Tag Archives: Trade

• Trump demands withdrawal of India’s ‘unacceptable’ tariff hike 27 June 2019 | Neha Dasgupta This post has no comments yet

  US President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded India withdraw retaliatory tariffs imposed by New Delhi this month, calling the duties “unacceptable” in a stern message. ...

• US cuts off India preferential trade access 2 June 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The United States will end preferential trade treatment for India from Wednesday, US President Donald Trump has announced, in a fresh economic headwind for New Delhi alongside slowing growth ...

• Get ready for difficult times, China’s Xi warns during trade war 23 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  China must prepare for difficult times as the international situation is increasingly complex, President Xi Jinping said in comments carried by state media on Wednesday. ...

• US Ambassador to China visiting Tibet this week 20 May 2019 This post has one comment

  US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad was scheduled to visit Tibet this week, the first visit to the region by a US ambassador since 2015, amid escalating trade tensions. ...

• US-China relations near new low amid trade battle 11 May 2019 | Paul Wiseman, Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller This post has one comment

  The US and China have gone through rough patches before. The American public recoiled — and the US government imposed sanctions — after the People's Liberation Army slaughtered hundreds. ...

• US escalates trade war amid negotiations, China says will hit back 10 May 2019 | David Lawder and Yawen Chen This post has no comments yet

  The United States escalated a tariff war with China on Friday by hiking levies to 25% for $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in the midst of last-ditch talks to rescue a trade deal. ...

• Donald Trump thinks US will have a trade deal with China 17 November 2018 This post has 5 comments

  US President Donald Trump has said he thinks there will be a trade deal with China, reiterating that he wants a deal which is fair and on a reciprocal basis. ...

• Can China afford a trade war? 24 March 2018 | NS Venkataraman This post has 2 comments

  It is extremely doubtful as to whether China can sustain a trade war, since the Chinese economy would virtually collapse if the export of Chinese products were to be considerably curbed. ...

• British PM Theresa May tells China she wants stronger ties 16 August 2016 | Ben Blanchard and William James This post has no comments yet

  Prime Minister Theresa May has told China's leader that Britain wants to strengthen trade and business ties, an attempt to reassure the world's second largest economy after London delayed a $24 billion nuclear project. ...

• Nepal, China to sign trade treaty, fuel agreement 16 March 2016 This post has no comments yet

  The Madhesi agitation over Nepal's new Constitution and the trade blockade with India that ended last month caused a severe shortage of petroleum products in the landlocked nation. ...