Xi Jinping
China whacks US with extra 50 per cent tariff as trade war escalates
Analysts believe a deal between the world’s two biggest economies is now unlikely in the short term because it would require major concessions.
- Lisa Visentin
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- China relations
In this game of tariff chicken, China has little to lose
Long gone are the heady days of January, when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping spoke of solving the world’s problems together.
- Lisa Visentin
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Why back down? China’s Xi will only get one Trump in his lifetime
Donald Trump has threatened China with another 50-percentage point increase in tariffs unless it removes its own tariffs on US exports. That’s not going to happen.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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- Trade wars
China fires back at Trump with 34 per cent tariffs on American goods
Beijing’s most comprehensive response to date in the ratcheting tariff exchange signals it has no intention of surrendering to the US president’s punitive trade measures.
- Lisa Visentin
- Analysis
- Trade wars
Trump delivers ‘huge advantage’ to China with self-destructive tariffs
China may be facing a 34 per cent economic penalty on exports, but Peter Hartcher says the US president has handed Xi Jinping a big favour on a silver platter.
- Peter Hartcher
Beijing denounces spy vessel claims as smear campaign
Beijing has rebuffed suggestions that it is seeking to influence the federal election after one of its research vessels travelled past Australia’s southern coast.
- Lisa Visentin
- Opinion
- Australia votes
Australians are clear on our biggest threats. But our leaders don’t want to discuss it
Voters want to know what the contenders for the prime ministership will do to protect the national interest. Neither Albanese nor Dutton so far have any answers for them.
- Peter Hartcher
Made in China burger and fries has a side of nationalism
I went to a Tastien fast food outlet to try the burger that’s designed to knock McDonald’s and KFC off their Beijing perch. Some come here just for the buns.
- Lisa Visentin
Peter Hartcher on how Trump is remaking America in China’s image
A secret directive issued by Xi Jinping in 2013 holds the key to the most successful one-party dictatorship in the world. Peter Hartcher in The Morning Edition says it appears the new US president has been reading it.
- Opinion
- Inside China
The Trump turmoil has handed China a golden opportunity
Xi Jinping has raced to take advantage of the increased uncertainty sparked by Donald Trump.
- Chris Price
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