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How China Armed Itself for the Trade War
The view that the Chinese leadership was desperate to negotiate a trade deal, to avoid economic pain that could destabilize ...
Beijing Doesn’t Want America to See Its Trade-War Pain
Plunging trade across the Pacific is leading to production halts and threatening job instability for millions of Chinese.
China adopts law to bolster private sector amid trade war
China on Wednesday passed a new law aimed at boosting confidence in the private sector and strengthening its role in the ...
Container liners cancel China-to-US shipments as Trump’s trade war roils shipping industry
US has slapped 145 per cent tariffs on China imports, with similar punitive retaliatory measures from Beijing. Read more at ...
Trade War Exposes China’s Dependence on U.S. for Auto Chips
Certain American chips are essential for cars and other industrial goods made in China—a vulnerability revealed in tariff ...
The Economist5d
Why China has the upper hand in its trade war with America
That stubbornness has given China unaccustomed power over America’s immediate economic fate. If it reaches out to Mr Trump, ...
Beijing’s firm yuan nudge can cool Asia FX rally
Foreign exchange traders just had their wings clipped by the People's Bank of China. In the wake of a sharp rally for Asian ...
The Business Times1d
Hong Kong’s freight forwarding industry hit by trade war, SCMP reports
HONG KONG] Hong Kong’s freight forwarding industry is reeling from the US-China trade war with 41 per cent of container ...