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FILE PHOTO: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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How might a US-Saudi civil nuclear deal work?

US National Security Adviser will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks expected to touch on a civil nuclear cooperation agreement

Canada's Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mary Ng speaks at a Lunar New Year celebration in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File photo
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Canada exploring higher tariffs on Chinese EVs

Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is looking at whether it needs to raise tariffs on Chinese-made EVs after the White House announced...

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Putin: Oil pipeline could run alongside planned gas link to China

MOSCOW — Russia could deliver oil as well as gas to China along a planned route via Mongolia, President Vladimir Putin said on...

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Siemens Energy boss says there can be no energy transition without China

Europe's energy sector relies too much on China to entertain the idea of de-risking, says the CEO of Siemens Energy.

FILE PHOTO: National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
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White House’s Brainard says China’s exports can undermine investments in US

"China is now simply too big to play by its own rules," says White House national economic adviser Lael Brainard.

FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund spokesperson Julie Kozack speaks to reporters at the IMF's headquarters, ahead of the joint IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Marrakech, Morocco taking place on October 9-15, in Washington, U.S. September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Andrea Shalal/File Photo
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IMF: U.S. should keep open trade, work with China to resolve disputes

The International Monetary Fund says the U.S. would be better served by maintaining its open trade system rather than imposing new punitive duties...

FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker sails on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Issac Urrutia/File Photo
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US to favor existing investors for Venezuela oil licenses: sources

The move appears designed to encourage companies that have projects frozen because of U.S. sanctions, such as Italy's Eni and Spain's Repsol, to...

FILE PHOTO: Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok speaks during a trilateral meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on the sidelines of the IMF/G20 meetings, at the U.S. Treasury in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2024.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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South Korea urges better cooperation on supply chain with China

South Korea's finance minister, Choi Sang-mok, said Seoul and Beijing should seek better cooperation on the supply chain for raw materials

FILE PHOTO: Employees work on a production line manufacturing mechanical parts, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a factory of SMC Corporation, during an organised media tour, in Beijing, China January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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Chinese overcapacity claims are ‘trade protectionism’, ministry says

Growing alarm over Chinese industrial overcapacity flooding the EU with cheap products is opening a new front in the trade war with Beijing

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, October 18, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Putin to visit China’s Xi to deepen strategic partnership

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will include trying to deepen co-operation on renewable energy sources.

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