The US’ proposed tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel imports would be the first move in a tit-for-tat struggle that would expand the bilateral trade war, analysts said – and fuel grumblings over industrial overcapacity.

‘I’m not looking for a fight with China but competition, fair competition,’ the president tells cheering steelworkers in Pennsylvania.

Biden administration ‘taking a serious look’ at existing tools to deal effectively with Beijing’s policies causing ‘dependencies and vulnerabilities’.

US Treasury Secretary’s meetings to include talks with China on ‘balanced growth’, a new dialogue to address China’s excess industrial capacity for EVs, solar panels and other clean energy goods.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ended her week-long trip to China on Tuesday, saying the US had been able to ‘move the ball’ on key issues, while analysts said the visit had focused on ‘practical short-term issues’.

US Treasury secretary says Beijing needs to make policy changes, while warning that Washington and its allies fear ‘global spillovers’ from China’s trade actions.

Speaking in Paris to Chinese makers of electric vehicles and lithium batteries, commerce chief Wang Wentao vows Beijing will ‘fully support and defend’ their rights as Western pressure mounts.

Premier Li urges Washington to view industrial capacity ‘objectively’ during meeting with visiting US Treasury Secretary Yellen, who raised issue of excessive Chinese exports, especially new energy vehicles and solar panels.

Seeking economic opportunity, Chinese merchants build bustling wholesale markets, sell Made in China goods and deal with occasional resistance from Mexican vendors.

Second day of talks with Vice-Premier He Lifeng precedes trip to Beijing for meetings with senior officials including premier and central bank head.

Washington fears that Chinese cars may be able to come over the southern border with zero tariffs under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

First talks for China-US trade working group occur days after Xi, Biden review progress on summit agreement to improve communications.

Trade and Technology Council meeting, which begins Thursday, aims for agreements that would remain attractive to the former US president, should he be re-elected.

Observers and business figures are seeing changes in global supply chains as the US’ trade restrictions begin to have an effect – and think China needs to readjust its game plan to respond to these shifts appropriately.

Xinhua’s conciliatory editorial line is in sharp contrast to its accusation just weeks earlier that the US had a ‘friend or foe’ mindset that would lead nowhere.

Industry body says companies should avoid ‘disorderly and vicious’ competition as US pushes to avoid overcapacity,

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.

The State Department is urged to clarify its advisory for China and explain who exactly is at risk, since ‘they don’t tend to be students or scholars’.

As more details emerge related to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s coming trip to China, signs indicate excess capacity in sectors like electric vehicles will be a major sticking point in trade discussions.

Washington has asked countries with US business interests to avoid selling sensitive tech-related gear to China, and analysts say it would take China a while to develop its own advanced chips industry.