Hong Kong company CK Hutchison's nearly $20 billion deal to sell dozens of ports was originally to be inked on April 2.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative released a report Monday highlighting foreign trade barriers that could influence tariffs the president puts into effect this week.

After their first trilateral economic meeting in over five years, China, Japan and South Korea vowed to strengthen their trading ties.

Bilateral trade between Central Asia and China, the largest trade partner to the landlocked region, has been rising steadily in recent years, hitting a record high of $94.8 billion last year. This far outstripped Central Asia's trade with the U.S., which hit just above $4 billion last year, according to official data.

BEIJING (AP) — China's Premier Li Qiang said Sunday that Beijing and Washington should choose dialogue instead of confrontation, as the two countries are locked in rising friction over trade tariffs and efforts to combat illegal fentanyl trade.

"China and the U.S. have pulled way out front in the AI race. China used to be one to two years behind the U.S. Now, it is likely two to three months," Jeffrey Towson, owner of Beijing-based TechMoat Consulting, told VOA.

China has vowed to retaliate if the US continues its trade war, following Washington's decision to double tariffs on Chinese imports. In response, Beijing has implemented tariffs on various US ...