The outcome of the trade negotiations could determine the trajectory of the global economy.
For years, the leader of China has planned to make the world dependent on its exports and know-how. But the strategy has costs for his own country.
A movement of manufacturing to Vietnam that began in President Trump’s first term is accelerating as sky-high U.S. tariffs block Chinese exports.
The Trump administration could use the investigation to impose new tariffs on imported planes, jet engines and other aerospace parts.
Los envíos de mercancías chinas a Estados Unidos cayeron un 21 por ciento en abril, después de los aranceles que les impuso el presidente Trump. Pero las exportaciones chinas a otros países asiáticos van en aumento.
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The president said reducing tariffs to 80 percent from the current 145 percent “sounds right,” as U.S. and Chinese negotiators prepare to meet in Switzerland.
President Trump hailed an agreement with Britain as a breakthrough — but far tougher negotiations, including with China, beckon.
Dispensary owners say a protracted trade war would harm a niche but popular sector in which imported herbs are prescribed to treat colds, pain and other ailments.
El creciente apoyo militar de Occidente a India, y de China a Pakistán, señala un cambio en los alineamientos globales y otro posible punto álgido de las tensiones internacionales.
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The Treasury secretary and trade representative plan to meet with Chinese officials this weekend to discuss trade and economic matters.
The chief executive of Detroit Axle, which sells car parts that are mostly imported from China, is adjusting his business and hoping for a new trade deal.
As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got its start, like a previous one, in the wildlife trade.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will finally start negotiating with Chinese counterparts. But business leaders shouldn’t expect any sudden breakthroughs.
Beijing says it will meet with American officials to discuss trade, but warned Washington against using the engagement to ratchet up pressure on China.
Una interminable purga entre los altos rangos militares de China plantea serias dudas sobre lo preparado que está el país para una guerra ofensiva.
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, is reinforcing his bond with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But that could hurt Beijing’s efforts to repair ties with Europe.
Increasing Western military support to India, and China’s to Pakistan, signals a shift in global alignments — and another potential flashpoint for international tensions.
Morocco is linked to Europe on the strength of its auto sector and a trade pact. But its status as a connector country has become precarious in the trade war.
China’s central bank acted shortly after news that officials from China and the Trump administration will hold their first formal trade talks since the punishing tariffs began.
Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, and Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, will discuss trade and economic matters with the officials this week.
While imports can swing with seasonal shifts, President Trump’s ratcheting up of U.S. tariffs on China has begun to cascade through supply chains, government data shows.
Pekín y Washington siguen sin llegar a un acuerdo, fotos de la Gala del Met y más para estar al día.
Mattel, the U.S. toy company, said it would increase prices of some U.S. toys, citing levies on Chinese imports.
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An unending purge in China’s top military ranks raises serious questions over the country’s readiness for offensive war.
President Trump has ended a tariff loophole that generated lots of business for delivery companies shipping inexpensive goods from China to the U.S.
Al terminar una laguna fiscal estadounidense, los fabricantes de ropa que venden a Estados Unidos se ven obligados a considerar mercados alternativos o ubicaciones más baratas dentro y fuera de China.
America must discard the belief that it is beating China in the innovation race.
As a U.S. tax loophole ends, the apparel makers that sell to America are forced to consider alternative markets or cheaper locations in and outside China.
U.S. oil prices fell to $57 a barrel after the OPEC Plus cartel said this weekend that it would pump more oil.
Para Meta, Alphabet y otras plataformas, la eliminación de la exención arancelaria para los productos baratos ya está disminuyendo los ingresos de publicidad.
The threat of 46 percent levies, among the highest for any country, is rattling Vietnam’s factory managers and workers, as well as thousands of exporters.
Chinese officials have long used their willingness to cooperate to stem the flow of fentanyl to the United States as leverage in talks over broader disputes.
For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.
Tariffs on imported parts will have a broad impact because all vehicles use components made abroad.
The e-commerce site acted after the Trump administration said it would close a loophole that allowed low-cost Chinese-made items to enter the U.S. without import fees.
Aunque el presidente Trump ha reducido algunos aranceles y ha puesto otros en pausa, las repercusiones ya afectan a los estadounidenses, que han notado un aumento de los precios de sus productos.
The standoff over terms of negotiations, and whether they are happening, signals that a protracted economic fight lies ahead.
Irish investigators said TikTok did not protect the data of users in the European Union, improperly transferring some of it to China. TikTok said it would appeal.
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The U.S. government’s dismantling of Radio Free Asia means giving Beijing’s propaganda free rein.
President Trump’s trade policies are already starting to frustrate American consumers who have noticed higher prices in their shopping carts.
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Despite mounting financial pressure, China says it won’t negotiate until the Trump administration shows “sincerity” by canceling tariffs on its goods.
An exemption that allowed cheap Chinese goods to enter the United States duty free was eliminated on Friday, which could lead to higher prices and delays on purchases.
E-commerce trade in small parcels brought Chinese factories to American shoppers. Tariffs are severing the connection.
Tim Cook, the company’s C.E.O., said he expected $900 million in extra costs this quarter because of President Trump’s tariffs.
American consumers are not yet seeing much evidence of the drastic changes President Trump has made on trade. But they are on their way.
The world’s most valuable company has become so reliant on Chinese suppliers and sales that it would be worth half as much or less without them.
President Trump’s approach to foreign policy in his second term has been transactional, unpredictable and exploitative. Allies and enemies alike are beginning to adapt.
Independent vendors who sell on sites like Etsy and eBay are trying to blunt the pain from tariffs on low-cost Chinese-made goods.
Fabricantes de juguetes y tiendas en Estados Unidos están congelando los pedidos navideños entre pronósticos de escasez y precios más altos. Algunos están consultando a abogados especializados en quiebras, temiendo que sus negocios no sobrevivan.
The decision comes as Taipei has been building ties with Somaliland, a breakaway territory that has resisted Chinese efforts to expand its influence in Africa.
On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, U.S. companies that have come to rely on Vietnam’s factories, like Apple and Nike, are in a bind because of Trump’s tariffs.
A slowdown in commerce between the United States and China caused by escalating tariffs was evident in a report Wednesday on manufacturing activity in April.
The charges stemmed from a criminal case more than 20 years ago. In the interim, the businessman, David Lee, had repeatedly visited China without issue.
The instructions from the office of Secretary General António Guterres were reviewed by The New York Times and came after President Trump ordered a review of U.S. funding to the agency.
Profit fell 50 percent in the quarter, and the company said one reason was its hiring of additional workers to help its turnaround strategy.
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Large importers, including retailers and manufacturers, paused imports from China this month amid an escalating trade war. Ports are now poised to feel the fallout.
Most levies on imported cars and car parts will remain in place, but automakers have secured some relaxation of the trade policy.
Starting Friday, goods from China worth up to $800 will be subject to tariffs and more paperwork under new Trump administration rules.
Toy makers and stores are freezing holiday orders, predicting shortages and higher prices. Some are consulting bankruptcy lawyers, fearing their firms won’t survive.
The main oil and gas trade group wants the Trump administration to reconsider maritime rules released in April that would require it to use some U.S. ships to transport liquefied natural gas.
The move comes as President Trump’s tariffs are reducing shipping volumes and is in addition to 12,000 job cuts last year.
Las políticas del presidente Donald Trump han sido tan drásticas que los aliados están trabajando para establecer asociaciones comerciales y construir alianzas de seguridad sin Estados Unidos.
Companies like Alibaba that built China’s world-leading online shopping sector are now helping its sellers find markets beyond the United States.
The president’s turnover of the economic order has unleashed changes that could prove lasting, because other countries will adjust.
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Trump’s approach risks leaving U.S. automakers isolated and incapable of competing on their own merits as foreign companies bolt ahead.
After Joe Tay set up a run for Parliament, China issued a warrant for his arrest and coordinated online attacks on his candidacy.
Mark Carney, who is running to win a full term as prime minister, has years of experience dealing with Chinese businesses and leadership. It’s become fodder for his opponents.
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As tariffs threaten the cost of synth knobs, wine corks, specialty butters and trading card sleeves, the stuff that makes American life fun may become out of reach.
Dozens of countries have called for a moratorium on seabed mining, and have urged restraint until an international authority agrees on rules for the practice.
The Trump administration has been saying that the two countries are engaged in talks to resolve the dispute, but Beijing asserts that no such discussions are happening.
The Times heard from hundreds of American companies, most of them small businesses, that face a reckoning because of President Trump’s steep import taxes.
President Trump said that “we’re meeting with China” on tariffs, comments aimed at soothing jittery financial markets. But Chinese officials say no talks have taken place.
An American business group said Chinese officials had surveyed companies about American products that are crucial to their supply chains.
Washington and Beijing increasingly look likely to de-escalate their trade war. But the economic damage and ongoing uncertainty may persist for a while.
The S&P 500 rose 4.6 percent this week, with Wall Street grasping for scraps of information about tariffs and other crucial issues that can shift daily.
Musk vende calcetines y Vance utiliza delineador de ojos en las redes sociales chinas. Las estrictas normas del país han ayudado a los usuarios de internet a perfeccionar su pericia en el troleo.
At a formerly grand hotel where the famed martial arts star once stayed, a group of collectors is trying to preserve vestiges of the city’s past as its political identity changes.
The U.S. imposed sky-high tariffs on solar imports from four countries, but it’s unclear if they will be enough to fight back Chinese competitors.
Los mercados se moderaron después de que funcionarios chinos rebatieran los comentarios del presidente Trump y otros en su gobierno que sugerían que los aranceles podrían suavizarse con negociaciones.
Many investors and business leaders increasingly believe President Trump will dial back his trade battles. Not everyone is willing to commit to that bet.
Michael Barbaro speaks with a soybean grower about what President Trump’s tariffs mean for her and other American farmers.
After an early wobble, markets resumed rising after Chinese officials contradicted suggestions from President Trump and others about tariff negotiations.
Stocks pulled back from recent gains fueled by comments from President Trump and others suggesting that they might ease steep tariffs.
Enormes inversiones en maquinaria para fábricas e inteligencia artificial están dando a China una ventaja en la manufactura de automóviles y otras industrias.
Online mockery of President Trump is fodder for the Communist Party’s propagandists. For liberal-minded Chinese, it is a creative expression of shock at his policies.
Videos on the social media app, filmed at factories in China, urge viewers to buy luxury goods directly, as tariffs drive up prices. Americans are receptive.
Videos on social media sites like TikTok, urging Americans to buy directly from factories in China, have been viewed by millions. The New York Times spoke to a worker at a Chinese jewelry factory who made some of the viral videos.
Korbein Schultz, 25, who was an intelligence analyst, accepted $42,000 in bribes for sensitive documents, prosecutors said. He pleaded guilty in 2024.
President Trump has said his punishing tariffs would force companies to build factories in the United States. But it is far from clear that they will have the effects he predicted.
The president’s threats of tariffs have brought countries like Japan, South Korea and India rushing to negotiate, but they have sown chaos with bigger trading partners like China.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued in a speech that the multilateral economic institutions have veered away from their missions.
Global markets are rebounding as the president softened his protectionist rhetoric and his criticism of the central bank. But investors want to see results on trade.
The plane maker, which has been trying to recover from a quality crisis, could lose orders in China as a result of President Trump’s tariffs.
China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.
Enormous investments in factory equipment and artificial intelligence are giving China an edge in car manufacturing and other industries.
Japan had long maintained deep economic ties with both China and the United States. Recent trade tensions may challenge that approach.
Scott Bessent told a group of investors that he expected trade tensions with China to de-escalate.
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Picking trade fights with countries across the Asia-Pacific plays right into Beijing’s plans to increase its sway over the region.
Frenar el comercio con China para ganarse el favor de Estados Unidos sería “egoísta y miope”, dijo el gobierno, prometiendo retaliación.
CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, described breakthroughs that could make E.V.s more competitive with gasoline-powered cars.
Curbing trade with China to curry favor with the United States would be “selfish and shortsighted,” the government said, promising to retaliate.
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President Trump’s trade war is forcing companies to cut costs, raise prices, shrink profits, discontinue products and find other suppliers.
China has long relied on the U.S. for soybeans. But with new steep tariffs, it is likely to look even more to Brazil and Argentina.
Once sidelined, President Trump’s counselor Peter Navarro has returned to Washington and quickly upended the global trading system.
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The new fees are aimed at countering China’s dominance of the shipbuilding industry, but critics say they will simply raise prices for American consumers.
The White House has thrown its weight behind the lab leak theory, an idea that has divided intelligence agencies.
New restrictions on semiconductor exports to China are scrambling sales and fueling concerns that the Chinese tech giant will become a chip-making powerhouse.
President Trump says he wants Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to call him to talk tariffs. Mr. Xi is ghosting Mr. Trump, and markets are plummeting.
The United States accounted for only 3 percent of China’s natural gas imports last year. Those purchases could now dry up entirely in the trade war.
A Nepali investigation blamed lawmakers and officials for looking the other way. The $216 million airport receives only one international flight a week.
El ecosistema de comercio electrónico de China ilustra cómo los aranceles de Trump solo refuerzan las industrias de ese país.
Pekín está utilizando una mezcla de castigos e incentivos en un intento por evitar que otros países se pongan del lado de Estados Unidos para aislar a China.
China is the biggest foreign patron of Cambodia, where Mr. Xi concluded a tour of Southeast Asia. But the region also needs to curry favor with President Trump.
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The shift to cleaner power needs resources from China. An export ban just cut off some supplies.
The day before the visit by Jensen Huang, lawmakers in Washington said they were investigating whether the chipmaker’s sales in China violated U.S. rules.
China is facing a double whammy: corrosive deflation and tariffs that threaten to block trade. Chinese workers will be the biggest casualties.
Una mina brasileña de tierras raras respaldada por inversores estadounidenses ilustra el control de China sobre los minerales estratégicos que sustentan la economía moderna.
Trump thinks he holds all the cards in this high-stakes game, but he’s wrong.
Beijing is using a mix of carrots and sticks to try to prevent other countries from siding with the United States in isolating China.
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It has simmering problems of its own, but China is ready to take center stage.
A Brazilian rare earths mine backed by American investors illustrates China’s grip over the strategic minerals that underpin the modern economy.
China’s success in artificial intelligence has the Trump administration and lawmakers weighing rules and investigations to slow Beijing’s progress in the industry.
Los mercados bursátiles pierden terreno ante nuevos indicios de que la guerra comercial de Trump podría afectar a algunas de las mayores empresas tecnológicas del mundo.
An Illinois couple who sell party supplies on Amazon have been frantically trying to understand and adapt to new costs caused by President Trump’s tariffs.
China seized mines and built factories. Japan took note and invested in Australia. But the United States did little despite concerns about control of supplies.
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Beijing’s ban on exporting six valuable minerals highlights America’s reliance on China for many raw materials that Washington has designated “critical.”
Semiconductor stocks fell after the Trump administration blocked companies from selling certain chips to China without a license.
China’s e-commerce ecosystem illustrates how Trump’s tariffs only strengthen that country’s hand.
With travel warnings and revoked visas, the two superpowers locked in a bruising trade war may make students and tourists their bargaining chips.
President Trump has threatened tariffs on Taiwan and the chip industry. China has signaled it will not let the trade war keep it from the technology it needs.
The economy grew steadily from January through March, but U.S. tariffs pose a risk for China in the coming weeks and months.
The move comes before President Trump’s planned imposition of new tariffs on small packages sent to the United States from Hong Kong and China.
The restrictions are the first major limits the Trump administration has put on semiconductor sales outside the United States, toughening rules created by the Biden administration.
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