Latest news with #ColumMurphy
Bloomberg
30-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
The Shaky Trade Truce Xi and Trump Reached Is Coming Undone
Hello, this is Colum Murphy in Beijing, where Trump's latest moves targeting China risk upending the fragile peace with the US that had broken out. The big question now is whether the trade truce negotiated in Geneva will unravel. Read our full story about it here.
Bloomberg
28-03-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
China Ramps Up Charm Offensive to Counter Trump's Trade Mayhem
Hi, this is Colum Murphy, writing from the coastal town of Boao, where China is stepping up its charm offensive and pitching itself as a pillar of global stability in an increasingly volatile world — courtesy of President Donald Trump. While the US hit trading partners with auto tariffs and vowed broader measures next week, the Boao Forum — often called China's Davos — gathered government officials and corporate heavyweights like Xiaomi's Lei Jun, AstraZeneca's Pascal Soriot and Fortescue's Andrew Forrest to push for stronger cooperation across Asia.
Bloomberg
14-03-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump Tariffs Linked to Fentanyl Have China Throwing Rhetorical Elbows
Hi, this is Colum Murphy in Beijing, where Chinese officials are throwing a few sharp elbows in their running rivalry with the US. China and the US are at odds over a lot of topics, many of them starting with the letter 'T,' conveniently. Trade and tariffs, of course. Then there's Taiwan and tech.
Bloomberg
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
How Trump Made the Idea of Chinese Troops in Europe a Very Serious One
Hi, this is John Liu in Beijing, where today my colleague Colum Murphy put a question of global significance to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The venue was the press briefing China's top diplomat traditionally holds during the National People's Congress. The question Colum asked was under what circumstances China would consider sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine to guarantee an end of hostilities with Russia?
