Treasury Secretary Bessent says he's likely to meet with China again in 'next few weeks' to work on bigger agreement

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that he expects to meet with Chinese officials again in the coming weeks to continue trade negotiations. "I would imagine in the next few weeks we will be meeting again to get rolling on a more fulsome …

U.S. and China reach deal to slash tariffs, officials say

US and China slash tariffs as trade war cools

Trump’s huge tariff war, launched in early April, has upended global trade and triggered economic aftershocks around the world.  After tit-for-tat escalation between Washington and Beijing, U.S. tariffs were so high that they effectively halted Chinese …

Financial impact of easing U.S.-China tariffs

Trump: The EU is ‘nastier than China’

Brussels last week dangled a list of potential concessions — including regulatory easing and joint efforts to curb Chinese overproduction — and threatened tariffs on €95 billion worth of U.S. goods if talks stall. Trump's trade hawk Peter Navarro …

Stocks, dollar up on hope of U.S.-China trade deal despite lack of details

SYDNEY, Australia — Wall Street stock futures climbed and the dollar firmed against safe haven peers on Monday as signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks raised hopes that a global recession might be avoided, though specifics were still sorely lacking. …

Trump – live updates: US strikes trade deal with China as tariffs slashed for 90 days

What are the tariffs between U.S and China after the deal? Earlier, U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent said the countries had agreed to slash tariffs by 115 percent. That means tariffs on U.S. goods exported to China have been reduced to 10 percent. For …

US-China strike temporary trade truce. Could it be a turning point in Trump-Xi economic war?

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Taiwan test fires US supplied rocket for the first time amid tension with China

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FTSE 100 lags behind Europe in stock markets’ response to US-China trade deal announcement

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