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U.S. President Donald Trump has delayed his summit with Xi Jinping amid the escalating West Asia conflict. Despite the delay, both sides called recent Paris talks between Scott Bessent and He Lifeng “constructive.” What this means for global trade and US-China relations—explained. Published – March 17, 2026 08:26 pm IST Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump with China’s President Xi Jinping. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China came out in support of U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to strike a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, at a G20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday (February 20, 2025), while U.S. allies rallied around Ukrainian…
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Beijing: China said Sunday it “firmly opposed” US President Joe Biden’s approval of $571.3 million in defence assistance for Taiwan. The White House said Friday that Biden had authorised the drawdown “of up to $571.3 million in defence articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to…
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping made a landmark agreement on Saturday, emphasising the importance of human decision-making over artificial intelligence when it comes to nuclear weapons. “The two leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons,” said a statement from the White House. “The…
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China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with US President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new US administration”. During their talks on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Xi…
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OpenAI is calling for the US and its allies to work together to support the infrastructure needed to develop artificial intelligence systems and compete with China. The AI startup said Wednesday that the US and neighbouring countries should form a “North American Compact for AI” that can streamline access to talent, financing and supply chains…
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Beijing: After Donald Trump first entered the White House eight years ago, rattled Chinese leaders responded to his tariffs and fiery rhetoric with force, resulting in a trade war that plunged ties between the globe’s largest economies to multiyear lows. This time around, Beijing has been preparing for Trump’s return by deepening ties with allies,…
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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan is welcomed by Yang Tao, Director General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry, and U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, upon arriving in Beijing on, August 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A top White House official has arrived in China…
US Department of Justice has cracked down on what it calls “transnational repression” by US adversaries New York: A Chinese academic was convicted on Tuesday of illegally acting as a foreign agent in the United States by collecting information about New York-based activists supporting democracy in China and sharing his findings with Beijing. A jury…
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Washington: The United States unveiled sanctions Wednesday against a network of half a dozen people and five firms in China it accuses of supporting North Korea’s ballistic missile and space programs. The network is alleged to have helped North Korea with procuring items for its ballistic missile programs, which the US Treasury Department said were…
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