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WEEK IN REVIEW: China Denies Iran Arms Reports After Trump Tariff Threat
China’s economy grew 5.0% year-on-year in the first quarter, accelerating from 4.5% in the previous quarter, according to official data released Thursday. The stronger result gives Beijing some momentum as policymakers brace for fallout from the Iran war, which raises the hazards of trade disruption and higher energy ...
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Chinese Automakers Surpass German Brands in the Mexican Market
Sales of Chinese-made cars in Mexico jumped more than 25% in the first quarter of the year, surpassing German brands for the first time, according to data from the research firm INEGI. Geely and Jetour Soueast were the strongest performers in ...
Vietnam Confirms Top Leader’s China Visit
Vietnam confirmed on Thursday that top leader To Lam will visit China next week at the invitation of counterpart Xi Jinping, his first foreign trip since becoming president. The Communist Party boss was elected president -- the number two position in ...
Trump Will Pursue Stability With China’s Xi in May Meeting, USTR Greer Says
By David Lawder and Doina Chiacu The U.S. economic and trade relationship with China is stable, and President Donald Trump will aim to keep it that way in a meeting next month with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson ...
China Urges WTO Members to Rise Against ‘Unilateralism and Protectionism’
China called on Thursday on countries gathered for a high-level World Trade Organization meeting in Cameroon to battle protectionism and attacks on a multilateral trading system facing an "existential challenge". Speaking at the opening of the WTO's ministerial meeting in Yaounde, ...
Fishermen conduct abalone management and protection operations at sea in the waters of Xiaocheng Town, Lianjiang County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China, on March 14, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto) (Photo by CFOTO / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
"China's financial commitments are simply more tangible and easier to grasp than those of Europe," one delegate from an island state remarked to me on a bright spring day in late March, as we both gazed out at the East River from the United Nations Headquarters. Behind us, in airless ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: China Denies Iran Arms Reports After Trump Tariff Threat
China’s economy grew 5.0% year-on-year in the first quarter, accelerating from 4.5% in the previous quarter, according to official data released Thursday. The stronger result gives Beijing some momentum as policymakers brace for fallout from the Iran war, which raises the hazards of trade disruption and higher energy ...
Chinese Automakers Surpass German Brands in the Mexican Market
Sales of Chinese-made cars in Mexico jumped more than 25% in the first quarter of the year, surpassing German brands for the first time, according to data from the research firm INEGI. Geely and Jetour Soueast were the strongest performers in ...
Vietnam Confirms Top Leader’s China Visit
Vietnam confirmed on Thursday that top leader To Lam will visit China next week at the invitation of counterpart Xi Jinping, his first foreign trip since becoming president. The Communist Party boss was elected president -- the number two position in ...
Trump Will Pursue Stability With China’s Xi in May Meeting, USTR Greer Says
By David Lawder and Doina Chiacu The U.S. economic and trade relationship with China is stable, and President Donald Trump will aim to keep it that way in a meeting next month with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson ...
China Urges WTO Members to Rise Against ‘Unilateralism and Protectionism’
China called on Thursday on countries gathered for a high-level World Trade Organization meeting in Cameroon to battle protectionism and attacks on a multilateral trading system facing an "existential challenge". Speaking at the opening of the WTO's ministerial meeting in Yaounde, ...
Kenya Finalizes China Trade Deal as Ruto Pushes Export Access
Kenya says it has finalized negotiations on a bilateral trade deal with China that will give 98% of Kenyan exports duty-free access to the Chinese market, a move President William Ruto says will help narrow a trade relationship long tilted toward Beijing. ...
China Says It Has Right to Retaliate Against Mexico’s Tariff Hikes
China said on Wednesday that Mexico's trade measures against it, including tariff increases, constitute trade and investment barriers and that it had the right to take countermeasures. The import duty hikes affect more than $30 billion in Chinese exports to Mexico ...
Latin America Split Over How to Counter China’s Steel Surge
Argentina terminated anti-dumping duties on Chinese aluminum foil, removing trade barriers that had restricted shipments from China and reopening the market to Chinese producers. The move marks a notable shift in South America’s trade posture toward Chinese industrial exports, even as ...
Brazil Mulls Assigning Beef Export Quotas for Exporters Dealing With China, Official Says
By Roberto Samora and Ana Mano The Brazilian government may assign individual export quotas for domestic beef companies selling products to China, Luis Rua, trade secretary at Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, said in an interview on Wednesday.
South Africa Targets Chinese, Indian Auto Imports With New Tariffs to Boost Local Production
The South African government is considering imposing new tariffs on imported cars to boost the country's ailing auto manufacturing sector. "We're looking specifically at how we can turn the tide on localization," said Mkhululi Mlota, chief director of automotives at the ...
China Drives Nearly a Third of South Africa’s Import Tax Revenue
South Africa’s latest tax data underscores just how central China has become to the country’s trade and fiscal base. Figures released by the South African Revenue Service show that Chinese imports accounted for 30.9% of total import tax revenue, exceeding the ...
Why U.S. Pressure on Iran May Matter Less to China Than Washington Thinks
U.S. President Donald Trump's mounting pressure on both Venezuela and Iran is primarily targeted at the governments in both countries, but a clear secondary priority is to put more pressure on China. Both Iran and Venezuela have longstanding ties with China ...