Media Report
- CNBC reports, "U.S. President Donald Trump said China has been 'a big help' in America's dealings with North Korea, but added that he believed the hermit kingdom was 'calling its own shots.' Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, Trump was asked whether China came up in his discussions with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 'China's been a big help, bigger than most people know,' said the American president, before adding that he believed 'North Korea is calling its own shots.' Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping met several times in the past year. When Trump and Kim met for the first time in Singapore last June, the North Korean leader arrived in an Air China plane. To get to Hanoi this week, Kim traveled by train through China and some reports said he may have made a stop in Beijing. It isn't clear whether he met Xi during his travels, nor if he plans on meeting the Chinese leader soon."
The Washington Post reports, "The World Trade Organization panel has ruled in favor of the United States in a dispute with China over agricultural subsidies, saying Beijing went beyond WTO limits in its support for wheat and rice producers. The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body on Thursday found China exceeded domestic support limits on those products between 2012 and 2015. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative welcomed the ruling as 'a significant victory for U.S. agriculture.' Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said: 'We expect China to quickly come into compliance with its WTO obligations.' Washington had argued China's minimum price support measures for two types of rice, plus wheat and corn went beyond its WTO commitments. The panel said corn prices fell in line with the limits before the U.S. filed its complaint."
- Reuters reports, "China has provided over $158 million to U.S. schools for Confucius Institutes to promote Chinese culture, U.S. Senate investigators said on Wednesday, releasing a report saying the centers have acted as tightly controlled propaganda arms for Beijing and should be changed - or shut down. The Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations spent eight months investigating the Confucius Institutes, which were created in 2004 to promote Chinese language and culture at schools and universities around the world. But the centers have been criticized, particularly in the United States, for promoting the views of the Chinese Communist party, assertions denied by both the institutes and the government. The FBI has said it is 'watching warily' the Confucius Institutes and the State Department has called them 'China's most powerful soft power platforms,' the investigators found."
Calendar
- 2019-02-27 Trump Undermines Top Trade Adviser as He Pushes for China Deal
- 2019-02-26 Chinese stocks rocketed higher on Trump's trade tweet, but a deal isn't a sure thing
- 2019-02-25 Trump Delays a Tariff Deadline, Citing Progress in China Trade Talks
- 2019-02-24 Trump Delays a Tariff Deadline, Citing Progress in China Trade Talks
- 2019-02-22 Saudi Arabia strikes $10 billion China deal, talks de-radicalisation with Xi
- 2019-02-21 U.S., China sketch outlines of deal to end trade war - sources
- 2019-02-20 Trump Eases Off Hard Deadline for China Tariffs
- 2019-02-19 US, China resume trade talks in Washington ahead of deadline
- 2019-02-18 UK spies think they can handle Huawei in 5G networks. The US doesn't agree
- 2019-02-17 China's new trade offer is better than a tariff war
News
- CNBC Trump says China has been 'a big help' in US dealings with North Korea
- The Washington Post WTO panel rules in favor of US in Chinese farm subsidy case
- Reuters Senate panel wants Chinese-funded institutes to change or leave U.S.
- The New York Times China's Ruling Elite Tell Xi They Have 'Strengthened Education' of Families
- The Wall Street Journal Know-It-All Robot Shuts Down Dubious Family Texts
- The Washington Post Worries that China trade talks are stalling weigh on stocks
- Reuters China says difficulties in U.S-North Korea talks unavoidable
- The Washington Post China Trade War Cost Tops $40 Billion in Lost U.S. Exports
- CNBC Blackstone's Schwarzman: Failed North Korea talks will bring US and China closer together
- The New York Times Pompeo: US Worried Over Chinese Moves Threatening Navigation
- Reuters Merkel seeking no-spying deal with China over Huawei issue: magazine
- The Wall Street Journal Stranded Investors in China Solar Company Get Dubious Exit Offer
- Reuters Hyundai Motor CEO says China capacity cuts being considered: sources
Commentary
- The Washington Post Give Trump's Big Stupid Trade Deal a Chance
- The Atlantic Vietnam Won the Trump-Kim Summit
- The Washington Post Why China takes a middle-of-the-road policy toward North Korea
- Bloomberg U.S.-China Negotiations Risk Shutting Out the Rest of the World
- The Virginian-Pilot Farmers shouldering burden of trade war
- Washington Examiner In a Chinese propaganda article, the tell of Xi Jinping's vulnerability