Category: China

China Is Unleashing a New Export Shock on the World

As President Trump’s tariffs close off the U.S. market, Chinese goods are flooding countries from Southeast Asia to Europe to Latin America.
Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom

Battery companies are slowing construction or reconsidering big investments in the United States because of tariffs on China and the proposed rollback of tax credits.
Oil Prices Surge and Stock Markets Stumble After Israel Strikes Iran

The military strikes jolted investors, raising concerns that a broader Mideast conflict would disrupt the world’s energy supplies.
Oil Prices Surge and Stock Markets Stumble After Israel Strikes Iran

The military strikes jolted investors, raising concerns that a broader Mideast conflict would disrupt the world’s energy supplies.
The Art of the Stall: China’s Strategy for Dealing With Trump

Beijing has gained time to build up its own strengths by drawing out negotiations with the United States, using its chokehold over critical minerals.
How Washington Has Tried to Control China’s Tech

Under three presidential administrations, officials in Washington have used export controls to hold back China’s access to advanced technology.
New China Trade ‘Deal’ Takes U.S. Back to Where It Started

If a handshake agreement holds, it would merely undo some of the damage from the trade war that President Trump started.
What’s Next as the Latest U.S.-China Trade Talks Conclude

U.S. negotiators say the London summit represented progress. But investors and business leaders remain wary.
China Walks a Line in U.S. Trade Talks, Trying Not to Overplay Its Hand

China has leverage it can use by limiting access to its rare earth supplies, but it does not want to sacrifice its reputation as a reliable supplier.
U.S. and China Agree to Walk Back Trade Tensions

Negotiators said the two governments would stick to a previous truce and reduce tensions that had escalated in recent weeks between the world’s largest economies.
US and China Talk Trade as Fight Over Rare Earths Escalates

Officials from the world’s largest economies will try to strike a deal Tuesday to relax painful export restrictions that they have imposed on each other.
China’s Grip on an Obscure Rare Earth Metal Threatens the West’s Militaries

China produces the entire world’s supply of samarium, a rare earth metal that the United States and its allies need to rebuild inventories of fighter jets, missiles and other hardware.