Recently, the Office of the United States Trade Representative held a hearing on imposing high tariffs on 200 billion US dollars worth of Chinese products. About 360 representatives of various US enterprises and commercial organizations attended. The Trump administration's economic and trade offensive against China has been widely questioned, making American companies and people victims of the trade conflict.
On August 27, US President Donald Trump announced soundly that the United States had reached "one of the biggest trade deals ever" with Mexico, and expressed his intention to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Cooperation in e-commerce and agriculture between China and Africa would effectively help reduce poverty, realize inclusive growth and assist the continent in achieving sustainable development in the long-term, experts said at a forum held in Beijing on Friday.
If you put your faith in President Donald Trump's numerous "tweets" you would think that everything is just coming up roses with the US economy. "The US has double the growth rate than it had eight months ago," the President tweeted on August 17.
The US tariffs against China pose every American family with a stark choice: Do they want to pay 850 US dollars a year to the US tax authorities, to carry out a tax war against China, or do they want to spend that 850 US dollars on their own household? This will significantly affect their living standard.
The secret meeting, which has previously not been reported, took place in Vietnam between a top Japanese intelligence official, Shigeru Kitamura, and a senior DPRK official in charge of reunification, Kim Song Hye.
China will not yield to any threat or pressure from the US, and the problem can only be solved through "equal, credible and pragmatic" dialogue, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday in response to US tariffs on $200 billion Chinese goods which would likely take effect next week.
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said here on Thursday that China would not accept a Plaza Accord imposed on it.
Affluent Gulf countries like the United Arab Emirates (the UAE) and Saudi Arabia are eager to attract investment from Chinese companies and businessmen as China's economic relations with the Middle East have expanded smoothly in recent years under the Belt and Road (B&R) initiative framework.
China-Africa cooperation has made great strides and positive changes, further spurring momentum and bringing mutual benefits to the continent and China, a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Tuesday ahead of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which begins on September 3.
When it comes to evaluating the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) over the last five years, one Chinese academic thinks the most important effects cannot be easily measured or even seen.
On the morning of August 30th, co-hosted by Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University of China (RDCY) and the US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Sino-US Think Tank Dialogue on Trade Series 2 with a theme of "Sino-US Relations: Current Situation and Future Trends" was held in Washington D.C.. Cui Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, attended the working luncheon of roundtable discussion and delivered a speech.
What struck Wang Wen about Antarctica, beyond the brutality of the December cold, was the scale of U.S. operations in such an inhospitable environment and the American flag fluttering by the sign that marks the geographic South Pole. Observing the academic mission of hundreds of U.S. scientists in a region rich in resource potential, he was determined that China must catch up.
China's Belt and Road Initiative has provided significant opportunities for China and other countries to cooperate in the fields including infrastructure and climate change in the South Pacific region, experts from China and Fiji said here on Tuesday.
In the modern history of the world, 1978 does not seem to be unique. Wikipedia's memo of the year begins like this: 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, acting as a model for South-South cooperation since its establishment in 2000, will continue to be an important platform for jointly building a community of shared future for mankind, diplomats and researchers said.
In the past five years since China first proposed the Belt and Road (B&R) initiative, massive infrastructure projects from railways to ports and power plants have been built in many countries, with tangible benefits that have been hailed by locals. But the B&R has also encountered challenges, some of which are likely to continue if left unaddressed, experts said on Monday.
From 2013 to 2018, the initiative has turned from a proposal into action and has become the world's largest international cooperation platform, China Media Group said in a report on Saturday.
As the Chinese saying goes; “the three-year-old child is the father of the man.” Three years after the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was proposed, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out that “the progress and outcomes of the BRI have exceeded expectations.” Five years later, the outcomes of BRI have exceeded not only the expectations of China but also those of the world.
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is celebrating its fifth anniversary amid once-in-a-century changes on the international landscape. Over the past five years, China has witnessed a narrowing gap with most Western countries, thriving to be the Asian powerhouse amid a wide spectrum of prosperity across emerging economies.