China will “steadfastly” implement the Paris climate pact, Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday, urging others to do likewise as US President Donald Trump was due to announce whether he will keep Washington in the deal. “China will continue to implement promises made in the Paris Agreement, to move towards the 2030 goal step by step … Read more
Australia urged China Thursday to press ahead with economic reforms as Premier Li Keqiang began a trade-focused visit amid growing fears of a US slide towards protectionism. China is Australia’s largest trade partner and its economic importance has grown in the Donald Trump era after the US president ripped into Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull … Read more
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday warned the United States against starting a trade war while expressing optimism that the world’s two largest economies could keep relations steady despite frictions in the Trump era. “We don´t want to see any trade war breaking out between the two countries. That wouldn´t make our trade fairer,” Li … Read more
China on Sunday trimmed its 2017 GDP growth target to “around 6.5 percent” as the world’s second-largest economy, already expanding at the slowest pace in a quarter-century, faces an array of challenges. The target, detailed in a report to be presented to China’s rubber-stamp parliament by Premier Li Keqiang beginning at 9 am (0100 GMT), … Read more
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO — Voters headed to the polling stations all over the United States on Tuesday, but many still felt disappointed by the presidential candidates and found it a hard choice to decide who should become the country’s next leader. Both U. S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump … Read more