Imports and Exports

The latest bit of America’s energy sector to feel the over-the-shoulder lash is the liquefied natural gas-export business. On Friday, LNG joined the list of goods that China will hit with tariffs in retaliation for U.S. ones. This...

China says it is dropping an anti-dumping probe into sorghum imports from the US, as the two sides discuss ways of easing trade tensions.

Beijing criticizes proposed tariffs by Washington amid fears it could shatter global growth.

President Donald Trump may not follow Elon Musk on Twitter, but the Tesla Inc. chief’s posts decrying China’s automotive trade practices managed to catch his attention.

China has opened an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into U.S. sorghum imports, the latest salvo in an escalating trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.

American business group says Beijing could target sectors to send a political message across the Pacific.

China reported a 7.9 percent jump in exports and 15.9 percent rise in imports — both in dollar terms — for 2017.

China's Commerce Ministry said on Friday it will limit exports of crude oil, refined oil products, steel and other metals to North Korea, in line with tough new sanctions imposed by the United Nations for Pyongyang's missile tests.

President Trump is looking to President Xi Jinping to “do something” about America’s opioid epidemic, for which he blames China.

Soft lounge music pipes through the speakers as elegantly dressed shoppers peruse organic produce and meats at City'super, one of Shanghai's most upscale markets, a cross between Whole Foods and Louis Vuitton. But one look at the price of...

Beijing says there is not enough evidence to support allegations that most of the illicit drug involved in the epidemic is made on its soil.

As President Trump visits China next week, his vow to press for more stringent drug controls may run into resistance from a government loath to accept full responsibility for its role in the United States’ opioid problem.

As President Trump visits China next week, his vow to press for more stringent drug controls may run into resistance from a government loath to accept full responsibility for its role in the United States’ opioid problem.

China reported strong trade data on Friday just days ahead of a major Communist Party Congress.

Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM) wants to boost its supplies of oil to China through Kazakhstan to as much as 18 million tonnes (36,000 bpd) per year from around 10 million tonnes in 2017, three industry sources said on Friday.

It is no secret that the bulk of Ivanka Trump's merchandise comes from China. But just which Chinese companies manufacture and export her handbags, shoes and clothes is more secret than ever, an Associated Press investigation has found.

China’s independent oil refiners face an uphill struggle as excess capacity in the sector and slower demand for fuel creates a tougher trading environment, a top executive has warned.

China’s export growth slowed as global demand for the country’s products moderated, while imports remained robust as investment at home aided demand.

China’s war on smog is shaking up the country’s busiest ports, which handle billions of tonnes of cargo a year, forcing Tianjin to overhaul its business as northern rivals snare a greater share of vast coal and iron ore shipments, results show.

China has told the Trump administration to tread carefully in a spat over aluminum exports if it wants to avoid damaging the relationship between the world’s two largest economies. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Thursday disputed U.S...

China has temporarily banned beef exports from six Australian meatworks, the Federal Government has confirmed.

Negotiators involved in the first U.S.-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue here on Wednesday failed to produce concrete results. The U.S. later issued a statement saying China acknowledged a shared objective to reduce the U.S.’s bilateral trade...

The country's President Xi Jinping is hoping the Asian superpower will host - and one day win - the global football tournament.

A report issued by the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday said China may buy further goods from the U.S., including crude and refined oil products, cotton and machine tools.

China exported 620,000 tonnes of steel direct to the United States last year, a fraction of the 800 million tonnes it produces each year, equal to about half of world output.

Beijing’s nightmare scenario is a collapse of the Kim regime, which could also open the door to reunification with South Korea, another nightmare for Beijing.

Amid sharply rising tensions over North Korea’s nuclear arms program, China said on Thursday that its trade with the country had expanded, even though it had complied with United Nations sanctions and stopped buying North Korean coal

China’s overseas shipments last month jumped the most in two years as global demand held up. Imports moderated after a holiday-season surge in February and the trade balance rose.

China was the top foreign buyer of U.S. crude in February, according to data that show the growing interdependence of the world’s big energy-consuming nations at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions.

China produced a rare trade deficit in in February after imports galloped, official data showed Wednesday.

Now, as the deployment of the system begins this week and China threatens to punish South Korea further, companies like Beyond Cosmetics have been bracing for worse.

More evidence about Tesla’s Big China Bonanza is coming in

China’s cuts in steel capacity last year primarily targeted mills that were already idle, doing little to reduce the exports that have fueled trade tensions or address the blight of toxic smog, a study has found.

China’s January exports easily exceeded analysts’ expectations, rising 7.9 percent from a year earlier, while imports rose by 16.7 percent, also topping forecasts, preliminary data showed on Friday. That left the country with a trade surplus of $51...

OPEC’s campaign to prop up oil prices is getting unlikely support from its biggest customer.

China’s exports gained as a cheaper yuan aided foreign purchasing; Imports jumped the most in more than two years on strong demand for raw materials

Daqing is home to China’s biggest oil field, and the city’s troubles reflect a broader reality for the country: Once a major exporter of oil, China is now one of the world’s biggest net oil importers.

Despite China’s commitment to rebalancing its economy, exports keep rising, and with them China’s vulnerability to the negative consequences of protectionism.

Donkey hide is used to make Chinese remedy ejiao, believed to improve blood circulation

For an American industry that relies increasingly on global demand, the news is welcome

Can the shift to more domestic output be met without blanketing China's cities in smog?

China has for years had grand investment plans for Afghanistan’s resource riches.

City’s acting Communist party chief is accused of ‘serious discipline breaches’ by investigators.

China is increasingly relying on coking-coal shipments from abroad due to a local shortage.

Companies worry that requirement to fumigate all containers could result in costs, delays.

Global uncertainty and headwinds continue to buffet the world’s second-largest economy.

China, as it turns out, is looking elsewhere to get the lumber it needs.

Similar dissatisfaction with dumping has been seen in Europe, India and Australia, where investigations and similar taxes have also been levied against Chinese steel.

Despite many problems, China’s involvement in Kenya is a net positive, as most trade relations in the world tend to be.

The Obama administration has accused China of unfairly blocking U.S. poultry imports, the latest in a series of election-year trade disputes between Washington and Beijing.

U.S. pig industry benefits from boost in exports to pork-loving China.

China's exports fell 25.4 percent on-year in February, while imports declined 13.8 percent, clocking far bigger slides than expected.

China’s PMI rose slightly in December, but economists don’t expect significant rebound in economy.

“Walmart is one of the major forces pulling imports into the United States.”

A near 9-percent dive in China shares and a sharp drop in the dollar and major commodities sent investors rushing for the exit.