02-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China softens stance on US tariff talks, spy claims condemned: SCMP daily highlights
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China is assessing whether to start trade negotiations with the United States following representations from Washington, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday, signalling a possible easing of the tit-for-tit tariff war between the world's two largest economies.
Europe must navigate between the two powers, knowing that cutting an economic deal with one could make it impossible to do so with the other.
Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of Gree Group appliance firm in China, stirred controversy last month after saying Chinese educated overseas might be spies. Photo: Handout
A group of Chinese entrepreneurs educated abroad publicly condemned a leading businesswoman's remarks that overseas-trained workers could be spies.