‘They will start paying’: Donald Trump announces plans for ‘External Revenue Service’ to collect foreign tariffs
US President-elect Donald Trump (File photo) US President-elect Donald Trump announced plans on Tuesday to establish a new agency called the External Revenue Service. The agency would be responsible for collecting tariffs and other revenues from foreign countries.“For far too…
Chinese Premier Li urges ‘shelving differences’ with Australia
SYDNEY: Chinese Premier Li Qiang called Saturday for “shelving differences” with Australia as he embarked on a four-day trip dangling the promise of expanded trade despite their geopolitical rivalry.Li — the second most powerful man in China after President Xi…
‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,’ China trolls new US tariffs
BEIJING: China’s measured response to the US move to hike tariffs on $18 billion of Chinese goods from syringes to batteries suggests relations between the world’s two largest economies face more frost rather than a fresh firefight over trade. China…