China must "adapt its behaviour" to solve an escalating tariff row with Europe, EU chief Charles Michel told AFP Friday, warning of the dangers of the dispute escalating into a full-blown trade war.

EU chief says China must 'adapt its behaviour' to solve tariff row with Europe

The global trade landscape has become increasingly complex as China has formally complained to the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenging the European Union's recent decision to impose anti-subsidy duties on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

China takes Europe's EV tariffs to WTO as trade tensions deepen

China’s ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, let the cat out of the bag this week when he lambasted Canberra over its decision to exclude Huawei from the build-out of Australia’s 5G network.

Why global battle over Huawei could prove more disruptive than Donald Trump’s trade war with China

As the United States and China began a new round of tariffs on each other, President Trump in a tweet today said that a deal would become much tougher for the Xi government if he is reelected in the next elections in 2020.

Trade deal will be much tougher for China when I win second term: Trump

President Donald Trump’s threat to pull the United States out of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is not credible as Congress would probably block any effort to do so, analysts told Sputnik.

Donald Trump’s threat to leave World Trade Organisation not credible

Oil prices rose more than 2% on Friday, regaining some ground after their biggest falls in years on US President Donald Trump's threat to impose more tariffs on Chinese imports.

Oil prices rebound more than 2% after plunging on Donald Trump's tariff plan

US President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Thursday about high-level trade talks with Chinese officials in Washington but said no final deal would be made until he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the near future.

No final trade deal until I meet President Xi: Trump

Thucydides, the great historian of the Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta, held by some to the doyen of the school of the realist school of international relations famously said: “What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear that this caused in Sparta”.

China-United States relations and the 'Thucydides Trap'

One of the disquieting aspects of India’s foreign trade is the rapidly growing imbalance with China, its largest trade partner. This is an issue that has reverberated repeatedly through the concerns raised by a number of sectoral interests, the textiles industry being one of the more recent ones having petitioned the government for higher tariffs in order to protect their sector.

How have India-China trade dynamics played out since early 2000s

By Greg Raymond There is no evidence that China has ever contemplated using its nuclear weapons to coerce another state. Instead, China has maintained a “no first use policy” on nuclear weapons.

With China-US tensions on the rise, does Australia need a new defence strategy?

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has agreed to hear complaints from a range of countries over United States’ steel and aluminium tariffs, as well as complaints from Washington over retaliatory duties.

Trade conflict: World Trade Organisation's primacy must be restored

The Trump administration on Tuesday said that China has failed to alter its "unfair" practices at the heart of the US-China trade conflict, adding to tensions ahead of a high-stakes meeting later this month between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China hasn't altered its unfair, market-distorting trade practices, says USTR ahead of Trump, Xi meet

Japan and the United States will negotiate a bilateral trade agreement that will serve as a "model" for other countries, US vice-president Mike Pence said Tuesday in Tokyo.

US-Japan trade agreement will be model for Indo-Pacific: Pence

A commentary piece published in Chinese media has criticised Trump administration's stance on international trade noting that China and other countries will not swallow the "poisonous pills" that the United States is wanting them to accept.

China, other countries won't swallow America's 'poisonous' trade pills: Chinese media

Russia said it was "concerned" by US President's decision to impose steep tariffs on steel, and Germany "rejected" the move outright.

Trade wars are good and easy to win: Trump

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