US tariff pause on Beijing puts pressure on ‘China-plus-one’ countries

A new US-China agreement to pause sky-high tariffs on each other is pressuring manufacturing hubs such as Vietnam and Mexico to make their own, better deals with the US to continue benefiting from a “China-plus-one” strategy by global producers.
13 May 2025, 18:00 PM

China lifts Boeing ban after US trade talks

China has lifted a ban on domestic airlines accepting new Boeing aircraft, a report said Tuesday, after Beijing and Washington agreed to temporarily lower tariffs in a major de-escalation of their trade war.
13 May 2025, 18:00 PM

Bepza secures $480 million investment this fiscal year so far

Today, Chinese firm Qingdao Dongfang agreed to invest $4.5 million in Ishwardi EPZ
13 May 2025, 11:46 AM

China lifts Boeing ban after US trade talks: report

Last month the American aircraft maker confirmed that Chinese airlines had stopped accepting delivery of new planes due to huge tit-for-tat levies imposed by both sides.
13 May 2025, 08:03 AM

US tariff pause on Beijing puts pressure on 'China-plus-one' countries

Now, everything is up in the air again following a breakthrough in US-China trade talks
13 May 2025, 06:48 AM

Most Asian markets extend rally in glow of China-US truce

Equity markets across the world rallied with oil and the dollar
13 May 2025, 05:26 AM

China commits about $10 billion in credit lines to Latin America

President Xi Jinping delivered a speech to kick off a ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum
13 May 2025, 04:28 AM

Trade war de-escalation: US, China reach deal to slash tariffs

The United States and China have agreed to temporarily slash reciprocal tariffs in a deal that surpassed expectations as the world’s two biggest economies seek to end a damaging trade war that has stoked fears of recession and roiled financial markets.
12 May 2025, 18:23 PM

Remittance crosses $25b this fiscal year

Remittance inflow in the first ten months and eleven days of this fiscal year surpassed $25 billion, breaking all previous records.
12 May 2025, 18:04 PM

Markets rally after China and US slash tariffs for 90 days

Stocks rallied Monday after Chinese and US officials made “substantial progress” at trade talks in Geneva and slashed their tit-for-tat tariffs for 90 days, fuelling hopes the two sides will pull back from a standoff that has rattled global markets.
12 May 2025, 18:00 PM
12 May 2025, 12:02 PM

Stocks, dollar up on US-China trade promise, detail needed

Investors are hoping the White House will soon scale back the 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods
12 May 2025, 06:00 AM

Washington hails ‘progress’ after trade talks with China

Washington expressed optimism after trade talks with China aimed to de-escalate trade tensions sparked by President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff rollout.
11 May 2025, 18:58 PM

Wary investors hope US-China talks cool high-stakes trade war

Investors are hopeful that US-China trade talks will cool a trade war between the world’s two largest economies and dispel some of the uncertainty clouding financial markets, though few expect a major breakthrough just yet.
11 May 2025, 18:00 PM

Wary investors hope US-China talks cool high-stakes trade war

"There are hundreds of billions of dollars of trade on the line."
11 May 2025, 08:11 AM

Trump says will increase trade 'substantially' with India, Pakistan

"I am going to increase trade, substantially, with both of these great Nations," he posted on TruthSocial
11 May 2025, 05:42 AM

US-China talks to defuse trade war begin in Geneva

Senior US and Chinese officials were meeting in Geneva yesterday in a bid to de-escalate a trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff roll-out and further fuelled by Beijing’s robust retaliation.
10 May 2025, 09:07 AM

US and China set for talks in bid to 'de-escalate' trade war

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are set to confer with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in the Swiss city
10 May 2025, 08:59 AM

IMF approves $1 bn Pakistan payout despite India's objections

Pakistan came to the brink of default in 2023, as a political crisis compounded an economic downturn and drove the nation's debt burden to terminal levels
10 May 2025, 06:29 AM

China's consumption slide deepens as tariff war bites

The world's second-largest economy has grappled with persistent deflationary pressure in recent years, with longstanding woes in the property sector and export headwinds impeding growth
10 May 2025, 05:08 AM