A man checks his phone next to an electronic board showing stocks on the Heng Seng Index in Hong Kong on April 3, 2025. Peter Parks | Afp | Getty Images China’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said “the market has spoken” following the U.S. imposition of sweeping new tariffs and called for the White House…
Stephen McDonell BBC China correspondent Reuters Neither Donald Trump nor Xi Jinping looks like they are going to back down on tariffs soon American companies looking to sell into the huge Chinese market have just taken a big hit. A 34% price increase on all US goods entering the country will knock some out of…
China’s Finance Ministry on Friday said it will impose a 34% tariff on all goods imported from the U.S. starting on April 10, following duties imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration earlier this week. “China urges the United States to immediately cancel its unilateral tariff measures and resolve trade differences through consultation in an equal, respectful and…
Apple’s iPhone 16 at an Apple Store on Regent Street in London on Sept. 20, 2024. Rasid Necati Aslim | Anadolu | Getty Images Apple has made moves to diversify its supply chain beyond China to places like India and Vietnam, but tariffs announced by the White House are set to hit those countries too….
Tom Espiner BBC business reporter Watch: ‘The country is going to boom’ after tariffs, says President Trump Global stocks have sunk, a day after President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that are forecast to raise prices and weigh on growth in the US and abroad. The S&P 500, which tracks 500 of the biggest…
A Xiaomi store in Shanghai, China, on March 16, 2025. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese electric carmakers Xiaomi, Xpeng and Leapmotor each delivered nearly 30,000 or more cars in March, roughly twice several of their fellow startup competitors. It’s a sign of how some automakers are pulling ahead, while BYD remains the…
A Taiwanese military corvette sails as a Navy soldier stands guard on a vessel, during a Navy Drill for Preparedness Enhancement ahead of the Chinese New Year, amid escalating Chinese threats to the island, in Keelung, Taiwan, 7 Jan, 2022. Ceng Shou Yi | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment…
Taiwanese Coast Guard personnel work on a vessel off the coast of Nangan Township, in the Matsu Islands on Oct. 15, 2024, a day after China conducted the “Joint Sword-2024B” military drills around Taiwan. Daniel Ceng | AFP | Getty Images China’s military said Tuesday its army, navy and rocket forces launched a joint exercise…
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 19: The Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange during the initial price offering (IPO) for Alibaba Group on September 19, 2014 in New York City. The New York Times reported yesterday that Alibaba had raised $21.8 Billion in their initial public offering so far. Andrew Burton |…
A logo hangs on the building of the Beijing branch of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on December 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Taiwan investigators on Friday alleged that Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. (SMIC) illegally recruited high-technology talent. Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MIJB)…
