The top trade negotiators for China and the U.S. pledged to create favorable conditions for implementation of the bilateral trade deal and cooperate on the economy and public health. China’s Vice Continue Reading
President Trump speaks before signing the trade agreement with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the White House on Jan. 15. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) U.S. and Chinese economic officials Continue Reading
Crude imports for China’s independent refineries further rebounded 8.3% at 13.19 million mt in April, or 3.22 million b/d, from 12.2 million mt in March, with Shandong independent refineries booking Continue Reading
China’s exports rebounded in April to rise 3.5% over a year earlier, but forecasters warned that strength is unlikely to last as the coronavirus pandemic depresses global consumer demand. Exports Continue Reading
An early study from Harvard University linking dirty air to the worst coronavirus outcomes has quickly become a political football in Washington. Presidential candidates, agency regulators, oil lobbyists and members of Congress Continue Reading
The U.N. needs billions more to handle virus fallout. The United Nations more than tripled the size of its humanitarian aid appeal on Thursday to help the most vulnerable countries Continue Reading
For more than two decades, Zimbabwe has been trying to break ground on a giant coal-power complex by the world’s biggest man-made reservoir. China just agreed to get the $4.2 billion Continue Reading
Relations between the U.S. and China, strained for years, have deteriorated at a rapid clip in recent months, leaving the two nations with fewer shared interests and a growing list Continue Reading
Washington is weighing up more aggressive economic measures against China amid rising anger over Beijing’s handling of the pandemic, threatening the commercial truce reached less than four months ago. As the Continue Reading
With the U.S.’s patience wearing thin on its dealings with neighbouring Iran, endemic corruption still prevalent in both the south of the country and in the northern semi-autonomous region of Continue Reading
