BEIJING -China appointed as its new trade negotiator on Wednesday a former representative to the World Trade Organization who replaces Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen, amid an escalating tariff war with the United States. Li Chenggang, 58, a former assistant…

GUANGZHOU, China – The rapid rise of ultra-fast fashion retailer Shein has been so key to the fortunes of a group of urban villages on the outskirts of China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou that they have been colloquially dubbed “Shein…

TOKYO – Honda Motor will shift production of its U.S.-bound five-door Civic hybrid model from Japan to Indiana, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. Production of the model in the Yorii factory, near Tokyo, is likely to end in June…

SHANGHAI -Global investment banks are lowering their projections for China’s economic growth this year as U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs are expected to take a toll on the world’s second-largest economy. Some of the banks had upgraded their forecasts…

HONG KONG – Hong Kong Post said on Wednesday that it would suspend its postal service for items containing goods to the United States, for air mail from April 27, and said that Hong Kong residents should be prepared to…

WASHINGTON – A dozen students in U.S. Defense Department schools sued the department and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday for book removals and curriculum changes following executive orders from President Donald Trump, an advocacy group said. The lawsuit was…

HONG KONG – Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng said on Wednesday that it had done a “thorough analysis” of its supply chain to ensure it would not be impacted by the current turmoil caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs…

BEIJING – China’s industrial output in March rose 7.7% from a year earlier, quickening from 5.9% growth in the January-February period, official data showed on Wednesday, as the world’s second-largest economy braced for the impact of hefty U.S. trade tariffs….

BEIJING – China’s crude steel output in March climbed 4.6% from the prior year, incentivised by higher margins and robust exports. The world’s largest steel producer manufactured 92.84 million metric tons of crude steel last month, data from the National…

FRANKFURT – The euro zone’s current account surplus narrowed in February as a higher services surplus was not big enough to offset a rise in goods imports, European Central Bank data showed on Wednesday. The currency bloc’s seasonally adjusted balance…

BEIJING – China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday urged the United States to stop exerting maximum pressure if it really wants to solve issues through dialogue, after the White House said the “ball is in China’s court” on trade talks.

WASHINGTON -Billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. Department of Government Efficiency attempted to place a team with independent nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice, the nonprofit said, marking a further expansion of the cost-cutting agency’s move to exercise control over non-governmental groups. KEY…

SHANGHAI – Chinese sellers of items from lunch boxes to appliances have taken to social media platform Rednote to generate sympathy purchases, telling domestic consumers they are offloading stock at bargain prices amid U.S. tariffs. Over the past week, dozens…

BEIJING – China’s economy grew 5.4% year-on-year in the first quarter, data showed on Wednesday, beating expectations, but an escalating trade war with the United States has darkened the outlook and raised pressure on Beijing to roll out more stimulus….

BEIJING -China’s new home prices were unchanged in March from the prior month, as demand continued to remain soft despite the government’s extensive policy support to boost confidence in the fragile property sector. The flat outcome in March was a…

The European Commission on Wednesday included countries such as Egypt and Tunisia, where human rights have come under scrutiny, on a list of “safe countries” to which failed asylum seekers could be returned. The EU list, criticised by human rights…

DUBAI – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday he was neither “overly optimistic nor pessimistic” about talks with the U.S. on Iran’s nuclear programme, in an apparent move by Tehran to play down growing public expectations of a…

Arkansas on Tuesday became the first state to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow it to ban soda and candy from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, with the support…

MILAN – Policy and regulatory choices in the United States and Europe, including tariffs and emission regulations, have placed the automotive industry under “extreme pressure”, Stellantis chairman said on Tuesday. “With the current path of painful tariffs and overly rigid…

Rates of autism spectrum disorder among U.S. children reached a record level in 2022, continuing a recent trend of increasing prevalence, according to data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At 16 monitoring sites…

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump is open to making a trade deal with China but Beijing should make the first move, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, citing a statement from the president earlier in the…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with the sultan of Oman about the next round of Iran talks scheduled for Saturday in Oman, the White House said. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Trump’s bottom line…

A judge in Washington on Tuesday blocked most of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Susman Godfrey, dealing the White House a new legal setback in its campaign against firms THAT Trump disfavors. U.S. District Judge Loren…

The Trump administration announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the Army to help prevent illegal immigration, the Interior Department said on Tuesday. The move is part of President Donald Trump’s…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned leaders of Mexican cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana on Tuesday while the State Department announced reward offers of up to $8 million for information that could lead to their arrests. The Treasury Department’s…

WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum aimed at stopping undocumented immigrants and other ineligible people from obtaining Social Security Act benefits, the White House said. Some undocumented workers obtain jobs by using fake or borrowed Social…

NEW YORK -U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday as tariff uncertainty stayed high and shares of consumer and healthcare companies eased, while upbeat results from banks provided some support. Shares of Bank of America and Citigroup rose following their…

WASHINGTON -A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. EPA, the Interior and Energy Departments and other agencies unlawfully froze funds under Democrats’ climate and infrastructure spending laws, Politico reported. The judge ordered the agencies to immediately resume disbursing…

Democratic former President Joe Biden on Tuesday made his first major speech since leaving the White House in January, defending the Social Security Administration as the Trump administration cuts agency staff and shutters some of its offices. Biden’s speech in…

WASHINGTON – More than 22,000 employees at the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service have accepted the Trump administration’s latest buyout offer, two agency sources said on Tuesday. The move this month, called a deferred resignation program, offers workers full pay and…