Washington has sought in recent years to curb exports of state-of-the-art chips to China, concerned that they could be used to undermine American dominance in AI. US President Donald Trump’s administration last week rescinded some export controls on advanced computing semiconductors, answering calls by countries that said they were being shut out from crucial technology […]
India has suspended the World Bank brokered Indus Waters Treaty in the wake Pahalgam incident. According to the report, the state-owned China Energy Engineering Corporation has been working on the Mohmand Hydropower Project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan since 2019. CCTV further reported that the firm has started concrete filling on the dam […]
On the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Ishaq Dar is undertaking this visit to China from May 19 to 21. He is accompanied by Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq. This marks Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s first visit since the recent Pakistan-India stand-off. During the visit, he will hold in-depth discussions with […]
Wall Street share futures also slipped with the dollar, while Treasury yields rose as concerns about erratic U.S. economic policies were underlined by Moody’s downgrade of the country’s credit rating. Unease over the United States’ $36 trillion of debt has also mounted as Republicans seek to approve a sweeping package of tax cuts, which some […]
India and China share a poorly demarcated 3,800 km (2,360 miles) frontier and fought a brief but brutal war in 1962. There have also been infrequent clashes between their troops, with 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers killed in the 2020 fighting. According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the region holds historical, geographical, […]
Leaders and officials from Latin America and the Caribbean have descended on the Chinese capital for the China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum. Beijing has stepped up economic and political cooperation with Latin American nations in recent years and has urged a united front against US President Donald Trump’s recent maelstrom of […]
“The realization of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan serves the fundamental and long-term interests of both India and Pakistan, is conducive to the peace and stability of the region, and meets the general expectations of the international community,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said. At a regular news conference in Beijing, Lin said India […]
US President Donald Trump had imposed duties of 145 percent on imports from China last month as part of a global tariff blitz, while Beijing hit Washington with retaliatory duties of 125 percent. As well as the blanket levies, China has also been hit with sector-specific tariffs on steel, aluminium and car imports. Trump has […]
Neither side released details after they wrapped up two days of talks in Switzerland. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said a joint statement would be released in Geneva on Monday. Vice Commerce Minister Li Chenggang said it would contain “good news for the world.” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer described […]
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are set to confer with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in the Swiss city in the first such talks between the world’s two largest economies since Trump slapped steep new levies on China last month. The exact venue for the weekend-long talks remained shrouded […]
