• November 28 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Indonesia resists US trade deal ‘poison pill’

  Jakarta’s rejection of coercive clauses challenges effort by Donald Trump to counter Chinese influence in south-east Asia

  
• November 25 2025
  Japanese politics & policy

  Japan’s Takaichi says Trump called after speaking with Xi

  Prime minister says leaders discussed Indo-Pacific ‘challenges’ amid tensions over Taiwan between Tokyo and Beijing

  
• November 24 2025
  Trump and Xi hold first call since trade truce

  Conversation between US and Chinese presidents comes as Washington debates sale of more advanced AI chips

  
• November 24 2025
  Rare earths

  China’s Li pushes developing country alliance on rare earths

  Beijing steps up competition with US on access to critical minerals

  
• November 20 2025
  US foreign policy

  US ‘has Takaichi’s back’ in Japan’s escalating row with China

  Ambassador offers Japanese PM ‘unshakeable’ support after Beijing imposes economic measures

  
• November 18 2025
  US politics & policy

  US government needs overhaul to compete with China, panel says

  Congressional commission says ‘fragmented approach’ hampering Washington’s response to Beijing

  
• November 14 2025
  White House memo claims Alibaba is helping Chinese military target US

  National security document outlines intelligence on tech support given to PLA ‘operations’

  
• October 30 2025
  News in-depth

  China emerges as US ‘peer rival’ at Xi-Trump summit

  Beijing shows it can force Washington to compromise on trade issues

  
• October 30 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  US and China agree one-year trade truce after Trump-Xi talks

  Leaders agree to postpone export restrictions on rare earths and semiconductors after South Korea summit

  
• October 29 2025
  News in-depthUS-China trade dispute

  ‘The world is watching’: What Trump and Xi want from trade summit

  US and Chinese leaders expected to unveil deal to extend tariff truce amid tensions over rare earths and tech controls

  
• October 28 2025
  Semiconductors

  Silicon Valley chip start-up raises $100mn to take on TSMC and ASML

  Substrate plans to use particle accelerators to lower cost of chip manufacturing

  
• October 27 2025
  Gideon Rachman

  Trump, Xi and the danger for Taiwan

  The US president has unnerved Taiwan. But the island can still resist Beijing

  
• October 25 2025
  United Arab Emirates

  China upgraded missiles using UAE technology, Biden spies said

  Intelligence sparked intense debate in Washington about its relationship with Gulf state

  
• October 25 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  US and China kick off trade talks ahead of high-stakes Trump-Xi summit

  Washington describes first day of negotiations between Scott Bessent and He Lifeng as ‘very constructive’

  
• October 23 2025
  Chinese politics & policy

  China’s leadership vows to step up push for ‘self-reliance’ in tech

  Party cadres met this week in Beijing to lay groundwork for next five-year plan

  
• October 19 2025
  Rana Foroohar

  America’s rare earth delusion

  China’s critical minerals chokepoint has been hiding in plain sight for decades

  
• October 18 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  Bessent to meet China’s vice-premier in bid to solve rare earths spat

  Gathering next week is seen as progress after new rupture in trade relationship over critical minerals

  
• October 16 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  US warns world will ‘decouple’ from China if it imposes new export controls

  Scott Bessent says Washington will retaliate if Beijing proceeds with policy on rare earths and critical minerals

  
• October 14 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  Bessent slams China: ‘They want to pull everybody else down with them’

  US Treasury secretary tells FT that Beijing’s export controls are ‘a sign of how weak their economy is’

  
• October 14 2025
  Edward Luce

  US-China déjà vu all over again

  Trump’s latest piece of brinkmanship is likely to result in another climbdown

  
• October 14 2025
  Nexperia

  Dutch seizure of chipmaker followed US ultimatum over Chinese chief

  Takeover of Nexperia plunges Netherlands into US-China tech war

  
• October 13 2025
  Rana Foroohar

  The limits of the ‘Donroe doctrine’

  America’s attention is turning to its own backyard, but it is discovering that it still can’t go it alone

  
• October 12 2025
  News in-depthUS-China trade dispute

  Trump talks tough with China but holds out hope of truce in trade war

  US hardliners want tough stance but US president is taking a more nuanced approach to Beijing

  
• October 10 2025
  Taiwan

  Taiwan accelerates ‘T-dome’ missile plan against China threat

  President Lai Ching-te says ‘safety net’ would include high-altitude detection and interception capabilities

  
• October 10 2025
  Rare earths

  China unveils sweeping rare-earth export controls to protect ‘national security’

  Rules come ahead of expected meeting this month between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping