Rising demand from China has caused a record increase in U.S. ethane exports amid the Iran conflict and a shortage of petrochemical feedstock on the global market, the Financial Times newspaper reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing, China’s central television reported.
Donald Trump's aircraft has landed in Beijing. Trump was accompanied to the Chinese capital by leading US business leaders.
U.S. President Donald Trump is increasingly considering the option of resuming a full-scale military operation against Iran, CNN reported, citing sources.
According to the US State Department, US sanctions have been imposed on Chinese companies.
Marco Rubio and Wang Yi held a telephone conversation to discuss developments in the Middle East.
Chinese authorities are demanding the restoration of normal shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and consider the United States’ blockade of it an irresponsible step, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.
China directly contacted Iran to persuade Tehran to agree to a temporary ceasefire with the United States, the Associated Press news agency reported.
China, according to Bloomberg, a major oil importer, is currently negatively affected by navigational problems in the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in mid-May, delaying a planned trip by several weeks as the war against Iran drags on.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that Beijing and Washington had reached preliminary agreements on trade cooperation
China and the USA are actively engaged in trade negotiations, with preliminary agreements been reached.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that his visit to China may be delayed due to the conflict in the Middle East.
China's Foreign Ministry urged the United States to resume cooperation with Russia to ensure strategic stability.
The Washington administration’s allegations that China has conducted explosive nuclear tests in recent years are unfounded and represent an attempt by the United States to evade its disarmament obligations, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington Liu Pengyu said.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the Munich Security Conference that fundamental differences between Western countries and China will persist for the foreseeable future.
The United States and China are poised to extend the trade truce they negotiated in South Korea by up to a year when U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet in Beijing in early April, according to South China Morning Post.
Beijing calls on Washington to listen to the international community and to return to talks with Moscow on arms control, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian said.
The U.S. administration believes that arms control should become a multilateral issue and that China must be involved in it, US Secretary of State and national security advisor Marco Rubio said in an article released by the U.S. State Department.
Beijing cannot join nuclear disarmament talks at this stage due to the gap in nuclear capabilities with the U.S., Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian said.
