https://www.scmp.com/rss/330021/feed Doug Palmer is a reporter for POLITICO. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Doug Palmer,Finbarr Bermingham Doug Palmer,Finbarr Bermingham US apparel groups are expecting a Trump administration decision as early as this week blocking imports of Chinese-made textile and apparel products, according to textiles industry sources and a former Trump White House trade official. The decision is expected to be made on the grounds that the products were made with forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China.  Such a move has the potential to affect tens of billions of dollars of US textile and clothing imports that contain cotton, yarn or... https://www.scmp.com/politics/xinjiang-trump-administration-expected-block-chinese-textile-imports/article/3100798?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/xinjiang-trump-administration-expected-block-chinese-textile-imports/article/3100798?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:09:53 +0000 Doug Palmer,Finbarr Bermingham Doug Palmer,Finbarr Bermingham This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations, jointly produced by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. US apparel groups are expecting a Trump administration decision as early as this week blocking imports of Chinese-made textile and apparel products on the grounds that they are the products of forced labour in the Xinjiang region of China, according to textiles industry sources and a former Trump White House trade... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3100610/xinjiang-apparel-groups-expect-trump-administration-blocking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3100610/xinjiang-apparel-groups-expect-trump-administration-blocking?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Sep 2020 02:35:01 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations, jointly produced by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. China has agreed to make significant purchases of US goods as part of the phase one trade deal to be signed in Washington on Wednesday. The goods will total $200 billion over two years across four industries, according to a Trump administration official and two other sources briefed on the matter. Beijing has agreed to buy... https://www.scmp.com/politics/us-china-war-beijing-make-huge-purchases-us-goods-details-deal-revealed/article/3046008?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/us-china-war-beijing-make-huge-purchases-us-goods-details-deal-revealed/article/3046008?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:33:18 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations, jointly produced by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. The trade deal to be signed this week will include pledges by China to buy US$200 billion of US goods over two years in four industries, a Trump administration official and two other sources briefed on the matter said. The target for manufactured goods purchases will be the largest, worth around US$75 billion. China will... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3045937/trade-war-deal-details-phase-one-revealed-china-make-huge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3045937/trade-war-deal-details-phase-one-revealed-china-make-huge?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:37:01 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations, jointly produced by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. One of the biggest national security threats in the US-China trade war could be lurking in your medicine cabinet. The United States relies on imported medicines from China in a big way. Antibiotics, over-the-counter pain medicine and the stuff that stops itching and swelling – a lot of it is imported from China. US President... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3042749/trade-war-fears-spook-us-policymakers-thinking-china-could?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3042749/trade-war-fears-spook-us-policymakers-thinking-china-could?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:00:13 +0000 This story is produced jointly by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. The world’s top two economies have tentatively agreed to a truce in their trade dispute, as they prepare for talks to resolve the conflict, according to sources familiar with the situation. Details of the deal are being prepared ahead of this weekend’s meeting between the US and Chinese presidents at the Group of 20 leaders summit in Japan, according to three sources. The... https://www.scmp.com/politics/us-and-china-agree-trade-war-truce-g20-meeting-osaka/article/3016334?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/us-and-china-agree-trade-war-truce-g20-meeting-osaka/article/3016334?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:11:13 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations produced jointly by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. The US and China have tentatively agreed to another truce in their trade war in order to resume talks aimed at resolving the dispute, sources familiar with the situation said. Details of the agreement are being laid out in press releases in advance of the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3016255/trade-war-us-and-china-agree-tentative-truce-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3016255/trade-war-us-and-china-agree-tentative-truce-g20-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jun 2019 01:33:05 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations produced jointly by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. A trade deal between President Xi Jinping and United States counterpart Donald Trump could finally fulfil a long-delayed promise to open up China’s 208.1 trillion yuan (US$31 trillion) market for credit cards and other third-party payment processors to American companies like Mastercard, American Express and Visa. But any... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3004180/us-china-trade-war-deal-could-be-too-late-likes-mastercard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3004180/us-china-trade-war-deal-could-be-too-late-likes-mastercard?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:00:06 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations, jointly produced by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO. The United States and China have just five weeks to come up with a deal that both nations can hail as “wins” in their closely watched trade war, and they’re each asking the other for major concessions heading into the next round of talks in Washington next week. But what does “winning” actually look like for US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping –... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/2183400/what-does-winning-us-china-trade-war-look-donald-trump-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/2183400/what-does-winning-us-china-trade-war-look-donald-trump-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:00:45 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations produced jointly by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. China’s Vice-President Wang Qishan will lead the Chinese delegation at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting from January 22-25 in Davos, Switzerland, according to two separate sources familiar with the arrangements. It is not known if Wang will have an official meeting with US President Donald Trump, who will be making... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2180512/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-lead-davos-delegation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2180512/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-lead-davos-delegation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jan 2019 07:04:54 +0000