Merchants purchase goods at China Yiwu International Trade City, in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, on Feb. 9, 2025. Editor at Large Christmas comes early to Yiwu, a bustling entrepôt just a couple hours by train from China’s coastal megacity of Shanghai.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on global business leaders to push back against protectionism, seeking to take advantage of growing backlash to rising US tariffs to promote his country as a reliable partner.

China's President Xi Jinping urged a gathering of multinational CEOs on Friday to protect global industry and supply chains, as Beijing seeks to assuage foreign firms' concerns over the Chinese economy's health amid threats of more U.

A major Chinese automaker, BYD, was all set to build a new factory in Mexico, which would have created 10,000 jobs and cost about $600 million. However, everything changed when Donald Trump returned to the White House as the new U.

Asian stocks are mostly lower as investors mull the uncertainties brought by U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs

Global stocks dipped and gold hit a record high on Thursday in the wake of the latest tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration that expanded the trade war to auto imports. Trump late on Wednesday announced 25% tariffs on all vehicles and foreign-made auto parts imported into the United States,