• April 21 2025
  OutlookPatti Waldmeir

  Illinois farmers focus on planting rather than Trump tariffs

  Veterans of the trade wars, they know a great deal could change before the harvest

  
• April 21 2025
  Trade Secrets

  Trading partners ponder the art of fobbing Trump off with a weak deal Premium content

  Governments are hoping they can offer symbolic gains to make the US president go away

  
• April 21 2025
  Private equity

  China pulls back from US private equity investments

  Industry executives report change of approach as Beijing bears brunt of Trump’s tariffs

  
• April 21 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  Beijing warns countries not to act against China in trade deals with US

  Commerce ministry acts amid concerns that Washington will push trade partners to isolate Chinese goods and businesses

  
• April 20 2025
  Global Economy

  Global confidence slumps as trade turmoil looms over IMF meetings

  Tariff shock and market slide are among rising threats to growth, Brookings-FT Tiger index shows

  
• April 20 2025
  Trump tariffs

  DHL suspends some parcel deliveries to US amid trade war

  German group is first major commercial logistics company to take action after new tariffs come into force

  
• April 20 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  Trump’s tariff war comes to New York’s Chinatown

  Chinese American small businesses are stockpiling goods to delay higher costs

  
• April 20 2025
  Rare earths

  China’s rare earths controls prompt fears of auto shortages and shutdowns

  Traders and executives warn of limited inventories and a risk of disruption to automotive production

  
• April 20 2025
  Chinese business & finance

  China tech groups lead multibillion-dollar campaign to help exporters sell at home

  Alibaba, JD.com and Tencent among those aiding switch to domestic sales in national movement influenced by Beijing

  
• April 18 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  Trump administration set to impose steep fees on Chinese ships

  Plan alarms farmers and other exporters while Beijing warns of higher shipping costs and supply chain disruption

  
• April 18 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  China stops buying liquefied natural gas from the US

  Standstill shows how Sino-American trade war has spilled into the energy sector

  
• April 18 2025
  Gillian Tett

  Tariffs ignore the reality of global tech supply chains

  Nvidia has become a symbol of the looming business nightmare unleashed by Donald Trump

  
• April 18 2025
  News in-depthUS-China trade dispute

  Trump’s tariffs unravel US supply chains at China’s export showcase

  Buyers and sellers at Canton trade fair search for ways to evade levies as goods pile up in warehouses

  
• April 17 2025
  IPOs

  Chinese ‘teaspresso’ chain Chagee jumps on Wall Street debut

  Strong performance comes despite worsening ties between Washington and Beijing

  
• April 17 2025
  Trump tariffs

  IMF chief cuts growth forecast over ‘off the charts’ trade uncertainty

  Kristalina Georgieva warns that Donald Trump’s tariff ‘reboot’ threatens to raise prices and play havoc with markets

  
• April 17 2025
  Energy sector

  Trump’s policies could give China lead in global energy race, say experts

  Trade war and cleantech retreat are threats to US producers and may boost Beijing

  
• April 17 2025
  Nvidia

  Nvidia chief Jensen Huang flies to Beijing for talks

  Meetings with Chinese vice-premier and DeepSeek founder come after US clamps down on chipmaker’s sales to China

  
• April 17 2025
  News in-depthEU-China relations

  China seeks reset with EU amid Trump’s trade war

  Beijing eyes rapprochement with Brussels to compensate for loss of US market but significant hurdles remain

  
• April 17 2025
  Stephen Roach

  The Chinese Dream is to Xi what Maga is to Trump

  Tariff conflict arises out of the collision course between two very different political mindsets

  
• April 16 2025
  DeepSeek

  US House panel probes whether DeepSeek used restricted Nvidia chips

  Lawmakers say the Chinese AI group is a ‘profound threat’ to national security

  
• April 16 2025
  US foreign policy

  US places sanctions on Chinese refinery over Iran oil purchases

  Trump administration accuses Shandong Shengxing Chemical of buying crude as it increases pressure on Beijing and Tehran

  
• April 16 2025
  Nvidia

  Nvidia blindsided by Trump’s curbs in multibillion-dollar blow to China sales

  US chipmaker reveals $5.5bn impairment, while full hit to China revenues could surpass $10bn

  
• April 16 2025
  Nvidia

  Nvidia to take $5.5bn hit as US clamps down on AI chip sales to China

  Trump administration’s curbs send chipmaker’s shares sliding

  
• April 16 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  Trump tariff war to slash North American exports by 13%, warns WTO

  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says US-China trade conflict could ‘force countries to choose’ between the two

  
• April 16 2025
  Chinese economy

  China defies Trump’s tariffs with strong first-quarter growth

  Exporters frontload shipments to beat levies as US president says ‘ball’ is in Beijing’s court to start talks

  

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