China’s trade negotiators head to Washington DC this week to talk with their US counterparts with a solid two weeks of momentum in tow. ** Negotiators believe the biggest achievement

The news flow from China since last week’s high-level trade negotiations in Washington between Vice-Premier Liu He, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has slowed

Over the weekend, sources from China’s Commerce Ministry confirmed that Vice-Premier Liu He, China’s lead negotiator in trade talks with the United States, will be visiting Washington on January 30

China’s Premier Li Keqiang presided over a symposium at the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) last Friday, January 4. The meeting followed Li’s inspection of China’s three state-owned

As 2018 drew to a tumultuous close, President Donald Trump went out of his way to highlight the positive tone of a call he had just concluded with China’s President

China’s President Xi Jinping, who is also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee, presided over the 2018 Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) at the Jingxi Hotel

Early Monday evening (Beijing time), from what we understand, US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin reached out to his Chinese negotiating counterpart Vice-Premier Liu He to schedule a three-way call on

President Xi Jinping presided over a crucial meeting last Friday, December 7, in Zhongnanhai to discuss China’s global relations, the Buenos Aires trade summit with President Donald Trump, and the

Speculation that US Trade Representative hardliner Robert Lighthizer may take the lead on negotiations with China over the 90-day truce period just negotiated at the G20 summit should in no way be taken as a

Senior Chinese officials are very pleased with the initial contacts with their US counterparts and remain confident the Buenos Aires talks will lead to a temporary truce on trade (see

President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China on November 26, before embarking on state visits to Spain, Argentina, Panama, and

President Donald Trump roiled markets overnight in stating to a reporter it is “highly unlikely” he will refrain from raising tariffs as currently threatened on an existing list of $200

In reading the weekend press traders might be forgiven for thinking the tough cross-talk between US Vice President Mike Pence and China’s President Xi Jinping at an APEC summit was

If there is one thing President Donald Trump does not take kindly to, it is having his negotiating stance on China undermined by “globalists” seemingly eager to grab any deal

China’s President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee last week to analyze the state of the economy and to plan for 2019. ***

China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald J. Trump have finally agreed, formally, to meet on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires on November 20. But

With US stock markets suddenly swooning – uncomfortably close to the midterm elections – the few remaining doves in Washington leaked out yesterday preparations for a potential summit between Presidents

By this week, nine economic departments will have formally submitted their respective forecasts for the major economic data to China’s Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission and State Council, all of which

China’s President Xi Jinping is reported to have been livid at the imposition of US sanctions on China’s Equipment Development Department and its director, Li Shangfu, for purchasing Russian Su-35

Even while expecting that President Donald Trump would eventually proceed with the imposition as threatened of tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese exports to the United States, China’s most senior