China's industrial and retail sectors slowed in April, while air freight capacity between China and the US plunged after the US closed the 'de minimus' tax exemption

Demand for containers to ship Chinese products to the US has shot up dramatically following the trade truce negotiated in Switzerland

Deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars, involving a vast number of advanced AI chips, plus data centres in US, were unveiled in the Middle East this week, despite long-held fears about Gulf nations ties to China

Economists say tariff hikes left lasting damage and even with US levies reduced to 30% China's job market and economic growth took a fair hit

The two countries signed an MoU last week on a lunar research station. Russia's space agency says a nuclear reactor to power the station would be built autonomously by 2035 "without the presence of humans"

President pushes Tim Cook to build iPhone plants in the US; says Delhi offered to drop tariffs on US exports in their push for a trade deal

Huawei, which slumped for several years after being hit with US sanctions, has managed to regain its dominant position in the Chinese smartphone market

Delhi has been keen to do a trade deal with the US but filed notice of a trade dispute with the WTO this week, showing it's unhappy with Trump's 25% tariff on steel and aluminium

For the first time, more countries hold a positive view of China than of the United States. Perception of the US, meanwhile, is now as bad as that of Russia, new survey finds

US senators have introduced a bill to stop batteries being purchased from six Chinese companies, amid concern domestic power grids could be destabilised, after rogue devices were found in Chinese solar power inverters

Analysts say countries in Southeast Asia like Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia, plus Mexico, who are part of the China-plus-one supply chain, will need to make better deals with Washington. 

State media have hailed the big tariff cuts agreed with US officials as a result of Beijing's tough countermeasures and negotiating skills; shipping companies expect cargo loads to 'explode' in coming months