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A US-China trade war could be catastrophic. What is Trump’s endgame strategy?
The fast-worsening trade war between the United States and China — the planet’s premier geopolitical powers, whose economies ...
China Told by EU Business Body to Overhaul Its Industrial Policy
China needs to revise its industrial policies if it wants to avoid further backlash and build economic ties internationally as Donald Trump’s tariffs upend the global trade system, according to a ...
Why Trump is hitting China on trade - and what might happen next
There is much more to this than straightforward retaliation, writes John Sudworth, and it traces back to his first term.
Trump’s tariff onslaught against China escalates a battle the US may not be able to win
President Donald Trump just ignited a direct showdown with the one nation that might be able to beat the United States in a trade war.
China’s Xi Jinping Says There Are ‘No Winners’ in Tariff War
China’s leader started a week of diplomacy in Southeast Asia to signal China’s commitment to global trade after U.S.
Economic stagnation stokes sense of crisis in China
China held its biggest annual political event, the National People's Congress. But looming behind the tightly choreographed ...
Steeling China for a Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid
Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with President Trump. But he’ll have to persuade his ...
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Explainer: How do tariffs work and how will they impact the American and global economy?
Harvard Kennedy School international trade expert Robert Lawrence discusses what higher tariffs will mean for the United ...
U.S.-China tariff tensions could turn military disputes into something more dire
The disparate factions jockeying for influence around Trump see conflict with China as desirable in its own right.