WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday (Aug 1) he believes Washington and Beijing are nearing a ...

Deadline looms, extension stalls without Mr Trump’s go-ahead while China is less willing to offer concessions. Read more at ...

Amid Trump’s trade war blitz, any tariff pause extension between the US and China will need the US president’s approval.

Mr Bessent's post on X about the outlook for trade talks with China was subsequently deleted. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Duty-free exemption on small packages worth US$800 or less fuelled China’s dominance in the industry – but the model is now ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government was disappointed by Trump’s move to raise the U.S. tariff on goods ...

The US government sent mixed messages on Thursday on where the latest trade agreement with China, including a possible extension of the pause on tariff hikes, is headed.

The country, which had a $1.1bn trade surplus with the US, had initially been subject to Trump’s baseline 10 per cent tariff. Todd McClay, New Zealand’s trade minister, said the country’s exporters ...

WASHINGTON — The clock is ticking closer to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff deadline of Aug 1. And while several ...