Robert Patman: Cook Islands to sign major deal with China
News reports Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is travelling to Beijing on Friday to sign a deal.  Foreign Minister ...
China launches WTO dispute over Trump tariffs
China has formally launched a dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Chinese goods, the Geneva-based body said on Wednesday.
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Trump pauses tariffs but threat of trade war hangs over food and drinks sector
President Trump has shown that his pre-inauguration threat to impose hefty trade tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China was not ...
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Researchers say China’s DeepSeek chatbot is linked to state telecom, raising data privacy concerns
Experts say DeepSeek has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned company.
Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra in China, with trade, railway, scam farms on the table
Thailand, a long-time US ally, is also a crucial regional partner for Beijing in light of its fierce rivalry with Washington.