WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing will not take any steps toward his long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office. Trump said the contentious issue of Taiwan did not come up in his…
President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping In South Korea on Thursday for tariff negotiations, the US president later rated it a “12” on a scale of 1 to 10. However, the handshakes between the leaders sparked a separate conversation when Fox News’ Michelle Backus gushed that the exchange demonstrated Trump’s “control” over…
By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices stabilized on Wednesday as investors weighed optimism about a meeting between the leaders of major consumers the United States and China against an expected increase in production quotas at the next OPEC+ meeting. Brent crude futures were up 11 cents, or 0.2%, at $64.51 a barrel by…
U.S. stock futures rose Sunday night as Wall Street prepared for a crucial week with the Federal Reserve’s expected rate cut, a rush of earnings from big tech companies and a long-awaited meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) gained about 0.7%, while Nasdaq 100 futures (NQ=F) rose 0.9%….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he expects China to revive substantial purchases of U.S. soybeans over several years and will delay its expanded rare earths licensing regime by a year and re-examine it after two days of trade talks in Malaysia. Bessent told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that soybean…
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer watches a meeting between Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the day of talks between the United States and China on trade, economic and national security issues, in Madrid, Spain, September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo Source link
President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday signed the critical minerals agreement framework that aims to boost US access to both the mining and processing of Australian rare earth resources. It was a move aimed squarely at China, which recently moved to choke off its own exports of rare earth minerals, and…
