China’s budget deficit climbed to a fresh record in the first half, highlighting intensified government efforts to shore up domestic demand as Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce exports to the US.

China trade has reached a "good place" with reduced tariffs, but said China's 30% share of global manufacturing is unsustainably imbalanced.

Aaron Forkash, a scrap metal dealer based in California, plans to continue exporting copper to Asia even after US President Donald Trump's new 50 per cent tariff on the metal comes into force on August 1.

President Donald Trump’s recent flurry of trade deals have given Asian exporters some clarity on tariffs, but missing are key details on how to avoid punitive rates that target China’s supply chains.

At a strip mall in Maryland, a miniature landscape extends across a table between Dash Krempel and his friend as a war game unfolds. Instead of buying more products, he now tries to support retailer Game Kastle College Park by renting tables to play in-store.

The hope, and the expectation, is that when U.S. officials meet their Chinese counterparts in Stockholm to talk economics and trade next week, they will build on a recent lessening of tensions as the U.S. tries to set up a fall meeting between the countries’ leaders and lay the groundwork for another loosely defined trade pact.

U.S. and Chinese officials will meet in Stockholm next week to discuss an extension to the deadline for negotiating a trade deal, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday as President Donald Trump announced a deal with the Philippines and released terms of a previous deal with Indonesia.

The White House is putting a priority on doing business with Beijing as it prepares for bilateral talks next week.