January 16, 2020 | 08:43
After nearly two years of conflict between the world's two dominant economic powers, the United States and China signed a trade truce on Wednesday (Jan 15), letting businesses around the globe breathe a sigh of relief.
July 16, 2019 | 09:27
Top US and Chinese trade negotiators are due to speak by telephone in the coming days, but no face-to-face talks have been scheduled yet, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday (Jul 15).
March 20, 2019 | 09:23
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will return to Beijing next week as the United States and China inch toward resolving their trade war, a senior administration official told AFP on Tuesday (Mar 19).
January 29, 2019 | 09:23
US President Donald Trump will meet with China's trade envoy this week during talks aimed at resolving the trade dispute with Beijing, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday (Jan 28).
December 04, 2018 | 09:01
The United States said on Monday (Dec 3) it will need to see "something concrete" from China in the next 90 days to build a real agreement on trade, two days after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping called a truce in the escalating confrontation between the two economic powerhouses.
October 18, 2018 | 11:57
The United States on Wednesday (Oct 17) again declined to call China a currency manipulator but said the yuan's fall and Beijing's exchange practices were of "particular concern."
April 22, 2018 | 11:40
The gathering of world finance ministers began with heightened anxiety about the potential damage a US-China trade war could do to the economic recovery but ended on Saturday (Apr 21) with a door open to negotiations.