Chile’s Kast courts China day after US hits exports with forced labour tariff
Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast received China’s ambassador to Santiago, Niu Qingbao, at the La Moneda Palace on…
HSBC joins Asia AI payments group on liability rules
The Emerging Payments Association Asia has launched an AI and Agentic Payments Working Group with HSBC to develop…
Japan trade minister holds brief talks with Chinese counterpart amid diplomatic row
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao had a brief chat on Friday, the first…
US-China trade talks back in focus at APEC meeting
Trade war Regional ministers gather in eastern China’s Suzhou a week after Trump-Xi summit Li Chenggang, China’s vice…
China’s top trade negotiator urges Apec to grow economic pie, divide it fairly
China’s chief trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, urged Asia-Pacific economies to reject a zero-sum mentality, grow the economic pie…
Red carpet for Putin: why China-Russia ties outpace Beijing’s engagement with Washington
China has rolled out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin for his 25th visit to the…
Mexico to Engage China in Talks Over Tariff Dispute
Mexico’s Minister of Economy Marcelo Ebrard announced the government will hold multiple rounds of talks with China this…
From ‘love and hate’ to nationalism, can Xi and Trump rebalance ties?
As US President Donald Trump prepares for his first China trip in nearly a decade, Chinese scholars see…
Hong Kong will uphold global trading rules, John Lee pledges at Apec gathering
Hong Kong will continue to uphold the rules-based multilateral trading system in the face of global economic uncertainty,…
APEC summit to close in South Korea after Trump, Xi agreed on trade truce
GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are to set to wrap…
China’s Xi Jinping tells new Japanese PM that conflicts should not define their ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping said conflicts and disagreements should not define bilateral ties with Tokyo, while calling for…
Takaichi and Lee Put Pragmatism Above Ideology at APEC Talks
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met on October 30 on the sidelines…