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U.S. President Donald Trump meets China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019.Kevin Lemarque | ReutersBEIJING — China is emphasizing its willingness to negotiate as increased tariffs on exports to the United States may soon become a reality.U.S. President Donald Trump said this week he may increase duties on Chinese goods by 10% as soon as Feb. 1. The White House on Monday also announced plans to investigate China over actions harmful to U.S. commerce.China’s Ministry of Commerce has always maintained communication with “relevant” U.S. authorities…

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Mark Rutte, incoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), during a transition ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Rutte, the affable and meticulous former Dutch premier, has a daunting task ahead to keep the defense alliance a global force.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNATO’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte hailed newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning on Wednesday that Russia could expect more tariffs and sanctions if it did not end the war in Ukraine.”I was very, very happy with the position of Trump to put more sanctions on Russia.…

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ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailCNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what’s ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today’s show, Franklin Bi of Pantera Capital reacts to the SEC’s creation of a crypto task force to develop new regulation.11:22Wed, Jan 22 20253:00 PM EST Source link

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The floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Jan. 22, 2025.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesThis report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.What you need to know todayIntraday record for the S&P 500U.S. markets popped on Wednesday. The S&P 500 touched a new intraday high, though it pulled back by the closing bell. Asia-Pacific stocks were mixed on Thursday. China’s CSI 300 advanced roughly 1%, leading…

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China’s financial regulators on Thursday unveiled a slew of measures to urge large state-owned mutual funds and insurers to purchase more shares, as Beijing seeks to bolster the faltering stock market.Big state-owned insurance firms are guided to raise the size and proportion of their investment in shares listed on the mainland, and to allocate 30% of their newly generated premiums to buying stocks, Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission said at a press conference on Thursday.A pilot program, due to kick off in the first half of this year, will channel at least 100 billion yuan ($13.75…

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It is crucial that Germany embarks on a period of economic growth, the country’s finance minister Jörg Kukies told CNBC on Thursday, adding that structural weaknesses must be addressed.”We’ve just gotten revised down growth forecasts for the IMF again,” Kukies told CNBC’s Karen Tso and Steve Sedgwick at the World Economic forum in Davos.”The structural weaknesses of our economy absolutely have to be addressed,” he added. “It’s really important that we embark on a path of economic growth.”Kukies also addressed the debate over Germany’s so-called debt brake, a fiscal rule enshrined in the German constitution. The debt brake limits how much debt…

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The North Korean soldiers fighting for Moscow in Russia’s Kursk region are assigned their own patches of land to assault. Unlike their Russian counterparts, they advance with almost no armored vehicles in support.When they attack, they do not pause to regroup or retreat, as the Russians often do when they start taking heavy losses, Ukrainian soldiers and American officials say. Instead, they move under heavy fire across fields strewed with mines and will send in a wave of 40 or more troops.If they seize a position, they do not try to secure it. They leave that to Russian reinforcements, while…

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Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019.Aly Song | ReutersBEIJING — A record share of U.S. companies in China are accelerating their plans to relocate manufacturing or sourcing, according to a business survey released Thursday.About 30% of the respondents considered or started such diversification in 2024, surpassing the prior high of 24% in 2022, according to annual surveys from the American Chamber of Commerce in China.That also exceeded the 23% share reported for 2017, when U.S. President Donald Trump began his first term…

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FRANCE – 2025/01/20: In this photo illustration, Trump Meme , Trump the Crypto president, is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Romain Doucelin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Romain Doucelin | Getty ImagesCryptocurrency firm bosses are optimistic about the changes of comprehensive federal rules for the industry passing this year now that Donald Trump, who is a backer of bitcoin, returned to the White House.The CEOs of Coinbase, Binance and Circle told CNBC they now see a clearer path toward securing some concrete rules on digital assets — unlike the previous U.S. administration, which took aggressive enforcement action against…

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