Singapore has agreed to deepen its involvement in China’s now-infamous Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Straits Times reports, signalling a “new highlight” in the countries’ bilateral cooperation according to the Prime Minister Li Keqiang. During Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s five-day visit to China, a bilateral meeting of trade officials and business leaders […]
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President Trump has once again raised the bets on the deepening trade disputes between the US and China, saying late Thursday that his administration was considering a further $100 billion of tariffs on Chinese imports. The comments come just a week after the President unveiled a list of 1,300 new tariffs on manufacturing and electrical […]
Within 24 hours after President Trump signed in $50 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese technology and manufacturing products, Beijing has answered in kind. China has raised up to 25% tariffs on a list of 106 US goods covering a broad base of product types including the key US export soybeans. Whiskey, tobacco, corn, and […]
In a long-anticipated escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the White House unveiled Tuesday a fresh list tariffs for 1,300 Chinese products in technological and manufacturing industries worth up to $50 billion of this year’s expected trade. The duties, of up to 25% in addition to existing measures, will hit goods that […]