China’s latest and most capable aircraft carrier has officially entered service, a significant step forward for Beijing as it seeks to catch up with the United States on naval supremacy.

China has booked two cargoes of U.S. wheat following last week's meeting between the countries’ leaders, traders said on Thursday, the first such purchases since October last year, signalling easing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing.

The US government is backing a Brazilian rare earths mine to the tune of almost half a billion dollars as part of the drive to develop a supply chain outside China for the crucial materials.

US and Chinese officials have reached a framework agreement, averting a potentially ruinous 157% tariff on Chinese goods while paving the way for a potential trade deal to be discussed between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week.

China called on the US to avoid four sensitive issues so a trade truce sealed between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping can hold, highlighting the broad array of disagreements that will test ties.

BEIJING ― China's state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes, two trade sources said, the country's first purchases from this year's U.S. harvest, shortly before a summit of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

China will suspend its 24% additional tariff on U.S. goods for one year but retain a 10% levy, the State Council's tariff commission said on Wednesday, following last week's meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.

Separately, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang still hopes to sell chips from the company’s Blackwell lineup to customers in China, though he has no current plans to do so, he told reporters Friday. Blackwell is Nvidia’s latest generation of AI semiconductors, figuring prominently as a potential bargaining chip in trade talks between the US and China.