Trade war, day 195: Chinese tourism to U.S. still growing
The Chinese government’s warning about travel to the U.S. issued in July…
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Trade war, day 194: Lighthizer doesn’t see ‘any progress,’ but will meet Liu He
We have now crossed into the second half of the 90-day negotiating period, and continue to…
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Trade war, day 193: ‘I think that we are going to…do a deal with China’
Today, Trump again reiterated his optimism about reaching a trade deal with China.
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Kim Jong-un ends fourth visit to China with Beijing’s support, eyes on second Trump meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un continued to solidify his relationship with Xi Jinping in a
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Trade war, day 189: Chinese commerce ministry mum on details of negotiations
China’s commerce ministry has now also issued a statement (in Chinese) about…
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Trade war, day 188: Will Trump’s stock market obsession cut short negotiations?
For over half a year, we have tracked the escalation of tariffs and the outlook for economic…
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How China’s Belt and Road reportedly funded corruption in Malaysia
The Wall Street Journal has a bombshell story (paywall) about China’s overseas…
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Trade war, day 187: Talks are extended to third day in Beijing
U.S.-China trade talks between mid-level officials, which were scheduled for January 7-8, have been extended a day,…
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Trade war, day 182: Weak China sales for Apple
Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote a letter (full text;
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Trade war, day 181: Lighthizer may push for more tariffs
There is not much news in the U.S.-China trade war since last Friday, when we highlighted…
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Trade war, day 168: Fresh accusations of stolen technology, but no sanctions (yet)
The U.S. Justice Department has, for the fourth time in three months, unveiled a significant indictment (
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Belt and Road and military jets in Pakistan
The New York Times has a scoop: Since Trump announced (via Twitter, of course) on January 1…
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Trade war, day 167: Face-to-face talks scheduled for January
Steven Mnuchin, the U.S. Treasury Secretary who is reportedly not leading U.S.-China trade talks but joined U.S. Trade Representative…
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Canada ‘trying to buy time’ as third citizen detained in China
The Toronto Star reports (porous paywall) that a third Canadian in China…
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Ofo on verge of bankruptcy
Ofo, one of two companies that came out on top of the bike-sharing gold…
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