Dec 08 China exports weaken ahead of US trade talks By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China’s export growth sank in November as global demand weakened, adding to pressure on Beijing ahead of trade talks with Washington. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 6:12 News Wrap: Paris reels from worst riots in 50 years Monday in our news wrap, President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to hold off on increasing tariffs. The U.S. says has China promised to buy more American exports. Also, in Paris, France’s prime minister held crisis talks with… Continue watching
Nov 30 Could the Trump-Xi meeting be a turning point for trade? By Gretchen Frazee President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Saturday amid an ongoing trade battle between the two nations. Continue reading
Nov 17 Pence, Xi trade barbs in speeches at Pacific summit By Jim Gomez, Stephen Wright, Associated Press Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence traded barbs in speeches at a summit of world leaders Saturday, outlining competing visions for global leadership as trade and other tensions between them simmer. Continue reading
Nov 09 U.S., China hold security talks amid trade tensions By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press Even as the United States and China butt heads over trade, their top diplomats and defense chiefs were meeting in Washington on Friday, looking to tamp down tensions on other issues that have put a chill on relations between the… Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 4:32 Who is more vulnerable in the escalating U.S.-China trade war? China set out to retaliate against new U.S. import taxes on Chinese goods on Tuesday by saying it would levy tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, ranging from agricultural products and machinery to chemicals. John Yang talks with… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 4:28 Russia aims to impress and intimidate with its largest military exercise in decades Not since the Soviet era has the Russian military showed off this much weaponry and tried to convince the world that the Russians are coming -- and they've already arrived. Russian forces have this week conducted its largest war games… Continue watching
Jul 25 China’s Xi warns of ‘unilateralism’ in U.S. trade dispute By Christopher Torchia, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the world faces "a choice between cooperation and confrontation" in remarks critical of escalating U.S. tariffs on goods from China and other major trading partners. Continue reading
Jun 19 China hopes the North Korea-U.S. summit outcome moves forward By Christopher Bodeen, Dake Kang, Associated Press Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday he hopes Pyongyang and Washington can fully implement the outcome of last week's nuclear summit at which Kim pledged to work toward denuclearization in exchange for U.S. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: Russia and China pledge deeper cooperation at summit In our news wrap Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their own summit, in the face of strained relations with the West. Putin said cooperation with China has reached an "unprecedented level." Also, Gazan medics… Continue watching