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China’s mediation ‘encourages’ Kim, Trump to rebuild friendly atmosphere
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.
2019-07-02 -
Osaka G20: Trump calls China a 'strategic partner'
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.
2019-07-02 -
Zhao Minghao: Cautious optimism needed on Xi-Trump meeting in Osaka
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.
2019-07-01 -
What to Expect from Xi-Trump Meeting in Osaka
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.
2019-07-01 -
Expert on FedEx lawsuit against U.S. government
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.
2019-07-01 -
John Ross: Sluggish US economy may affect presidential election
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.
2019-07-01 -
Second Russia-India-China meeting aimed at concrete trade cooperation measures
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.
2019-06-28 -
Ding Gang: China needs to focus on social welfare
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.
2019-06-27 -
Xi to hold meetings with world leaders at G20 summit
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.
2019-06-26 -
Reforms could offset negative impact of uncertainties
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.
2019-06-26 -
Zhao Minghao: America's 'maximum pressure' approach to China is failing
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.
2019-06-26 -
Chen Chenchen: China-Africa cooperation mirrors a historical shift amid globalization
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.
2019-06-26 -
William Jones: What could we expect from a Xi-Trump meeting?
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.”
2019-06-25 -
After 20 years, is G20 fading into insignificance?
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.
2019-06-25 -
John Ross: Prolonged trade tension takes toll on US
Prolonged trade tension takes its toll on the United States and will hurt more severely in the future, said John Ross, former director of economic and business policy of London.
2019-06-25 -
The U.S. does not treat China equally
China-U.S. trade talks are now facing difficulties because the U.S. does not treat China equally or with mutual respect, according to He Weiwen, a senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University.
2019-06-25 -
Danilo Türk: US policies can cause global recession
The US has increased trade conflict with China, and also Europe. What was the primary reason for Washington to start the trade dispute with them? Will China and Europe further expand cooperation to deal with US unilateral and protectionist behavior? Global Times (GT) reporter Lu Yuanzhi interviewed Professor Danilo Türk (Türk), former president of the Republic of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012 and a senior visiting fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, on these issues.
2019-06-25 -
G20 summit intends to pull China-US ties away from brinkmanship
When Chinese President Xi Jinping meets his US counterpart Donald Trump in Japan at the end of the month they are expected to discuss a broad range of issues, including the trade war, in an effort to stop the relationship from tilting towards sustained confrontation, analysts said.
2019-06-21 -
G20 summit intends to pull China-US ties away from brinkmanship
When Chinese President Xi Jinping meets his US counterpart Donald Trump in Japan at the end of the month they are expected to discuss a broad range of issues, including the trade war, in an effort to stop the relationship from tilting towards sustained confrontation, analysts said.
2019-06-21 -
John Ross: Bad polls & bad economic data put pressure on Trump US
share markets rose sharply on news of the announcement that Presidents Xi and Trump would meet at the G20 summit – as the Financial Times simply summarised it ‘Trump plan to meet Xi on trade sends US equities sharply higher’. This was a welcome piece of goods 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 for the US economy.
2019-06-20
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