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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

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

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Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says bombers flew near Taiwan

Without specifying a date, Chinese state television said that units from the Eastern Theater Command had conducted combat-oriented training.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

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Trump seeks elusive trade deal with Xi in high-stakes meeting

Analysts expect any agreement reached at the South Korea summit would simply dial down tensions.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

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Trump to meet Xi in South Korea as part of Asia swing

Trump will also meet Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Busan on Wednesday.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

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This is what a real trade war looks like

China has leverage over trading partners every bit as powerful as what Trump seeks to wield.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Trump expects Taiwan on agenda for Xi meeting, predicts trade deal

The U.S. leader underlined a number of divisive topics the two sides plan to tackle at a meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in South Korea next week.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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

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Trump and Vance open door to China deal as trade spat drags on

Remarks by the two suggest that the U.S. wants to keep up the pressure on China to reverse its most recent trade moves, while trying to reassure spooked markets.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

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

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China hawks grow queasy over Trump’s push for deals with Beijing

As Trump pursues a trade pact with the U.S.’s biggest economic and strategic rival, advocates of a tougher China policy fear they’re being sidelined inside the administration.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

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

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China urges Trump to lift security curbs in push for deals

In exchange, China is dangling the prospect of a massive investment package as part of a proposal that would upend a decade of policy.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

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

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Xi pushes Trump to 'oppose' Taiwan independence in major shift

Any change in wording will fan concerns that Washington’s position on the self-ruled democracy is becoming a trade war bargaining chip.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

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

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