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Fentanyl chemists cook up drugs the law has never seen
Chemist in Xingtai operation says making derivatives is easy and police say they struggle to deal with analogue drugs not on the blacklist
Trump praises talks with Xi as China readies for trade mission
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will lead the negotiations with China over the next 90 days, White House adviser Peter Navarro said.
China’s fentanyl firms back crackdown on opioid
Country’s biggest maker of the drug says underground producers and distributors to blame for any supplies reaching the United States
Chinese exporters do not expect rapid trade war resolution
Companies say US and China have just kicked problems down the road.
Rand rides wave of relief after US-China trade ceasefire
Focus this week will be on whether SA exited its technical recession, while risk assets are in favour after the US and China agreed to ease conflict
Trade war ceasefire ‘does not change anything’, says US retail boss
President of American Apparel and Footwear Association, which represents 1,000 major brands, says members are still looking to move supply chains away from China, while predicting workers and consumers will feel pinch early next year.
China censors US embassy’s WeChat post on trade war truce
Article being blocked from forwarding or sharing after it describes the outcome of talks in Argentina between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, including the postponement of higher tariffs on Chinese imports.
'Crazy Rich Asians' had a crazy bad opening weekend in China | CNN
'Crazy Rich Asians' China release: The Hollywood rom-com brought in less than $1.2 million in its opening weekend in the world's second largest movie market.
It's not over: The US-China trade war is still on despite 90-day tariff ceasefire, experts say
Markets around the world are cheering the 90-day ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on over the weekend, but experts expressed doubt that any concrete steps to totally ease tensions between the two economic giants can be achieved within that time frame.
German firms ‘will invest more in China’ despite trade war, slow reform
Survey of German firms in China suggests 97 per cent will maintain or raise their investments there, but only 40 per cent view China’s present economic development as positive.
German president heads to China as Beijing courts European ties
Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s trip comes as trade between two countries on track for all-time high.
Chinese police detain two after death of pollution inspector: China Daily
Chinese police have detained two people in eastern China's Zhejiang province following the death of an inspector looking into environmental violations, the China Daily reported on Monday, citing a government statement.
U.S.-China Trade Truce Gives Both Sides Political Breathing Room (Published 2018)
But the compromise reached by President Trump and President Xi Jinping offers few promises of policy changes, and it sets a tight deadline of March 1.
Trump says China is now open to Qualcomm-NXP deal. But it's too late | CNN Business
President Donald Trump says China is willing to approve a major merger between American chip maker Qualcomm and rival NXP. One problem: It's too late.
China warned to prepare for long trade war with US
China should prepare for a years-long conflict with the United States, says government adviser.
China lifts US travel restrictions for academics to help defuse tensions
Beijing has eased restrictions on budgets and how long researchers can stay in United States for some state-backed think tanks and experts, sources say.
China’s plastic waste import ban forcing US, Japan to rethink options
Research suggests ban will displace 111 million tons by 2030, as waste piles up in Japan and rise in exporting it to other Asian nations prompts calls for restrictions there following illegal dumping.
China rejects U.S. academic report calling for retaliatory action
Chinese media on Friday hit back at a U.S. academic report which urged the United States to engage in "tit-for-tat" retaliation to counter what it said was China's widening campaign for influence which threatened to undermine democratic values.
US sends warship to South China Sea to challenge ‘excessive’ claims
USS Chancellorsville’s ‘freedom of navigation’ exercise on Monday highlights ongoing tensions in disputed waters in lead-up to meeting of Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit.
Slowing economy weakens Xi’s hand ahead of Trump showdown
‘Economic winter has come’, says one analyst after November’s figures show further signs of cooling activity.
