China on Tuesday slapped tariffs on US imports in a rapid response to new US duties on Chinese goods, renewing a trade war between the world’s top two economies as President Donald Trump sought to ...

As the White House fires a 10% tariff salvo, China sees room to negotiate.

The Wuhan company didn’t bother with the dark web. It spruiked its goods right in the open, showing mounds of white powder ...

U.S. President Donald Trump dropped his plan to levy tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days after Prime Minister Justin ...

The question many economic analysts and politicians across the world will keep asking, however, is whether huge tariffs taxing that trade are likely to help balance the books. Speaking to ...

It formally launched a dispute with the World Trade Organization on Wednesday. For Chinese small businesses, the fallout from the escalating geopolitical tensions was immediate: They are ...

In the wake of the announcement, Chinese officials – who were hit by Trump’s move while in the middle of a week-long public holiday – vowed to file a complaint with the World Trade ...

China, where Monday was a holiday, said it would challenge Trump's tariffs at the World Trade Organization and take unspecified countermeasures, adding to the uncertainty. The Canadian dollar ...

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is in no hurry to speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to defuse a new trade war between the world's ...

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China merely murmured in the first instance about taking "necessary countermeasures" and indicated that it would raise a complaint about the US with the World Trade Organisation. Since then ...

China has indicated it would challenge the Trump administration's tariffs at the World Trade Organization and take unspecified countermeasures. Meanwhile, European nations have signalled the ...