US-China trade
What’s at stake at the Trump-Xi summit
The US president will be keen for trade concessions from Beijing ahead of November’s midterm elections
Trump administration invites Nvidia, Boeing CEOs for China trip: report
Executives from Qualcomm, Blackstone, Citigroup, and Visa are also on the invitation list, according to the report
World’s most important bromance revived as Trump heads to China
The two men have met at least six times over the past decade
China asks banks to pause new loans to US-sanctioned refiners
Tensions are escalating between the superpowers just weeks before a long-awaited meeting
Chinese exporters ‘numb’ to US threats as Trump set to visit
China ended 2025 with a record trade surplus of US$1.2 trillion
US industries, trade groups split over Trump’s tariff probe on excess factory capacity
China is the main source of excess steel capacity, producing more than India, America, Japan and Russia combined
Trump says he looks forward to Xi summit even as tensions mount
The two leaders are slated to meet next week, on May 14 to 15 in Beijing
China’s rare defiance of US sanctions sparks showdown over banks
The Asian nation has long been the single largest buyer of Teheran’s oil shipments
What China’s blocking of Manus deal means for its AI start-ups relocating overseas for US capital
The startup’s fate raises questions about Chinese AI firms venturing abroad in search of a more neutral identity with which to tap foreign funds and expand globally
China’s Meta backlash renders Manus model ‘officially dead’
Beijing is piling on the pressure just as startups grapple with escalating geopolitical tensions
