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BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Monday ordered domestic airlines to suspend the commercial operation of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, citing the Ethiopian Airlines crash and another deadly accident of that same model in Indonesia. Noting the “similarities” between the two accidents, China’s Civil Aviation Administration said domestic airlines had until 6:00 pm local time (1000 GMT) to ground all 737 MAX 8 aircraft. It said operation of the model will only resume after […]
by Elizabeth LAW BEIJING, China (AFP) — China threw its weight behind Huawei’s legal battle against the United States on Friday, vowing to take all necessary measures to defend the “legitimate rights” of Chinese companies and individuals. Foreign Minister Wang Yi voiced Beijing’s support as Huawei mounts a legal and public relations campaign to counter US warnings that the company’s networks and equipment could serve as Trojan horses for Chinese intelligence services. US prosecutors have […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Thursday negotiations to resolve his eight-month trade war with China were making progress, expressing fresh optimism about resolving the confrontation between the world’s largest economies. Trump told reporters at the White House that the talks were “moving along pretty well.” Chinese and American officials have alternated between expressing optimism that a deal is at hand and also warning that much remains to be done to […]
SHENZHEN, China (AFP) — Chinese telecom giant Huawei said Thursday it was suing the United States for barring government agencies from buying the telecom company’s equipment and services. Huawei said the suit was filed in a US District Court in Plano, Texas, challenging a 2019 US defense bill that prevents US government agencies from buying Huawei equipment and services, as well as working with third parties that are Huawei customers. The lawsuit is Huawei’s latest […]
by Eva Xiao and Ryan McMorrow BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s premier warned Tuesday that the country faces a “tough struggle” as he unveiled tax cuts to prop up a stuttering economy while increasing military spending to nearly $180 billion. The slowdown and US trade war have become major challenges for President Xi Jinping, a year after becoming the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong with the abolition of term limits and etching of […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Ottawa’s foreign minister on Tuesday decried Beijing’s move to block a major Canadian canola exporter’s sales in China, the latest escalation in a burgeoning row between the two countries. Canada’s largest agricultural handler, Winnipeg-based Richardson International, had its license to ship canola to China revoked on March 1, which risks leaving Canadian farmers with a glut on their hands. “The situation with the Richardson company concerns me greatly,” said Foreign Minister Chrystia […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China lowered its economic growth target on Tuesday as the country struggles with a crackdown on debt, a slowing global economy and a trade war with the United States. The 6.0 to 6.5 percent estimate for 2019 was released in a report for the opening session of the annual National People’s Congress, China’s rubber-stamp parliament. The government had set a target of around 6.5 percent in 2018 and eventually recorded official […]
By Jacques Lemieux, with Poornima Weerasekara in Beijing Agence France-Presse MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau voiced strong concern Monday that China suspects a detained former Canadian diplomat of spying and stealing state secrets. The allegations against Michael Kovrig mark a new escalation in the diplomatic row between Beijing and Ottawa stemming from Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou, an executive from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. “We are obviously very concerned with the position […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The United States and China are close to reaching a major trade deal that would see both sides lower some of the tariffs imposed during an often-bitter trade war, a report said Sunday. Negotiators for the two sides have made substantial progress and a final accord is close to being hammered out, according to the Wall Street Journal, which quoted anonymous sources on both sides. A deal would be […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Friday urged China to abolish tariffs on agricultural products imported from the United States — adding that trade talks between the rival powers were going well. “I have asked China to immediately remove all Tariffs on our agricultural products (including beef, pork, etc.),” the president wrote on Twitter. He said his request was based on the fact that negotiations with China were “moving along […]
by Michel Comte Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada on Friday launched the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States — the latest move in a case that has roiled relations between the North American neighbors and China. Beijing was quick to react, saying Ottawa’s action amounted to a “severe political incident.” The 47-year-old businesswoman was changing planes in Vancouver in December when she was detained at Washington’s request […]
They are unlike American firms which operate with “highest standards of transparency, adhere to rule of law,” he says (Eagle News) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, March 1, warned the Philippines against entering into deals with Chinese state-run or state-backed firms. Speaking to the media at the Department of Foreign Affairs where he met with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Pompeo said American companies were the “best partners” in infrastructure, development, […]
