The factory output number, the weakest since 1992, follows disappointing trade data published this week showing exports nearly flat and imports falling 8.5% in May. Loan expansion in the period Continue Reading
China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday Beijing will not yield to any “maximum pressure” from Washington, and any attempt by the United States to force China into accepting a trade Continue Reading
China’s Sinopec plans to substitute Iranian crude with that of grades from Saudi Arabia and other origins in the Persian Gulf, even as scope of more purchases from the US Continue Reading
The remarks followed comments by Mr. Trump on Monday. “We are expected to meet. If we do, that’s fine and if we don’t, that’s fine,” Mr. Trump said on CNBC. Continue Reading
During his presentation at Shanghai’s Lujiazui Forum, the 67-year-old technocrat didn’t refer directly to the U.S. or the trade talks that he has led. His arguments about China’s economic wherewithal Continue Reading
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An aerial photo of a palm oil plantation in Batanghari, Jambi province, Sumatra island, Indonesia November 28, 2018. Antara Foto/Wahdi Septiawan/via REUTERS JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Thursday began testing Continue Reading
They have billions of dollars in funding, backing from China’s biggest tech companies and the world’s largest electric vehicle market at their doorstep. But Chinese EV start-ups face a struggle Continue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the use of tariffs as part of his trade strategy while China vowed a tough response if the United States insists on escalating Continue Reading
China, the world’s largest producer and exporter of rare earths elements, sharply reduced its overseas shipments of the critical product in the first five months of 2019, amid growing populist Continue Reading
