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US Fed ‘should help defeat Trump’Powell responsible for high Aussie marketThe Australian share market has opened sharply higher as investors digest the implications of the US central bank’s rate cut. The nation’s jobless rate is up 0.1…

UNITED NATIONS/BEIJING – The United States is considering how it will confront China during next week’s gathering of world leaders at the United Nations over its detention of 1 million Muslims in a remote region, at a time when…

TAIPEI – Taiwan accused China on Monday of trying to influence its presidential and legislative elections after the Solomon Islands cut off ties with Taipei.The Solomon Islands was the sixth country to switch allegiance to China…

WASHINGTON – For a second straight time, the Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates this week to try to protect the economy from the consequences of a global slowdown and President Donald Trump’s trade war with China.After…

BEIJING – China has banned flying kites, drones and captive pigeons over central Beijing for more than two weeks as it prepares for a military parade and other celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule on…

Gladys Liu’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad interview with Andrew Bolt this week spawned a whole bunch of uncomfortable questions for the government.Why did Ms Liu claim not to recall her role in groups linked to the Chinese…

China will lift punitive tariffs imposed on US soybeans and pork in a trade war with Washington, a state news agency said Friday, adding to conciliatory gestures by the two sides ahead of negotiations. China will suspend tariff hikes on…

WASHINGTON/CANBERRA – Trump administration officials have discussed offering a limited trade agreement to China that would delay and even roll back some U.S. tariffs for the first time in exchange for Chinese commitments on…

WASHINGTON/BEIJING – China and the United States on Thursday agreed to hold high-level talks in early October in Washington, cheering investors hoping for a trade war thaw as new U.S. tariffs on Chinese consumer goods chip away at…

BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the ruling Communist Party to brace for a “long-term” struggle against a variety of threats, the latest in a series of warnings to a nation facing a slowing economy and a more…

US President Donald Trump said trade talks between the United States and China are going well though he warned that he would be “tougher” in negotiations if the discussions drag on until his second term. Negotiations are due to resume…

BEIJING – China said Monday it had lodged a complaint against the United States with the World Trade Organization (WTO), one day after new tariffs imposed by Washington on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods came into…

WASHINGTON – Washington is moving ahead Sunday with new tariffs on Chinese imports as it steps up a high-pressure campaign aimed at coercing Beijing to sign a new trade deal even amid fears of a further slowing of U.S. and world…

BEIJING - Basketball turned out to be a common language that brought two leaders closer together as President Xi Jinping and his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, attended the opening ceremony of the Fiba Basketball World Cup 2019…

SINGAPORE/BEIJING – China’s ruling Communist Party will hold its most important meeting of the year in October — its first such gathering in 20 months — as the country grapples with a slowdown at home and a trade war with the…

WASHINGTON – Trade teams from China and the United States continue to talk and will meet in September, but tariff increases on Chinese goods set to go in place on Sunday will not be delayed, President Donald Trump said Friday.The…

MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s much-touted meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping yielded no agreement on the South China Sea territorial dispute between the two nations or a plan to explore the area for oil and…

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The largest U.S. business lobby urged President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to withdraw new tariffs starting Sunday and return to talks in good faith to end an escalating trade war that is…

MANILA – When Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte visits China this week, he’ll need to salvage something from a “pivot” to Beijing that has left him empty-handed and exposed his neighbors to a new level of brinkmanship in the South…

WASHINGTON/BIARRITZ, FRANCE – U.S. President Donald Trump left the G7 summit Monday taking a softer tone toward China, just days after spooking financial markets with another escalation in their trade war. Yet amid all the…