European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk are in Beijing to meet Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for the annual China-EU leaders dialogue. On Monday, Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council stated, the World Trade… Read More ›
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China registers highest trade surplus levels with U.S. in June since Dec. 2017
The data could potentially prolong and deepen the ongoing trade war. Official data from the U.S. shows, Beijing’s exports to the United States, have unexpectedly risen to record highs. China’s trade surplus with the U.S. peaked in June and could… Read More ›
China’s National Textile and Apparel Council opposes U.S. tariffs
China is ramping up direct and indirect pressures on Washington. On Friday, China’s National Textile and Apparel Council stated it was deeply concerned with the escalating trade dispute between the United States and China. As per a statement on its… Read More ›
China’s sourced soybeans from Brazil, avoided higher tariffed U.S. soy
With China, the world’s biggest consumer of soybeans, sourcing soybeans from Brazil, the price of Brazilian soy peaked in June. On Friday, according to data from China’s General Administration of Custom China’s import of soybean in June has jumped by… Read More ›
Chinese stocks and yuan falls as Trump threatens tariffs worth $200 billion on Chinese imports to the U.S
In the last 12 months ending May 2018, China has strategically reduced its imports from the U.S. to USD162bn. Investors are anxious to see how China responds to the new U.S. threats. On Wednesday, following U.S. President’s Donald Trump’s threat… Read More ›
Shanghai to open up auto sector to foreign investment
The developments comes a day after Tesla announced that it would build an auto plant in Shanghai that would double its global auto manufacturing capacity. On Wednesday, Huang Ou, the deputy director of Shanghai Commission of Economy and Information Technology… Read More ›
Market sentiments turn bearish as Trump threatens imposition of new tariffs on Chinese goods worth $200 billion
The stock and the commodities market slipped lower on Wednesday as trade tensions between U.S. and China continued to escalate. On Wednesday, following renewed threats of tariffs on Chinese goods worth $200 billion by U.S. President Donald Trump, commodities and… Read More ›
China hikes tariffs on select U.S. made optical fiber products
The U.S. companies that are affected by this significant hike in tariffs include Draka Communications Americas Inc, Corning Inc, OFS Fitel, among others. On Tuesday, China’s ministry of commerce disclosed it had applied “anti-dumping tariff rates” for a select segment… Read More ›
Tesla hikes China price of Model X & S by 20%
The U.S. luxury carmaker, which generated 17% of its 2017 sales from China, could relocate some of its carmaking activities to China. In response to the burgeoning U.S.-China trade war, Tesla has become the first automaker to raise the prices… Read More ›
Foreign investors sold Japanese equities worth $7.06 billion in May-June 2018
Having purchased substantially in the first half of the month, foreign investors turned net sellers once the Trump Administration raised the ante, escalating the trade dispute into a potential trade war against Chinese imports to the U.S. aimed at balancing… Read More ›