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  US-China trade war starting to weigh on global economy: IMF

  World | September 13, 2019 8:18 IST

  IMF spokesman Gerry Rice recalled at a news conference at the organization's headquarters in Washington on Thursday that it had previously characterized the trade tensions as a threat, Efe news reported.  

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  Donald Trump delays increase in Chinese tariff by 15 days

  World | September 12, 2019 9:02 IST

  US President Donald Trump has announced to delay his proposed in a massive increase in Chinese import tariffs by 15 days. Describing this as a goodwill gesture, Trump said on Wednesday night that he had moved the increased tariffs on USD 250 billion worth of goods October 1 to October 15.

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  China’s trade with US shrinks as tariff war worsens

  World | September 08, 2019 12:39 IST

  Imports of U.S. goods fell 22% in August from a year earlier to $10.3 billion following Chinese tariff hikes and orders to companies to cancel orders, customs data showed Sunday.

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  US-China trade war may escalate further: Moody's

  World | September 04, 2019 12:01 IST

  The ongoing US-China trade war is headed for further escalation, global rating firm Moody's said on Wednesday. "Of the three plausible scenarios for US-China trade tensions, the risk of a 'hardened stance' scenario has increased," Moody's said in a note and added that any further deterioration in tensions could serve as potential catalyst for a severe downturn.  

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  Trump tariff-hit US firms keen to relocate to India from China

  World | September 04, 2019 11:59 IST

  US President Donald Trump's trade war with China, the problems with protecting intellectual property and restrictions on doing business have prompted many US companies to look for other places to move or expand operations.

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  China suffering due to trade war with US, wants to have deal: Trump

  World | August 10, 2019 6:29 IST

  US President Donald Trump on Saturday said China wants to settle trade issues with America as it is experiencing the "worst year" in decades but reiterated that he was not ready for a deal. The US has imposed 25 per cent additional import tariffs on more than USD 250 billion worth of Chinese products. An additional 10 per cent import duties on remaining nearly USD 300 billion worth of Chinese products is all set to come into effect on September 1.

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  Huawei announces its new 'HarmonyOS' in wake of the US-China trade war

  Technology | August 09, 2019 14:46 IST

  Huawei announces its new operating system called 'HarmonyOS' in a wake of the US-China trade war.

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  China blames US' flip-flop as trade talks end without breakthrough

  World | July 31, 2019 16:49 IST

  Since the commencement of trade war last year China and US have so far hit each other with punitive tariffs covering more than USD 360 billion in two-way trade. Trump kicked off the trade war demanding China to reduce massive trade deficit which last year climbed to over USD 539 billion. He is also insisting on China to workout verifiable measures for protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) technology transfer and more access to American goods to Chinese markets.

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  China wants joint front with India against US' 'ugly' trade war

  World | July 20, 2019 13:24 IST

  Sun, who is headed to New Delhi on Saturday to take charge of his office, spoke to the Indian media in Beijing on a range of issues ranging from border dispute to trade deficit and US' trade war to the forthcoming informal summit between President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.   

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  India, UK set up 3 new bilateral trade working groups

  Business | July 15, 2019 20:59 IST

  India and the UK have agreed to set up three new bilateral working groups to tackle barriers to trade in specific sectors of food and drink, healthcare and data services as part of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) meeting in London on Monday.

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  Huawei to lay off hundreds of workers in US

  Technology | July 15, 2019 10:42 IST

  Huawei is planning to lay off workers at a research facility called Futurewei Technologies that employs 850 people in research labs including in Texas, California and Washington state.

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  Microsoft denies shifting production out of China

  Technology | July 10, 2019 13:38 IST

  Microsoft has denied reports claiming the shift of production of its Xbox gaming console 

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  Spike in US-China trade tension to hit global growth rate further: Fitch

  World | June 26, 2019 22:17 IST

  The world will grow at a rate slowest in 10 years if the upcoming US-China trade talks fail and the US imposes 25 per cent tariffs on the remaining $300 billion of imports from China

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  Trump's China tariffs to increase cost of Bible, upsets religious groups

  World | June 26, 2019 10:43 IST

  The US and China have been locked in a bruising trade war since Trump imposed heavy tariffs on imported steel and aluminium items from China in March last year, a move that sparked fears of a global trade war.

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  China says both US, China should make compromises in trade talks

  World | June 24, 2019 14:17 IST

  Ahead of President Xi Jinping's meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump this week, China on Monday said that it would not agree to any trade deal with the US at the expense of its sovereignty and both sides should make compromises to break the deadlock over the issue. 

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  PM Modi, Xi, Putin to discuss Trump's trade war at G20 summit

  World | June 24, 2019 11:44 IST

  "Indeed during the Osaka summit, the leaders of China, Russia and India will have a trilateral meeting. The mechanism of China, India, Russia trilateral meeting has maintained a sound momentum of development," Zhang said at a press conference.

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  India well placed to deal with global trade crossfire: Goyal

  India | June 21, 2019 16:07 IST

  At a time when the world is witnessing trade wars across nations, India too will be impacted.

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  China, US to resume trade negotiations

  World | June 20, 2019 18:02 IST

  Ministry's spokesman Gao Feng told reporters that the heads of the two economic and trade teams would hold trade talks according to instructions passed down from the Presidents of the two countries.

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  Trump to hold extended talks with Xi on sidelines of G20 in Japan next week

  World | June 18, 2019 22:56 IST

  US President Donald Trump Tuesday said he will hold an extended meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan next week, amid the ongoing trade war between two of the world’s largest economies.

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  Xi Jinping's North Korea visit has nothing to do with US: China

  World | June 18, 2019 21:00 IST

  China's state media on Monday announced that Xi will be on a two-day visit to North Korea from Thursday, becoming China's first President to visit the reclusive Communist state in 14 years.