WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a high-level envoy in his place to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Beijing has told Trump’s transition team that the official would attend instead of Xi,

In the final weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House, the focus of his public remarks has been on acquiring Canada, Greeland and the Panama Canal.

The first Trump administration opted for a confrontational stance towards many countries in the region, including Peru. This ultimately pushed it to deepen its alliance with China. Beijing saw the opportunity, through favourable trade deals and investments, to position itself as a more reliable and beneficial partner than Washington.

China banker says Trump's Bitcoin plan contradicts his US dollar dreams as Hong Kong busts tech savvy pig butchers. Asia Express

Electric vehicle demand is expected to keep rising this year, but uncertainty over policy changes and tariffs is clouding the forecast.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ran on a return to his “America First” foreign policy platform. The U.S., he said, could no longer afford to be the world’s policeman. On his watch, he pledged, there would be no new wars.

Now, as billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk continues to play havoc with crypto markets, fears have emerged China could have beaten Donald Trump and the U.S. to creating a bitcoin reserve.

China has confirmed for the first time that President Xi Jinping has been communicating with US president-elect Donald Trump in the lead-up to this month's inauguration. The news came a day after Trump told American conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday that he and Xi had already been talking through representatives and expected that they "will probably get along very well".

President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to slap Denmark with tariffs to force its hand in giving up Greenland could lead to higher prices for popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy as well as Lego toys, according to a report.

LONDON - Iran is pushing to recoup 25 million barrels of oil from China that has been stuck for six years in Chinese ports due to sanctions imposed by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, three Iranian and one Chinese source familiar with the matter said.

Speculation rises that Trump's tariffs on China may average 20%, impacting GDP growth and prompting potential retaliation from China.