The back-and-forth remarks by Beijing and Washington add further confusion as to when and whether the world's two largest economies would start talks on high levies on each others' goods.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) ...

China’s consumer price inflation reading fell by 0.1% year on year in May – smaller than the 0.2% decline forecast in a Reuters poll.

The country's GDP contraction for the January to March quarter narrowed to an annualized 0.2%, from the 0.7% print released previously, revised estimates showed.. In South Korea, the Kospi index ...