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Exclusive | Urging China, EU cooperation, former WTO head Pascal Lamy points to ‘common ground’

Against the backdrop of tariff negotiations between the United States and various countries, there is “common ground” on which China…

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US tariffs on pharmaceuticals could hit Chinese export firms’ profit margins: analysts

Chinese drug makers could face squeezed profit margins, as US President Donald Trump is expected to press ahead with tariffs…

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US-China financial ties face growing strains as trust erodes amid trade tensions

In the first of a three-part series on financial decoupling between China and the US, experts say the economies of…

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Opinion | How China is turning Trump’s tariffs into an opportunity

As the US-China trade war escalates, US President Donald Trump has temporarily exempted imports from other countries from the punitive…

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My Take | Trump’s tariffs give China its biggest chance for economic reform since 1997 crisis

China’s economic reform over the past decade has been a controlled process of privatisation, liberalisation and deregulation, and that process…

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Opinion | Countries hoping to negotiate away Trump tariffs should think again

Despite the reprieve, the world has good reason to be concerned about Trump’s tariff threats. Apart from being extremely unreasonable,…

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Opinion | Cities power growth. China has more megacities than anyone else

Enough is enough. I have reached saturation point with the uncountable words written recently on tariffs, most not worth the…

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China ups tariffs on American goods to 125%, will ‘ignore’ future US hikes

China announced on Friday that it will raise tariffs on American goods to 125 per cent from its previous rate…

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China seeks to strengthen EU, Asean ties as US trade war escalates

Amid an escalating trade war with the United States, China is holding frequent conversations with the European Union (EU) and…

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Beijing tells US firms to blame Washington for ‘tariff tensions’, hails China prospects

Rallying the likes of Tesla, GE Healthcare and several other American firms just two days after retaliating against the latest…

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