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"You have a situation with TikTok where China will probably say: 'We'll approve a deal, but will you do something on the tariffs?'"
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U.S. President Donald Trump disrupted a global trading system that had been in place for over 75 years by introducing a new baseline 10% U.S. tariff on goods from all economies.
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The countries with the world’s biggest economies reacted swiftly on Thursday to President Trump’s latest round of tariffs, warning that the levies were risking an all-out trade war that could upend t...
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China concludes 2-day war games around Taiwan
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China's military concluded two-day war games around Taiwan in which it held long-range, live-fire drills in the East China Sea, marking an escalation of exercises around the island.
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"The UK reaffirms our clear interest in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, which is of critical importance to global prosperity, and our support for a free and open Indo-Pacific."
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Taiwan's government denounced the drills and called China a "troublemaker". The exercises also drew concern from the United States, Japan, European Union and Britain.
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Fitch Ratings cut China's credit rating, citing "rapidly rising public debt" in the world's second-biggest economy. Fitch said this week's increase in U.S. tariffs wasn't the trigger, but cited "uncertainty about their impact.
As Trump's tariffs push Chinese businesses to seek new markets, one expert says the trade war is likely to get worse before it gets better.
China has come out badly from Mr Trump’s Rose Garden rant. Counting the new levy of 34%, plus existing duties, the total rises to 65%—and slightly higher if you include the disruptive removal of a tariff exemption for small packages.
Punishing tariffs on Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and others in the region threaten their position as major manufacturing hubs for the American market.
At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). General Romeo Brawner Jr., head of the Philippines' Joint Chiefs of Staff, reported an average of 286 Chinese vessels operating daily last year within the EEZ, up from 190 in 2021.