In a bid to ease trade and geopolitical tensions, the two leaders spoke directly on Thursday, for the first time since the US President took office in January
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Its latest Economic Outlook also downgraded predictions for the world economy, which it said had shifted onto an ‘uncertain path’
The behaviour of China’s carmakers has been described as ‘dragging the entire industry into a downward spiral’
China’s manufacturing index has contracted for the second consecutive month, though the decline is coming at a slower pace
Tuesday’s meeting aimed to increase Sino-European cooperation across the global semiconductor supply chain as the US ramped up its tech curbs on China
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed to home in on students with purported ‘connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields’
Tesla’s preference ratings have fallen in China, the US and Europe – where BYD’s electric vehicles outsold Tesla’s for the first time in April
New measures allow Macao and Hong Kong enterprises to set up their own film companies in the mainland and produce their own features there
The major US chipmaker’s chief executive Jensen Huang has slammed the US’ export controls on China and said he would ‘spare no effort’ to keep selling to the country