China’s Foreign Ministry criticized the Trump administration’s trade investigation as a “pretext” for tariffs. Meanwhile, China is moving ahead with a five-year plan that may rankle trade partners.
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China’s trade surplus surges 20% to a record $1.2 trillion, even with Trump’s tariffs
China’s trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald Trump’s onslaught of higher tariffs.
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U.S. and China extend tariff truce deadline for another 3 months
President Trump’s executive order extends a reprieve from the threat of rising tariffs between the world’s two largest economies.
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Trump says Nvidia will hand the U.S. 15% of its H20 chip sales to China
The president said Nvidia would pay the government in exchange for easing export restrictions — and that he’d initially asked for a larger cut.
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Trump says the U.S. has signed a deal with China on trade, without giving details
The U.S. and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Donald Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India.
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Trump says a U.S.-China trade deal is ‘done’
After talks in London this week, the two countries say they’re largely going back to a framework they already agreed on in May.
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The U.S. and China have agreed on a framework to resolve their trade disputes
After two days of talks in London, the U.S. and China have agreed in principle on a framework to carry out an agreement they reached on resolving their trade disputes last month, Chinese state media said.
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China is now the biggest debt collector in the developing world, report says
Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia’s Lowy Institute.
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U.S. and China cite progress in trade talks but release few details
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said details will be released Monday after a weekend of talks in Switzerland.
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Ahead of U.S.- China talks, Trump says 80% tariff on China ‘seems right’
Trade negotiators from the U.S. and China are starting talks this weekend in Switzerland. These are the first high-level trade talks between the two countries since President Trump returned to the White House.
