China submitted a new proposal on reform to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in May, where it argued that "unilateralism and the abuse of national security exemptions" have damaged the "rules-based international trade order." It called for limiting the use of national security exemptions and unilateral measures as well as resolving disputes surrounding the WTO's Appellate Body.
The latest US sanctions on Iran will only worsen safety and stability in the Middle East, so China should take active measures to ensure its economic interests and stability in this region, experts said.
New Zealand government is willing to support New Zealand to play a bigger role in building links between China and South American countries, said New Zealand's Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker on Tuesday in Auckland addressing the Building the Southern Link Conference.
Hanfu, or Han Chinese clothing, is back on the streets. Across the hustle and bustle of modern life, an increasing number of Chinese people, mainly the young, are dressing in ancient Chinese clothing of long-sleeve silky robes in their daily lives.
Scholars and representatives from different countries exchange views on Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy at the 29th Wanshou Forum, which was hosted by the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on Tuesday.
The meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 29 on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Osaka helped to deflate the tensions in the U.S.-China relations that had been building lately as a result of more strident rhetoric coming from some members of the Trump Administration. In particular, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s rather outlandish characterization of the Belt and Road Initiative as “shackles” for those countries that participated in it raised some very strong comments from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
The third meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took place on Sunday in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom, which divides North and South Korea, with experts saying the historic event shows China's mediation has successfully encouraged the two sides to build an amicable relationship.
Leaders of the world's 20 largest economies gathered together in Osaka to discuss economic and financial matters and coordinate policies on global governance. The most eye-catching sideline meeting was the one between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, with both sides agreeing on a resumption of trade negotiations and a temporary freeze on further tariffs.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are set to meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, amid widespread expectations of the rendezvous cooling tensions ignited by a corrosive US-launched trade war.
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan at the end of June. Negotiators on both sides have begun to restore contacts in preparation for the leaders' meeting. Six weeks have passed since US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He last met. The international community is expecting China-US trade talks to get back on track as soon as possible.
FedEx has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government arguing Washington's new restrictions on exports and imports have created an "impossible burden" for delivery firms to monitor the origins of shipments to and from the United States. Liu Zhiqin, senior fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University of China, shared his views on the FedEx lawsuit.
During the G20 summit that is taking place in Osaka, Japan, the top leaders of China and the US are scheduled to meet. This was a welcome piece of good news for President Trump after a period, during which, he had been receiving bad news both on the opinion polls for his re-election and about the US economy. Naturally there are many aspects of the planned meeting that only those involved in the negotiations will know, but it is worth noting the objective pressures that are now bearing down on Trump.
China confirmed on Monday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend an informal meeting with leaders from Russia and India on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. According to media reports, it was during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched the idea of the second Russia-India-China meeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Given the three countries' respective trade tensions with the US recently, the trilateral meeting will undoubtedly attract high attention during the Osaka G20 summit.
The US-launched trade war against China has moved to the realm of science, technology, finance, and many other industries. The Trump administration's intention to decouple from China has been increasingly obvious.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold multilateral meetings with leaders of BRICS countries, trilateral talks with leaders of India and Russia as well as meetings with leaders of African countries during the G20 summit in Japan from Thursday to Saturday, Chinese officials said.
China should unleash the power of reforms to offset the negative effects brought by the US-initiated trade war, leading Chinese economists and analysts said on Sunday, days before the leaders of the two countries are scheduled to meet at the G20 summit in Japan in the hope of breaking the impasse that has beset the world's two largest economies.
On June 24, seven weeks after the last round of trade talks, Chinese and U.S. negotiators held a telephone conversation in preparation for the upcoming meeting between the two heads of state in Osaka, Japan. However, because the Trump administration does not seem to want to change its practice of "maximum pressure" on China, it is still difficult for China and the U.S. to reach an economic and trade agreement by the end of this month.
On June 24 and 25, 2019, China is hosting a coordinators meeting as a follow-up action of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to review the implementation on trade, security and development. Ministerial officials from 54 African countries, together with their Chinese counterparts, are expected to release a joint declaration on the fulfilling of the consensus reached on the 2018 summit.
The world breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced that President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping spoke by phone and then announced that they will be meeting on the sidelines of the Osaka G20 summit. Not only Wall Street, which quickly revived on the news, but also Main Street felt relieved. The overhanging crisis engendered by the trade dispute was felt by most people as a threat to their livelihoods. And the fact that the phone call was initiated by the White House indicated that perhaps President Trump was prepared to find a solution and would recede from his policy of “maximum pressure.”
Leaders from the world's wealthiest countries will land in the Japanese city of Osaka for the annual G20 summit over the upcoming weekend eager to overhaul a creaky global economy further dimmed by uncertainty.