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Treasury Secretary Bessent says a stock market decline won’t deter the U.S. from taking strong action against China
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted Wednesday that the U.S. won’t change its trade negotiating stance on China due to stock market volatility. “We won’t negotiate because the stock market is going down” or shy away from taking strong measures against Beijing for that reason, Bessent said in an exclusive interview at CNBC’s Invest in America […]
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CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: Beijing gears up for a big strategy meeting as tensions with Washington deepen
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story While tensions flare with the U.S., China is charting its course for the next five years. Chinese President Xi Jinping and the country’s top leaders, […]
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Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says it’s ‘scandalous’ the U.S. doesn’t have a rare earths reserve
UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 10: Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, addresses the Securities Industry Association during their annual meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, Thursday, November 10, 2005. Matt Stroshane | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s control over crucial rare earth materials has been a “threat for a […]
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European markets open higher as mining stocks rebound sharply amid new U.S.-China trade spat
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump. Dan Kitwoodnicholas Kamm | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks opened higher on Monday, with mining stocks rebounding as traders kept a close eye on a new trade dispute brewing between the U.S. and China. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up 0.6% at 8:30 […]
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China’s market rally faces test as U.S. trade rift flare: ‘much more difficult couple of weeks now’
The Chinese national flag fluttering with the Lujiazui Financial District in the background. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s stock market rebound may be showing signs of strain as renewed U.S.-China trade tensions threaten to derail investor optimism. After months of relative calm, Washington’s fresh warnings over Beijing’s rare earth export controls […]
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China ‘not afraid of trade war,’ accuses U.S. of ‘double standard’ for rare earths retaliation
China’s and U.S.’ flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters China on Sunday said “we are not afraid of” a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump vowed to impose punishing new retaliatory tariffs on Chinese imports. A spokesperson for China’s Ministry […]
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Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls on ‘critical software’
U.S. President Donald Trump points a finger as he speaks during a roundtable on “Antifa,” an anti-fascist movement he designated a domestic “terrorist organization” via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 8, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States would […]
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Trump threatens ‘massive’ tariff hike on China over rare earths dispute
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a “massive increase of Tariffs” on Chinese products imported into the United States to “financially counter” new export controls that China imposed on rare earths from that country. Trump also threatened in a social media post to cancel his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping because […]
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JD Vance ‘confident’ the U.S. has ‘successfully separated’ TikTok from China parent company ByteDance
Vice President JD Vance visits “Fox News Sunday” on January 11, 2025. Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said he is optimistic about the future of TikTok in the U.S. “I feel very confident that we have successfully separated this company from TikTok global and actually […]
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CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: TikTok tops the trade talk
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story Many in business circles were hoping for a sweeping U.S.-China trade deal, but an agreement now looks even more elusive. The fate of TikTok in […]
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