US, China hold 2nd day of talks with no tariff decision

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 05:48:45 +0000

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer walk together as they leave their hotel in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. U.S. and Chinese negotiators opened talks Thursday on a sprawling trade dispute as Beijing reported its January exports rebounded despite President Donald Trump's tariff hikes. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators held a second day of talks Friday after President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said he has yet to decide whether to escalate a technology dispute by going ahead with a March 2 tariff increase on imports from China.

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US, China seek deal to prevent trade-war escalation

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:09:28 +0000

(From L) US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Chinese Vice Premier and lead trade negotiator Liu He and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin talk before the opening session of trade negotiations at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on February 14, 2019. - US and Chinese negotiators kicked off two days of official trade talks in Beijing on February 14 as the world's top two economies try to patch up their festering economic dispute. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

BEIJING — US and Chinese negotiators on Thursday kicked off two days of high-level talks that President Donald Trump says could decide whether he escalates the bruising tariff battle between the world’s two biggest economies. Trump indicated this week he was open to extending a trade truce beyond March 1 depending on progress in Beijing. […]

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Palace to Joma Sison on peace talks: It is time to rejoin society

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:42:23 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — “It is time to rejoin society.” Malacañang said this after exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison described as an “insult” President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to revive the stalled peace talks between the government and communist rebels. “Instead of welcoming the President’s softening of his hardline stance […]

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Palace to Joma Sison on peace talks: It is time to rejoin society

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:42:23 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — “It is time to rejoin society.” Malacañang said this after exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison described as an “insult” President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to revive the stalled peace talks between the government and communist rebels. “Instead of welcoming the President’s softening of his hardline stance […]

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High-stakes US-China trade talks resume as deadline approaches

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 03:31:43 +0000

US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hand with China's President Xi Jinping at the end of a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. - Donald Trump and Xi Jinping put their professed friendship to the test on November 9 as the least popular US president in decades and the newly empowered Chinese leader met for tough talks on trade and North Korea. (Photo by Fred DUFOUR / AFP)

With a March 1 deadline fast approaching, US and Chinese officials resume negotiations next week to prevent escalation of a trade dispute that has major implications for the global economy.

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Duterte insists peace talks should be in PH

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Peace talks should be in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte insisted on Tuesday, even after exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison said talks would be doomed if they would be held in Manila.

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