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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

US-China relations

Pedestrians and office buildings are reflected on the window of a brokerage house as an electronic board displays trading data in the Central Business District, in Beijing, China, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
April 9, 2025, 4:47 pm
China raises its retaliatory tariff on the US to 84%, vows to ‘fight to the end’
New measures follow 34% levy placed on American goods last week in response to Trump tariffs; Beijing’s commerce ministry cites TikTok law as example of unfair US trade practice
By HUIZHONG WU
A man walks past a screen showing Chinese stock market movements at a securities company in Beijing on April 8, 2025. (GREG BAKER / AFP)
April 8, 2025, 10:42 pm
US issues 104% tariffs on all Chinese goods, says open to talks with other countries
Stocks dip after announcement, as Trump tariff regime ripples across global economy; China says trade war is ‘blackmail,’ will ‘fight to the end’
By Susan Heavey, Trevor Hunnicutt and Joe Cash
People walk by shelf displaying imported nuts from the United States, at the Hema supermarket, in Beijing, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
April 8, 2025, 2:15 pm
China says will ‘fight to the end’ after Trump threatens to impose additional tariffs
Beijing says US making ‘a mistake on top of a mistake’; US tax on Chinese imports could reach 104%, raising prices for consumers; global stock markets fall amid fears of trade war
By AP
Cars and other vehicles for export are seen at a port in Yantai, in eastern China's Shandong province on April 3, 2025. (AFP)
April 4, 2025, 5:27 pm
China hits back at Trump with 34% tariffs on US goods as global market rout deepens
Beijing, which says it will file lawsuit against tariffs at WTO, announces export controls on rare earth elements used in medical tech; Asian and European marks continue to spiral
By Luna Lin, Sam Davies and Sebastian Smith
A woman walks by the Chinese and US national flags on display outside a souvenir shop in Beijing on January 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
March 4, 2025, 10:07 am
US tariffs on Canada and Mexico take effect, as China takes aim at US farm exports
Beijing also blacklists 10 more American firms that now can’t do business in country, adds 15 to export control list, meaning they can’t get dual-use Chinese exports
By Josh Boak, PAUL WISEMAN and Rob Gillies
Sen. Marco Rubio attends the 60th US Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)
January 21, 2025, 10:41 am
US Senate confirms Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump 1st member of Cabinet
Staunch Israel advocate is confirmed in 99-0 vote; Florida Republican is seen as one of the US president’s least controversial picks
By AP and ToI Staff
Sarah Baus, left, and Tiffany Cianci, who says she is a 'long-form educational content creator,' livestream to TikTok outside the Supreme Court, on Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
January 17, 2025, 8:14 pm
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company
Justices say national security risk is greater than free speech concerns; app won’t disappear for existing users, but new users won’t be able to download and updates won’t be available
By Mark Sherman
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, November 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
November 26, 2024, 6:46 am
Trump says he’ll impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China upon entering office
Move could dramatically raise prices for American consumers, given that US is world’s largest importer of goods, with the three targeted countries being its top suppliers
By Jill Colvin and Rob Gillies
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting, November 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)
November 17, 2024, 4:54 am
In final meeting with Biden, Xi vows to work with Trump team to manage China-US ties
On the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, US and Chinese presidents discuss North Korea’s ties with Russia and stepped-up pressure by Beijing on Taiwan
By Jarrett Renshaw, Lucinda Elliott, Eduardo Baptista and Trevor Hunnicutt
US Senator Marco Rubio speaks before Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
November 14, 2024, 12:37 am
Trump officially taps Marco Rubio for secretary of state in new US administration
Ex-Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, who met Syria’s Assad after chemical weapons attack and called Trump’s killing of Iran’s Soleimani ‘illegal,’ is picked as national intel director
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his bilateral meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/Pool Photo via AP)
April 18, 2024, 5:03 pm
In Indonesia, Chinese foreign minister says US is preventing ceasefire in Gaza
Wang Yi says Washington appears to believe ‘international law a tool that can be used whenever it finds useful and discarded if it does not want to use it’
By AP and ToI Staff
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin talks with reporters outside the White House, October 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
March 14, 2024, 4:45 pm
Ex-US treasury secretary Mnuchin says he’s putting together investors to buy TikTok
Without giving details on who else may be involved, former Trump administration official says there’s ‘no way’ Beijing would let the US own an equivalent company in China
By AP
Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the US Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)
March 13, 2024, 6:56 pm
US House passes bill that could lead to TikTok ban, citing security concerns over app
Legislation, which now passes to Senate, says China-based owner of app must sell or be taken off market in US; company decries ban, Beijing condemns ‘bullying behavior’
By Agencies
Illustrative: A Yemeni youth holds a mockup rocket during a protest following US and British strikes, in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 12, 2024. Behind him, people hold up signs with the Iran-backed rebel group's slogan, 'God is great, death to America, death to Israel, curse on the Jews, victory for Islam.' (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)
January 24, 2024, 9:49 am
Washington pressing China for help curbing Houthi Red Sea attacks — report
Top officials imploring counterparts in Beijing to intercede with Iran in order to restrain Houthis, but seeing no progress, according to Financial Times
By Reuters
Visiting US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat New York speaks during a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai Guest House in Beijing, October 9, 2023. (Andy Wong/AP)
October 9, 2023, 11:43 am
US Senate Majority Leader Schumer pans China for not backing Israel
Lawmaker is part of six-senator delegation visiting Beijing, seeking fair trade between the two countries; Democrat says ‘very disappointed’ at lack of sympathy after Hamas attack
By AP and ToI Staff
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