The one-year truce struck between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is likely to only stabilize relations between the world’s two largest economies rather than resolve fundamental differences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/trump-xi-truce-buy-time/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uschinarelations #trade #donaldtrump #xijinping
China's state media has publicized a recent flying of Chinese bombers near Taiwan for "confrontation drills" ahead of an expected meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents in South Korea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/asia-pacific/politics/china-bombers-taiwan-xi-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #pla #donaldtrump #xijinping #trade #tariffs #uschinarelations #bombers
U.S. President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip to Asia, a region battered by his hardball trade policies, while doubts hang over his highly anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/asia-pacific/politics/trump-asia-trip-xi-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #donaldtrump #us #china #xijinping #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #taiwan #globaleconomy
U.S. President Donald Trump is aiming for a quick win in a pivotal meeting on Thursday with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, even if the outcome falls short of a sweeping deal he’s teased. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/politics/trump-xi-trade-deals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #us #xijinping #donaldtrump #uschinarelations #trade
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, the White House said, confirming the meeting that had been called into question following worsening trade tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/politics/trump-xi-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #china #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #xijinping
The U.S.-China trade war intensifies as China uses rare earths dominance to retaliate against U.S. tariffs, while the U.S. pushes for a global response and long-term strategy to reduce reliance on China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/21/japan/what-a-real-trade-war-looks-like/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #scottbessent #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #china #uschinarelations #rareearths
President Donald Trump listed rare earths, fentanyl, soybeans and Taiwan as the U.S.’s top issues with China, underlining the divisive topics the two sides plan to tackle during their meeting set for next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/asia-pacific/politics/trump-xi-trade-taiwan-apec/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #uschinarelations #us #china #donaldtrump #xijinpng #apec #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy #taiwan
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration signaled openness Sunday to a deal with China to quell fresh trade tensions while also warning that recent export controls announced by Beijing were a major barrier to talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/13/economy/us-china-deal-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #china #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #jdvance #xijinping #trade #tariffs #rareearths #globaleconomy
China has called President Donald Trump's latest tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical and defended its curbs on exports of rare earth elements and equipment, but stopped short of imposing new levies on U.S. products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/12/economy/china-blames-us-trade-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #us #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #rareearths #xijinping #donaldtrump #globaleconomy
Donald Trump’s preference to cut one-to-one deals has been the hallmark of his approach, but with the China trade truce seemingly teetering on collapse, the fragility of this has been laid bare. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/12/economy/trump-dealmaking-china-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #china #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #rareearths #donaldtrump #xijinping #globaleconomy
Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from China’s most targeted move yet to limit their supplies of rare-earth materials amid its trade war with the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/11/economy/china-chips-rare-earths-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #chipmakers #computers #us #china #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #globaleconomy #ai #donaldtrump #xijinping
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was raising tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. to 100% and imposing export controls in a reprisal to recently announced export limits by China on rare earth minerals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/11/economy/trump-china-trade-levies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #uschinarelations #us #china #donaldtrump #xijinping #globaleconomy #trade #tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump rewrote Washington’s rules for dealing with China in his first presidency, upending decades of policy. In his second term, China hawks fear that Trump is going soft. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/china-hawks-trump-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #uschinarelations #tech #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #pla #usmilitary #defense
China is pushing the U.S. government to roll back national-security restrictions on Chinese deals in the U.S., dangling the prospect of a massive investment package as part of the proposal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/asia-pacific/politics/china-trump-deal-investment-package/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #xijinping #investments
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is renewing a push for the U.S. to change a decades-old phrase describing its stance on Taiwan independence, a concession that would be a major diplomatic win for Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/politics/xi-trump-china-taiwan-independence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #pla #usmilitary #us #xijinping #donaldtrump #trade #uschinarelations
China’s massive military parade through Beijing on Wednesday showed off scores of cutting-edge new weapons, with many specifically designed to keep U.S., Japanese and other allied forces at bay in the event of conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/asia-pacific/china-military-parade-weapons-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #sdf #defense #chinajapanrelations #uschinarelations #us #usmilitary #missiles #drones
U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping told him he would not invade democratic Taiwan as long as the American president remains in office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/16/asia-pacific/politics/trump-xi-china-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #uschinarelations #china #us #taiwan #pla #usmilitary #xijinping #donaldtrump
A shift in U.S. strategy for selling advanced technology to China could be a sign of what's to come in the relationship between the world’s biggest economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/tech/trump-china-nvidia-reversal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech#uschinarelations #donaldtrump #xijinping #chipmakers #nvidia
A senior Chinese official said he was "optimistic” about the future of his nation’s ties with the U.S., among the most upbeat comments given by Beijing in recent weeks on a relationship upended by Donald Trump’s tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/asia-pacific/politics/china-official-us-tone-tweak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #uschinarelations #us #china