Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will finally start negotiating with Chinese counterparts. But business leaders shouldn’t expect any sudden breakthroughs.

Beijing says it will meet with American officials to discuss trade, but warned Washington against using the engagement to ratchet up pressure on China.

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, is reinforcing his bond with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But that could hurt Beijing’s efforts to repair ties with Europe.

Increasing Western military support to India, and China’s to Pakistan, signals a shift in global alignments — and another potential flashpoint for international tensions.

Morocco is linked to Europe on the strength of its auto sector and a trade pact. But its status as a connector country has become precarious in the trade war.

China’s central bank acted shortly after news that officials from China and the Trump administration will hold their first formal trade talks since the punishing tariffs began.

Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, and Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, will discuss trade and economic matters with the officials this week.

While imports can swing with seasonal shifts, President Trump’s ratcheting up of U.S. tariffs on China has begun to cascade through supply chains, government data shows.

We asked six horticultural experts to debate and ultimately choose the places that’ve changed the way we look at — and think about — plants.

Mattel, the U.S. toy company, said it would increase prices of some U.S. toys, citing levies on Chinese imports.

An unending purge in China’s top military ranks raises serious questions over the country’s readiness for offensive war.

President Trump has ended a tariff loophole that generated lots of business for delivery companies shipping inexpensive goods from China to the U.S.

America must discard the belief that it is beating China in the innovation race.

As a U.S. tax loophole ends, the apparel makers that sell to America are forced to consider alternative markets or cheaper locations in and outside China.

U.S. oil prices fell to $57 a barrel after the OPEC Plus cartel said this weekend that it would pump more oil.

The threat of 46 percent levies, among the highest for any country, is rattling Vietnam’s factory managers and workers, as well as thousands of exporters.

Chinese officials have long used their willingness to cooperate to stem the flow of fentanyl to the United States as leverage in talks over broader disputes.

For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.

Tariffs on imported parts will have a broad impact because all vehicles use components made abroad.

The e-commerce site acted after the Trump administration said it would close a loophole that allowed low-cost Chinese-made items to enter the U.S. without import fees.

American consumers are not yet seeing much evidence of the drastic changes President Trump has made on trade. But they are on their way.

The standoff over terms of negotiations, and whether they are happening, signals that a protracted economic fight lies ahead.

Irish investigators said TikTok did not protect the data of users in the European Union, improperly transferring some of it to China. TikTok said it would appeal.

The U.S. government’s dismantling of Radio Free Asia means giving Beijing’s propaganda free rein.

President Trump’s trade policies are already starting to frustrate American consumers who have noticed higher prices in their shopping carts.

Canada’s greatest opportunity lies in its ability to reframe its place in the world beyond America.

Despite mounting financial pressure, China says it won’t negotiate until the Trump administration shows “sincerity” by canceling tariffs on its goods.

An exemption that allowed cheap Chinese goods to enter the United States duty free was eliminated on Friday, which could lead to higher prices and delays on purchases.

E-commerce trade in small parcels brought Chinese factories to American shoppers. Tariffs are severing the connection.