China, Australia and rare earths
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"Australia expects all countries, including China, to operate their militaries in a safe and professional manner." China's military gave Australia a warning and called the incident an "intrusion" by the plane into its airspace around the Paracel Islands,
Shipments fell because of the high tariffs China has imposed on U.S. imports and as previously harvested U.S. supplies, known as old-crop beans, have already been traded. China is the world’s biggest soybean importer.
President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House.
China's exports of rare earth magnets to the U.S. fell in September, ending months of recovery amid continues trade disputes between the two countries.
Trump predicted he would reach a 'fantastic' trade deal with China's President Xi Jinping, despite disputes about tariffs and rare earths.
A powerful association of Chinese beef importers has committed to buying deforestation-free Brazilian beef under a new certification protocol developed by Brazilian NGO Institute for Forest and Agricultural Management and Certification (Imaflora).
China has reported that its economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in a year in July-September, growing 4.8%, weighed down by trade tensions with the United States and slack domestic demand
Every year or so, the country's highest political body, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, convenes for a week of meetings, also known as a Plenum. What it decides at this one will eventually form the basis of China's next Five Year Plan - the blueprint that the world's second largest economy will follow between 2026 and 2030.
Ambassador Jamieson Greer warns Beijing’s “economic coercion" won’t derail the Trump administration’s effort to rebuild U.S. manufacturing and secure key supply chains.