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Biden and Xi Jinping hold phone call ahead of Yellen’s trip to China

President Joe Biden spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the phone for nearly two hours Tuesday, a call the…

Huawei’s profit doubled in 2023 as smartphone, autos business picked up

BEIJING — Chinese telecommunications company Huawei said Friday its net profit for 2023 more than doubled thanks to better product…

Yellen warns China’s surplus of solar panels, EVs could be dumped on global markets

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned that China is treating the global economy as a dumping ground for its…

‘Hong Kong is China’s Hong Kong’: Beijing hits back at U.S. for ‘slandering’ city’s new security law

China’s embassy hit back against U.S. criticism of Hong Kong’s new national security law on Thursday, saying the U.S. should…

House passes bill to bar data brokers from selling sensitive personal information to U.S. adversaries

WASHINGTON — Bipartisan leaders of a House committee examining interstate and foreign commerce on Wednesday praised the passage of a bill…

China kicks off the year on strong note as retail, industrial data tops expectations

BEIJING —  China’s economic data for the first two months of the year beat analysts’ expectations across the board on…

Ukraine war live updates: Russia says it thwarted armed incursion by Ukrainian forces, ‘sabotage’ groups into its border regions

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Russia’s defense ministry claimed it had “thwarted” an…