Global equities fell on Monday after their worst week of 2019 as hopes of an imminent US-China trade deal were crushed, raising fears of a fresh round of tit-for-tat tariffs.

US-China trade setback stokes recession fears; stocks slide

By Tony Walker The Chinese have a saying attributed to the philosopher and writer Lao Tzu: every journey begins with a single step. If that is the case, US-China relations have taken a step backwards in negotiators’ failure to advance trade negotiations in the latest round of talks in Washington, which ended unsatisfactorily.

Stakes are high as US ups the ante on trade dispute with China

China's top trade negotiator Liu He said on Friday in Washington that trade talks with the US would continue in Beijing but warned that there would be no concessions on "important principles".

China says it will hold more trade talks with US in Beijing

As new US tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods kicked in on Friday, China's commerce ministry said it "deeply regrets" the move by the Trump administration even as it vowed to take "necessary countermeasures".

Deeply regret US tariffs, will take 'necessary countermeasures': China

By Charles Hankla Last week President Donald Trump seemed to be on the cusp of a trade deal with China. A couple of threatening tweets later, the odds of ending the 16-month-old US-China trade war have dropped dramatically.

Donald Trump’s one-on-one approach to China has dangerous implications for global trade

Oil prices were under pressure on Tuesday from concerns the escalating China-US trade dispute could slow the global economy, while US sanctions on crude exporters Iran and Venezuela helped keep the market on edge.

International oil prices dip over China-US trade dispute, Iran sanctions

Benchmark indices fell for the fifth session in a row on Tuesday, with the Sensex plunging 324 points and the Nifty diving over 100 points as investors continued to weigh US-China trade tiff and lukewarm corporate results.

Sensex logs fifth straight loss, plummets 324 points

Additional tariffs will not resolve any problems in the ongoing bilateral trade dispute between China and the United States, China's foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Tuesday.

Adding tariffs can't resolve any problem, says China on trade conflict with US

After US media reports said China may cancel trade talks with the US, China's foreign ministry said its trade team was still preparing to leave for Washington for the next round of talks.

After Trump's tariff threat, China says trade team still preparing for US talks

By James L Anderson The original March 1 deadline has passed as the United States and China hash out a trade deal amid deadlocked negotiations. Any US-China trade deal likely falls short compared to what the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could have been.

A US-China trade deal does not slow China’s rise

By Amitrajeet A Batabyal Talks between the US and China to end the trade war appear to be in trouble with the March 2 deadline for a deal fast approaching. In the ongoing trade talks between the US and China, a lack of trust – key to any successful negotiation – appears to be hobbling the ability to reach a deal.

US-China trade conflict: Lack of trust hobbling the ability to reach a deal

The BSE benchmark Sensex recovered over 100 points Tuesday, led by strong buying by domestic institutional investors amid positive global cues. The 30-share index was trading 124.

Sensex rebounds over 100 points; Nifty nears 10,700

The United States and China launched critical trade talks on Wednesday amid deep differences over Washington's demands for structural economic reforms from Beijing that will make it difficult to reach a deal before a March 2 US tariff hike.

US, China trade talks begin amid deep differences

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'

Days after China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, the Canadian government said today that a second Canadian identified as Michael Spavor was also missing in China.

After ex-diplomat, another Canadian national goes missing after questioning by Chinese authorities

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