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US House Select Committee on China ranking member Ro Khanna speaks with journalists before an Artificial Intelligence briefing on September 16 in Washington. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
2026 Xi-Trump summits

US, China need nuclear-style AI safeguards, congressman says before Xi summit

Top Democrat on the House China committee calls for international inspections of leading AI laboratories and a ban on self-improving systems.

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

Top US Democrat warns Trump not to waver on Taiwan as Xi heads to Washington

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US, Japan and South Korea launch economic-security talks before Xi summit

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China-EU relations

Open Questions | ‘Trade is never free’: former WTO chief Pascal Lamy on the EU’s China challenge

He says Chinese authorities’ lack of interest in addressing structural macroeconomic imbalance a ‘huge problem’ for European Union.

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

US announces AI dialogue with China, launches Board of Trade

Key outcomes released after eight-hour marathon meeting in New York.

India

India’s Modi caught between Russian oil needs and US trade threats

Cutting Russian oil imports could avoid price rises ahead of key polls but keeping such purchases could cripple access to its largest market.

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Trump signs bill targeting China’s Russia energy imports days before Xi’s US visit

US president gives backing to ‘Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026’ before next week’s Xi-Trump summit in Washington.

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US President Donald Trump displays signed orders during a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Friday. Photo: AP
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Trump says Xi state dinner is ‘a very tough ticket’ as guest list takes shape

US president says White House seats about 125 guests, while Chinese executives facing scrutiny in the US are considered for Xi’s delegation.

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

China hawks join forces in US Congress to pressure Trump ahead of Xi’s visit

Trump administration criticised for focusing on achieving economic gains from Beijing while neglecting political and human rights issues.

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China-EU relations

Open Questions | Pascal Lamy says Europe at ‘moment of truth’ on China trade

Former World Trade Organization chief believes Chinese authorities’ lack of interest in addressing structural macroeconomic imbalance presents a ‘huge problem’ for European Union.

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Exclusive | US families press for loved ones’ release from China ahead of Xi’s visit

Cases of US citizens detained in China gain greater attention as their families increase pressure on Trump administration to help them.

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Chen Youlin and his wife, Rong Yufang. Chen is one of the US citizens detained in China. Photo: Chen family
China-Latin America relations

US trade chief pressed Brazil to review Anglo American nickel sale to China

Jamieson Greer asked Brasilia to curb ‘non-market’ buyers of critical minerals in exchange for relief from Trump’s tariffs.

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

Xi to get what Trump didn’t in Beijing: a presidential airport welcome

US president will personally greet Chinese counterpart on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Washington when Xi lands next Wednesday.

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

China’s Wang Yi holds phone call with Rubio days before Xi visits US

Top diplomats’ call likely to have locked down final details for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first US state visit in more than a decade.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Germany in February. Photo: Reuters
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Trump threatens EU over ‘hostile’ proposal to make Canada associate member

US president warns of severe trade action as Ursula von der Leyen pitches historic partnership to Mark Carney.

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US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

China pushes back against US sanctions bill targeting Russia’s top energy buyers

Beijing braces as US House clears ‘Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026’ before next week’s Xi-Trump summit in Washington.

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Canada

Carney shares Trump joke to sum up US-Canada ties: ‘maybe they’ll shoot you’

The PM shared an anecdote about how Trump gave him a key to the White House but jokingly warned that ‘maybe they’ll shoot you’.

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Scott Bessent confirms weekend meeting with He Lifeng days before Xi’s US visit

US Treasury Secretary to meet Chinese Vice Premier for final preparatory talks between two sides before key Trump-Xi summit in Washington.

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in 2025. The pair will meet again this weekend for preparatory talks before Chinese President Xi Jinping's summit with US President Donald Trump in Washington next week. Photo: Keystone via AP
China trade

How Canada’s Trump headache is fuelling a China trade boom

Exports to China hit their highest first-half level in decades as Ottawa looks to reduce dependence on its southern neighbour.

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Canada

Opinion | Mild-mannered Canada shows the world how to take the fight to Trump

When a nation as inherently moderate as Canada is driven to a trade war with its closest neighbour, the world should take note.

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Canada

Shun US goods, buy local: Canadians ‘mad with America’ reshape grocery shelves

A deepening trade war and the change in sentiment towards the US have made Canadians more conscious of where their dollars go.

A customer shops for groceries at a supermarket in Vancouver, Canada, last month. Photo: Xinhua
Canada

Ex-Canada PM Chretien tells US: ‘never mistake our generosity for weakness’

His pointed message was issued in Gander, the Canadian town that sheltered thousands of stranded Americans after the September 11 attacks.

Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien speaks at the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US in Gander, Newfoundland, on Friday. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP
United States

Trump bans some Canadian goods, raises tariffs on others as trade war escalates

White House targets alcohol, dairy, and consumer goods while Ottawa defends US$20 billion in retaliatory duties.

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United States

Canada’s US tariffs take effect as Trump threatens Bombardier aircraft sales

Ottawa targets US$20 billion in US goods after trade talks collapsed, with both sides digging in and analysts warning of further escalation.

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China trade

What Xi’s tour of Egypt and Central Asia reveals about China’s trade strategy

Presidential tour highlights strategy of shifting manufacturing abroad, shielding domestic exporters from growing global barriers.

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President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi wave to the crowd after Xi’s arrival at Cairo International Airport on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
US, Israel war on Iran

Amid war with Iran, Trump muses renaming Hormuz as ‘Trump Strait’

White House shares rebranded Gulf map as US president warns renewed air campaign against Iran will not last ‘too long’.

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US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday. Photo: EPA
US-China relations

Xi, Trump and Putin may hold trilateral meeting at next Apec forum, Kremlin says

Senior Russian aide confirms possibility of all three leaders meeting in Shenzhen in November ‘was discussed’ at this week’s SCO summit.

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Canada

‘Stop trying to be tough’: Carney fires back at Trump in trade fight

Canadian prime minister urges Washington to end online taunts as bitter trade war shakes relations between the historically friendly neighbours.

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