WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday (Aug 1) he believes Washington and Beijing are nearing a ...

Mr Bessent's post on X about the outlook for trade talks with China was subsequently deleted. Read more at straitstimes.com.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that he believed that Washington has the makings of a deal with China ...

Deadline looms, extension stalls without Mr Trump’s go-ahead while China is less willing to offer concessions. Read more at ...

Amid Trump’s trade war blitz, any tariff pause extension between the US and China will need the US president’s approval.

Duty-free exemption on small packages worth US$800 or less fuelled China’s dominance in the industry – but the model is now ...

In the wake of US President Donald Trump's latest tariff blitz on dozens of economies, China has reiterated a stern warning ...

The US government sent mixed messages on Thursday on where the latest trade agreement with China, including a possible extension of the pause on tariff hikes, is headed.

The country, which had a $1.1bn trade surplus with the US, had initially been subject to Trump’s baseline 10 per cent tariff. Todd McClay, New Zealand’s trade minister, said the country’s exporters ...

Beijing authorities summoned Nvidia Corp. to discuss alleged security risks related to its H20 chips, casting doubt over the ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday placing tariffs on many U.S. trade partners — the next step in his ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries drew expressions of ...