China’s State Council reviewed and approved commodity import and industrial output plans submitted by the relevant planning departments for Q2 of 2019. Those plans are based on China hitting a 6.4%

President Donald Trump’s tweets over the weekend threatening to hike tariffs on China if there is no deal by this Friday sent global markets in a tailspin, with all eyes

China’s President Xi Jinping laid out five reform measures at the opening ceremony of the second BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) Summit last Friday, April 26, that were intended to highlight a

China’s National Bureau of Statistics is scheduled to release major economic data for Q1, including March, followed by a press conference this Wednesday, April 17. In advance of the NBS

Chinese officials are optimistic after the latest round of trade negotiations between Vice Premier Liu He and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that concluded in Washington last week. *** The

Markets have largely shrugged off overnight reports that a potential summit between US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping – already pushed back from the end-of-March — may not

After the failure of the second summit between North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, Kim called China’s President Xi Jinping on the scenic train

The second session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) will kick off tomorrow on the heels of the March 3rd opening of the second session of the 13th National Committee of the

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