Mark Magnier
U.S. Correspondent at South China Morning Post
US Correspondent for the South China Morning Post, ex @UMKnightWallace,ex @WSJ, ex @LATimes, not-so-ex @ AdolescentTroubleMaker
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6 days ago |
thestar.com.my | Mark Magnier |Khushboo Razdan
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Washington and Beijing were talking and expressed confidence that a deal on tariffs would be reached soon but declined to say if he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping, as a brewing trade war threatens to roil the global economy. “We are confident that we will work out something with China,” he said during a late afternoon executive order signing in the Oval Office.
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6 days ago |
scmp.com | Mark Magnier |Khushboo Razdan
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Washington and Beijing were talking and expressed confidence that a deal on tariffs would be reached soon but declined to say if he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping, as a brewing trade war threatens to roil the global economy. “We are confident that we will work out something with China,” he said during a late afternoon executive order signing in the Oval Office.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Mark Magnier
Washington voices who adopt a zero-sum view of US-China relations without recognising their complexity and long-term trajectory are misguided, the previous US national security adviser said on Tuesday evening.
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1 week ago |
thestar.com.my | Mark Magnier
China and Mexico are the leading players in a robust and sophisticated global financial system supporting the fentanyl trade, the US Treasury Department claimed Wednesday in a report on bank secrecy that could provide more ammunition as Washington targets Beijing in a potentially devastating trade war.
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1 week ago |
thestar.com.my | Robert Delaney |Bochen Han |Mark Magnier
US stocks tumbled on Thursday as the White House clarified that the tariff rate on Chinese imports has risen to 145 per cent, up from the 125 per cent figure that was communicated on Wednesday, and US President Donald Trump characterised the volatility as “transition difficulty”. The higher figure includes the 125 per cent rate that covers the so-called “reciprocal” duties announced by Trump as well as a 20 per cent rate imposed earlier this year over China’s involvement in fentanyl trafficking.
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Beijing poised for big gains at the UN as Washington retreats, but its play for global traction is not without risk. "Beijing is winning without fighting,” while its successful diplomatic strategy on Taiwan could be a "prelude to war”. https://t.co/KpeotClVxa https://t.co/g563pWjQK6