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5 days ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Sylvia Ma |Ralph Jennings |Kandy Wong
While Thursday’s trade agreement with the United Kingdom might give United States President Donald Trump a political boost, it is unlikely to shift China’s stance in trade talks with senior US officials this weekend, analysts said.
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5 days ago | 
scmp.com | Sylvia Ma |Ralph Jennings |Kandy Wong
While Thursday’s trade agreement with the United Kingdom might give United States President Donald Trump a political boost, it is unlikely to shift China’s stance in trade talks with senior US officials this weekend, analysts said.
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Sylvia Ma |Ralph Jennings
Inbound travel has emerged as a bright spot in China’s Labour Day holiday spending, while domestic tourism is seeing modest growth amid nationwide efforts to boost consumption during a heated trade war with the United States. However, in contrast with the rosy travel demand, box office sales were looking to fall short of previous years, initial data showed.
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Sylvia Ma |Mandy Zuo
The Chinese leadership’s renewed emphasis on accelerating Shanghai’s emergence as a global financial centre reaffirms Beijing’s commitment to the long-standing vision as rising tensions with the United States pose potential financial risks, analysts said. During a symposium in Shanghai, Vice-Premier He Lifeng called on Tuesday for efforts to speed up the city’s development as a global financial centre.
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4 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | He Huifeng |Sylvia Ma
At China’s oldest and largest trade fair, being held against the backdrop of global supply-chain turmoil, the spectre of tariffs haunts the convention floor. From cutting-edge technology to consumer goods, the impact of the escalating trade war between the world’s top economic powers can be heard and felt.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Sylvia Ma |Kandy Wong
US President Donald Trump’s elimination of the “de minimis” exemption for Chinese goods will ultimately hurt American consumers, while Chinese cross-border e-commerce firms are facing a hit but could remain “competitive” despite the harsher market conditions, according to analysts.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Sylvia Ma |Kandy Wong
The United States’ annual report on global trade barriers, released days before President Donald Trump is expected to announce a slew of “reciprocal tariffs”, carries some clues about what markets will be targeted in the future, analysts said – and the considerable volume of pages dedicated to China confirms the world’s second-largest economy will be at the top of Trump’s agenda.
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Sylvia Ma |Alice Li
In the face of trade protectionism and rising global uncertainties, China and the entirety of Asia can find ways to work together, one of China’s high-ranking vice-premiers said, while reiterating support for foreign investors “regardless of external changes”.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Sylvia Ma |Alice Li
In the face of trade protectionism and rising global uncertainties, China and the entirety of Asia can find ways to work together, one of China’s high-ranking vice-premiers said, while reiterating support for foreign investors “regardless of external changes”.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti |Orange Wang |Sylvia Ma
China has reported a 4 per cent growth in consumption in the first two months of 2025, a modest increase that keeps the pressure on policymakers as China strives to achieve its ambitious annual economic growth target of “around 5 per cent”. The 4 per cent jump in retail sales for January and February, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, was up from the 3.7 per cent growth recorded in December and below the 4.5 per cent forecast by Chinese financial data provider Wind.
