China and the United States agreed to de-escalate their trade war by significantly lowering tariffs for each other and forming a mechanism to start a

The Wall Street Journal also claimed that "a trade truce between the US and China is at risk of falling apart." Such attempts to create public pressure on China through media manipulation are, in themselves,

Friction between Beijing and Washington is growing as the Trump administration cracks down on visas for Chinese students and access to advanced computer chips.

For Beijing, manufacturing remains a cornerstone of both national security and job creation. As such, China is preparing to renew its push into high-end manufacturing, even as President Donald Trump c

Although under direct threat from the U.S. restrictions, Huawei is advancing in indigenous chipmaking. Chinese AI firms such as DeepSeek are likely to turn to Huawei's latest Ascend circuits to power their machine models in the absence of U.S. alternatives, in what is becoming a central part of the tech war and holds national security implications.

President Trump has stopped some critical products and technologies made only in the United States from flowing to China, flexing the government’s power over global supply chains.

China and the US made substantive progress in the Geneva trade talks. The recent tariff rollback represented a positive step, reflecting China's continued commitment to de-escalating trade tensions and safeguarding global economic stability amid US political complexities.

Washington has granted a 90-day reprieve to provide affected countries a window to negotiate. Zafrul has since been in talks with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and trade representative Jamieson Greer, including at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering in South Korea last week.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has no reason to let President Donald Trump reverse America's fortunes at his country's expense.

China and the United States are still talking. They held a call to go over “key issues,” both governments said the next day in nearly identical statements.