Oil up as market watches US-China trade talks
- 10-Jun-2025
Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of US-China talks that could pave the way for easing trade tensions and improve fuel demand. Brent crude futures rose 28 cents, or 0.4%, to $67.32 a barrel by 0330 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude was up 23 cents, or 0.4%, at $65.52. On […]
Easier for China to face tariffs than bend to US pressure
- 04-Mar-2019
China will acknowledge concessions made in any trade deal with the United States for the sake of stabilizing shaky relations,
Trump says could extend March 1 China tariff deadline
- 16-Feb-2019
President Donald Trump said Friday that trade negotiations with China were going "extremely well" and again offered the possibility of extending the March 1 deadline for a sharp rise in punitive tariffs.
Stock markets rise as Trump fosters trade deal hopes
- 14-Feb-2019
High-level talks are to begin in the Chinese capital Thursday in a bid to ward off sharp US tariff hikes that could harm the global economy.
How US-China talks differ from any other trade deal
- 20-Jan-2019
WASHINGTON: The trade deal that US negotiators are seeking with China may have more in common with a sanctions-monitoring regime than a traditional trade pact. The administration of US President Donald Trump is pushing China to agree to regular reviews of its compliance as a condition of any trade deal between the world’s two biggest […]
Malaysia warns of ‘domino effect’ from US-China trade tensions
- 14-Nov-2018
SINGAPORE: Trade tensions between the United States and China will trigger a “domino effect” of protectionist measures, Malaysia warned on Tuesday as Asian leaders gathered for a summit overshadowed by the tit-for-tat tariff war between Washington and Beijing. The comments by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Singapore came as China’s premier – for a second […]