury report released Thursday, but accuses Beijing of standing out among America’s major trading partners for

New US ambassador, former senator and business executive arrives in Beijing

The new U.S. ambassador to China, former senator and business executive David Perdue, arrived in Beijing Thursday as China and the U.S. reached a temporary break in

Here’s a look at the sectors getting a boost from the truce in trade war

Shares of many companies that source at least some of their goods from China were surging yesterday as U.S. and Chinese officials announced that they had reached

US and China take a step back from sky-high tariffs, agree to pause for 90 days

U.S. and Chinese officials said yesterday they had reached a deal to roll back most of their recent tariffs and call a 90-day truce in

Xi’s tariff fight reveals China’s great divide

How does an escalating US-China trade war affect people’s well-being? In China, it depends on who you ask. Some are energized by the fight. Electric-vehicle makers are

Chinese businesses ponder the future

When the first two rounds of 10% tariffs hit, Zou Guoqing, a Chinese exporter, groaned but didn’t find the barriers insurmountable. He gave up some of his

Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban

A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business. Desiree Hill,

Republican senators demand an end to science and tech cooperation with China

A group of Republican senators is demanding that the Biden administration revoke a science and technology agreement with China, barely a week after the two countries renewed cooperation

Biden approves national security memo aimed at helping Trump on China

U.S. President Joe Biden has approved a new national security memorandum that is meant to serve as a roadmap for the incoming Trump administration as it

In a meeting with Biden, Xi cautions US to ‘make the wise choice’ to keep relations stable

China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and

US-China research has given Beijing’s military technology a boost, House GOP says

Partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to aid Beijing in developing

DEA closing two offices in China, struggles to stem flow of fentanyl

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is shutting down two of its hard-won offices in China, The Associated Press has learned, a move that comes even as the

Yellen says US-China relationship on ‘more stable footing’ but more can be done to improve ties

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a message of mutual cooperation at a meeting yesterday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, highlighting the improvement in relations since

Beijing calls for peaceful coexistence and promises pandas on the 45th anniversary

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday that the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and transcend their differences like they did when they

Top US and Chinese diplomats agree to build on recent progress in ties

The top U.S. and Chinese diplomats agreed yesterday to keep building on recent progress in bilateral ties and work together to keep the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza from

The US and Chinese finance ministers meet to lay the groundwork for a Biden-Xi meeting

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart will meet in San Francisco today to start two days of talks aimed at making progress on a slew of economic

Agreement reached for Biden-Xi talks, but details still being worked out: officials

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to meet on the sidelines of next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, according to

Some in Congress want to cut Ukraine aid and boost Taiwan’s

To Rep. Mike Collins, China is a bigger threat to the United States than Russia. So the Georgia Republican has  For Collins and other Republican

Kerry to visit Beijing for climate talks amid efforts to revive relations

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Beijing next week to discuss strategies for limiting global warming, amid a push by the world’s

Yellen says Washington might ‘respond to unintended consequences’ due to tech export curbs

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen yesterday said she agreed Washington will listen to Chinese complaints about security-related curbs on U.S. technology exports and might “respond to unintended

Gov’t accuses US of turning Taiwan into a powder keg with its latest sales

China's Defense Ministry accused the United States of turning Taiwan into a powder keg yesterday with its latest sales of military equipment to the self-governing island

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is making a long-awaited trip to China this week

Treasury Secretary  Yellen, who has called the notion of an economic decoupling from China “disastrous,” has frequently said in the past year that she would

Amid strained US ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful communist country.

US invitation of Taiwan to democracy summit angers Beijing

The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its Summit for Democracy next month, the State Department announced, prompting sharp criticism from China, which considers the self-ruled island as its territory. The

Analysis | US-China spats rattle world, prompting calls for unity

Antagonisms between the United States and China are rattling governments around the world, prompting a German official to warn of "Cold War 2.0" and Kenya's president to appeal for unity

China accuses US of improperly entering Houston consulate

China's foreign ministry complained today (Saturday) that American law enforcement officials improperly entered its consulate in Houston, which was ordered to close in an escalating diplomatic feud. The ministry gave no

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