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US-China relations

Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

What the US-China detente means for Asean businesses

China manufactures about 80% of the world’s solar panels.
ESG

Clean-energy dominance places China on stronger footing than the US in the AI race: HSBC executive

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers a keynote speech during the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
ASEAN Business

China overtakes West in Gulf trade for the first time in ‘watershed’ moment: report

This move represents a step in fulfilling China’s pledge to combat the flow of synthetic opioid ingredients to the US.
Global Enterprise

China curbs drug precursors to North America after US trade deal

Trump administration had been looking to counter China’s growing influence on the shipbuilding sector.
Global Enterprise

China suspends ‘special port fees’ on US vessels

US President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands as they leave after their talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2025. US President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping opened on October 30 their first face-to-face meeting in six years, seeking a truce to end a trade war that has roiled the world economy. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Opinion & Features

China is doing everything to stand on its own

A screen showing the meeting between US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping in South Korea, outside a shopping mall in Beijing on Oct 30. China is not the rare-earth juggernaut it might seem to be.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

China’s rare-earth own goal

Chinese buyers have booked two cargoes of US wheat, the first such purchases since October last year.
Global Enterprise

China begins limited purchases of US farm goods after Trump-Xi meet

US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting in Busan on Oct 30. Trump's decision to steer clear of discussion of China's large purchases of Russian oil, for example, point to his currently higher priority on stabilising US-China ties.
Opinion & Features

Trump’s deal with Xi is missing what Obama had – a foundation

The US and China have also pointedly disagreed in recent years about human rights issues in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet.
International

China urges US to avoid ‘red lines’ after reaching trade truce

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