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Breaking news and analysis on the US-China trade war, its history and timeline, and the impact on the global economy.
The British Empire pioneered weaponising the global economy, a strategy now deployed with near reckless abandon by its successor, the American empire.
Injecting funds into strategic industries such as alternative energy has given China a massive leg up on the international competition, but domestic experts say cracks may be showing.
DHL Global Connectedness Report sees shift as ‘less a decoupling and more a reduction of what had previously been an unusually high level of integration’.
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’.
Annual presidential address has Biden appearing vibrant and confident about US, including its partnerships and alliances in the Pacific.
In the lead-up to Premier Li’s maiden work report on Tuesday, he sat down with a delegation representing US business interests in China, and signs point to investor confidence remaining subdued.
American domestic politics should not disrupt ‘stabilising’ bilateral relations, says Qian Jin, Beijing’s number two envoy in New York.
Report accuses China of maintaining a non-market economy that it seeks to use as leverage to distort competitive markets and concentrate supply chains.
Challenge exacerbated by loophole allowing shipments under US$800 to bypass import tariffs, most safety inspections and other oversight, witnesses say.
Influential business group, while opposed to economic decoupling, is apprehensive about possible overcapacity in Chinese industries linked to the initiative.
From top-level meetings to AI discussions and a shock investment discovery by the House, here are a few highlights from the SCMP’s US-based correspondents in February 2024.
Ahead of the biggest political event of the year, China’s energy security gets more play against the backdrop of international criticism and fresh warnings from the United States.
Li Qiang tells delegation led by US Chamber of Commerce head that Washington’s ‘small yard, high fence’ approach to trade with China is not in either side’s interest.
High-profile economist and former State Council researcher warns that potential US capital injections in China, following any Fed rate cuts, might be tumultuous for already-battered markets.
Recent findings from the American Chamber of Commerce in South China found that Chinese firms were much more keen on ramping up investments, but most US firms still plan to as well.
Wang Wentao speaks with Katherine Tai on the sidelines and delivers Beijing’s ‘solemn concerns’ about Taiwan and tariffs, according to a Commerce Ministry statement.
US Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark is leading a US delegation to Beijing where they will meet senior Chinese government officials and local business leaders, group said.
Washington’s report on China’s compliance in the World Trade Organization continues accusations since US-China trade war began, and Beijing says US is distracting from its own WTO ‘violations and sabotage’.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said: ‘The chips that GlobalFoundries will make … are essential chips to our national security.’
Officials in Guangdong, Shandong, Anhui and Liaoning convene meetings to find ways to boost investment and overhaul technology.