In an in-depth one-on-one meeting last month with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Liu He, China’s Vice Premier in charge of trade negotiations with the US, laid out a very clear retaliatory path should
American and Chinese officials have gone out of their way since the high-profile visit by Vice Premier Liu He to Washington last week to emphasize that “trade wars are over”
In the wake of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and impose harsh new sanctions on Iran, Beijing has undertaken a number of diplomatic
In the wake of the high-level US trade delegation’s visit last week to Beijing the press reported that China’s powerful Vice Premier Liu He would reciprocate with a visit to
The objective of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s trip today to Pyongyang was to lay the groundwork for a successful historic summit between the US and North Korean leaders
The Trump Administration went to great lengths to downplay expectations for this week’s meeting between top-level US and Chinese officials to address growing trade frictions between the two countries. With
The world’s eyes have been on the summit meeting today between North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In, where the two leaders hailed a new
Markets have been cheered by a somewhat more conciliatory tone over the last week or so from China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, reflecting a desire by
In the wake of a strong, even aggressive, push on trade, the Trump Administration has grasped the proverbial olive branch that was cautiously extended last weekend by China’s President Xi
China’s President Xi Jinping is set to announce a series of measures at the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia scheduled for tonight (tomorrow morning, local time). These measures,
To date, Beijing has twice threatened deliberately targeted tit-for-tat punitive measures against the US – first, in response to the Trump Administration’s threat of steel and aluminum tariffs, and second, in response to broader measures aimed
In eight days, on April 10, President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremonies of the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan, China’s home-grown version of the
President Xi Jinping has relayed to senior officials in Beijing that he considers the signing two days ago of the Taiwan Travel Act by US President Donald Trump to be a severe
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, known for his particularly harsh views on China, announced that President Trump will “over the next few weeks” consider the recommendations presented by US
Sources close to China’s powerful incoming Vice-Premier, Liu He, report that his just concluded trip to Washington DC was successful in achieving the goals Beijing originally set out for the
At the invitation of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, China’s President Xi Jinping has personally approved a visit to Washington this week by the rising star and increasingly powerful incoming
In a barely covered but important development, China’s Minister of Finance Xiao Jie met with his counterpart, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, last week on Thursday, February 1, in Washington,
US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping held their first phone call of the new year last Tuesday morning, January 16, Beijing time. The two main topics were
We have received a number of queries around an article in the financial news media this morning reporting “unnamed sources familiar with the matter” as saying Chinese officials have recommended
Three major points stand out to us from the latest round of communications with senior Chinese economic policymakers: 1 – Major economic indicators show the overall performance of the economy
