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Australia will refuse any US request to join a “hypothetical” conflict with China over Taiwan and won’t make any advance commitment, the defence industry minister, Pat Conroy, has said, amid reports Washington is seeking such promises in discussions over the Aukus submarines. Conroy called on China to be more transparent . . .
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China have reached an agreement — again — to deescalate trade tensions. But details are scarce, and the latest pact leaves major issues between the world’s two biggest economies unresolved. President Donald Trump said late Thursday that a deal with China had been signed “the other day.’’ China’s […]
(Bloomberg) — Taiwan joined a yearslong US campaign to curtail China’s technological ascent when it blacklisted the country’s AI and chipmaking champions, an unprecedented step that may signal a resurgent effort to isolate its powerful neighbor’s semiconductor sector. Most Read from Bloomberg Taipei this month added Huawei Technologies Co. and its main chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing […]
Hong Kong CNN — The United States and China have agreed on a framework to implement their trade truce, officials on both sides said Wednesday, after concluding two days of talks in London to defuse tensions and ease export restrictions that threaten to disrupt global manufacturing.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said trade talks with China – under way in London since Monday – may spill into a third day, and suggested that the two sides are making progress. “We’re working on all sorts of trade issues, and I think the talks are going really, really well,” he told reporters gathered […]
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq tread water in wait for clues on US-China trade talks Yahoo Finance Source link
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures tread water as US-China trade talks enter second day Yahoo Finance Source link
New data from the New York Fed suggests Americans are gaining confidence in the labor market, even as broad uncertainty around trade policy, interest rates, and other unknowns clouds the economic outlook. According to the New York Fed’s May 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations
BEIJING (AP) — U.S.-China trade talks in London this week are expected to take up a series of fresh disputes that have buffeted relations, threatening a fragile truce over tariffs. Both sides agreed in Geneva last month to a 90-day suspension of most of the 100%-plus tariffs they had imposed on each other in an […]
Sky News understands that the Trump administration approached the UK government to ask if it would host round two of the US-China trade talks. This is a useful ‘diplo-win’ for the UK. The first round was held in Geneva last month. News of that happening came as a surprise. The Chinese and the Americans were […]