Global stock markets more subdued after US hits records
TOKYO — Stock markets eased back on Tuesday after hopes over Brexit and a trade truce between the U.S. and China had led to a rally and new record hig...
Asian shares rise after Wall Street rally on China reports
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Tuesday following a rally on Wall Street that sent the major indexes to record highs, cheered by surprisingly strong economi...
Stocks rise on Wall Street as rally stretches to fourth day
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied in morning trading on Monday, rising with European and several Asian markets after China reported surprisingly strong s...
Stocks mostly rise on Chinese report, US-China trade deal
BEIJING — Global stock markets mostly rose Monday on a positive economic report from China, last week's long-awaited U.S.-Chinese trade deal, and grea...
China’s Xi says HK had its grimmest year since handover
BEIJING — Hong Kong has faced its "grimmest and most complex year” since the former British colony was returned to China, President Xi Jinping said Mo...
China delays tariffs on US autos, other goods in trade deal
BEIJING — China’s government says it will postpone planned punitive tariffs on U.S.-made automobiles and other goods following an interim trade deal w...
AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks
The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-leve...
Pentagon chief plans to shift US focus to China and Russia
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday he still plans to shift the American military’s focus to competing with China and Rus...
Q&A: Does a manufacturing slump threaten the US economy?
WASHINGTON — Defying fears and predictions, the U.S. economy is still shrugging off President Donald Trump’s trade conflicts.
Pro-government protesters denounce Hong Kong ‘rioters’
HONG KONG — Only after finding safety in numbers, joining hundreds of other pro-government protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday, did Reddy Lin drum up ...
Economic adviser: China wants to keep negotiating with Trump
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's economic adviser said Friday that he doesn't think China is slow-walking trade talks with the United States to s...
World powers press Iran to reverse nuke deal violations
VIENNA — World powers pressured Iran on Friday to reverse recent atomic activities that violate the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, but stopped short of d...
China waiving tariff hikes on US soybeans, pork
BEIJING — China's finance ministry says Beijing is waiving tariff hikes on U.S. soybeans and pork while the two sides negotiate a trade deal.
US likely to hit China over human rights despite trade talks
WASHINGTON — Congress is poised to hand President Donald Trump a second chance in less than a month to anger the Chinese government and attack its rec...
China says US must cut tariffs in trade deal
BEIJING — Washington must roll back punitive tariffs on Chinese imports if the two sides reach a trade deal, China said Thursday, indicating Beijing i...
Global shares rise on optimism about US-China trade deal
TOKYO — Global shares were higher Thursday amid renewed hopes that a U.S. trade deal with China may be near despite recent tough talk from President D...
Asian shares rise on optimism about US-China trade deal
TOKYO — Asian shares were rising Thursday amid renewed hopes a U.S. trade deal with China may be nearing, despite tough recent talk from President Don...
AP Exclusive: 629 Pakistani girls sold as brides to China
LAHORE, Pakistan — Page after page, the names stack up: 629 girls and women from across Pakistan who were sold as brides to Chinese men and taken to C...
Global stocks turn higher on renewed trade hopes
BEIJING — Global stock markets turned higher on Wednesday on hopes that negotiations toward a U.S.-China trade deal are proceeding despite tough rheto...
China and US clash over Xinjiang, Hong Kong bills
BEIJING — Already strained relations between China and the United States were further muddied after U.S. Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill targe...
Half-North Korean, half-Chinese kids struggle in South Korea
UIJEONGBU, South Korea — Song Hong Ryon looks like any other young woman in South Korea. But three years after her arrival from China, the half-North ...
Global carbon pollution continues to rise, but more slowly
WASHINGTON — The world continues to increase the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide it pumps into the air, but it’s not rising as fast as in the p...
Trump against the world: A snapshot of his trade disputes
WASHINGTON — There are lots of ways, it seems, to land on one of President Donald Trump’s tariff hit lists.
Trump says China deal could wait until after 2020 election
LONDON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the likelihood of reaching a U.S.-China trade deal before next year’s elections — and then shrug...
Forever war: US and China struggle to defuse trade conflict
WASHINGTON — Businesses and investors have been nervously monitoring U.S.-China trade talks for months, hoping the world’s two biggest economies can d...
UN agency: Europe leads in readiness for online shopping
GENEVA — The U.N.’s trade and development agency estimates that Europe, led by the Netherlands, leads the world in readiness for online shopping.
Stocks fall as Trump downplays chances of China trade deal
TOKYO — Global shares turned lower on Tuesday amid pessimism over a standoff between the U.S. and China and new tensions between the U.S. and France o...
Powerful typhoon leaves at least 4 dead in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Kammuri barreled across the Philippines with fierce winds and rain Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead, forcing h...
China’s climate paradox: A leader in coal and clean energy
WASHINGTON — As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China — the top emitter of greenh...
Global markets steady at start of busy economic data week
LONDON — Global stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Monday as investors awaited developments on the U.S.-China trade talks front and a raft o...