Since the pandemic, US East Coast ports have invested in expanded container terminals, adopted new technology for inventory management and made other upgrades.
Xiaolei Wu, who was studying jazz at the Berklee College of Music, will be deported after serving his sentence in a US prison, a federal judge orders.
Legislation, packaged with major foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, now heads to President Joe Biden, who has vowed to sign it into law.
Meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi expected to cover unfair trade practices and industrial overcapacity in ‘productive and constructive’ trip.
World’s foremost index provider alone channelled US$3.7 billion into entities boosting People’s Liberation Army, says congressional report.
Biden administration ‘taking a serious look’ at existing tools to deal effectively with Beijing’s policies causing ‘dependencies and vulnerabilities’.
‘These meetings were not about any one other nation. This was about deepening and revitalising existing alliances and partnerships and strengthening some new ones.’
‘China’s current external stance and military actions present … the greatest strategic challenge,’ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tells joint session of Congress.
Ahead of the dinner, US President Joe Biden announces Tokyo’s gift of 250 cherry blossom trees: ‘Like our friendship, these trees are timeless, inspiring and thriving.’
Fumio Kishida says that in areas like semiconductors, AI, quantum computing and biotech, it is ‘increasingly important for the two countries to build resilience’ as the two allies work to counterbalance China.
Joined by the Philippine president, leaders will showcase ‘support and solidarity’ for common vision of South China Sea, White House official says.
Meeting in Hawaii on Wednesday and Thursday was first face-to-face consultation since Xi Jinping and Joe Biden agreed to resume military dialogue in November.
Intel chief executive Patrick Gelsinger discusses developments in the technology industry, implications of geopolitical conflicts on global trade, and leadership lessons learned.
White House says it is monitoring situation in self-ruled island and its potential impact amid recovery efforts in hard-hit eastern Hualien city.
Washington’s response comes days after Beijing says it changed names of mountains, rivers and residential areas in the Indian-administered Arunachal Pradesh state.
Posts that cite Beijing as a possible suspect reflect rising alarm about China in the US and recent statements by Washington officials, analysts say.
Wreckage shuts down ninth largest harbour in the US and a vital link to China, which a leading consumer of coal shipped through the port.
‘Excess capacity poses risks not only to American workers and firms and to the global economy, but also to productivity and growth in the Chinese economy,’ Yellen says.
Long tied to Beijing for tourism and gambling income, Northern Mariana Islands needs more aid from Washington, says governor.
Chinese think tank commentator says he can’t imagine Beijing having ‘interest in the private affairs of the Princess of Wales. Unless, I am shown some evidence’.
Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, in Washington for meetings with senior US officials, says his nation ‘can have good relations with all major powers’ and that Vietnam president’s ouster will not be destabilising.
The grant and loans from the US Commerce Department are part of the Chips and Science Act of 2022, meant to bolster the supply chain and counter China.
‘People have been hearing a lot of mistruths’ about the company and its planned US$2.4 billion EV plant, top North American official tells Post.
Concerns about Beijing’s potential to threaten US national security have spurred several bills seeking more scrutiny about who is representing Chinese interests.
Daniel Kritenbrink, an assistant secretary of state, tells Senate hearing ‘we had known for some time [of Nauru’s concerns] … in this instance, they decided to flip’.
Ex-president’s U-turn coincides with recent meeting held with billionaire Republican megadonor who is deeply invested in parent company ByteDance.
The petitioners are urging the US president to impose port fees on Chinese-built vessels to ‘address hundreds of billions of dollars of unfair government support’.
