At the start of November 2025, the U.S. and China reached a new truce in their tariff war, which started almost seven months earlier. Read more here.

To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo A trade surplus that climbed past the $1 trillion mark for the first time in November illustrated ...

China increased its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine in 2025 and is likely to deepen cooperation with Moscow further this year, Western officials said, casting doubt on efforts by European leaders ...

Unlike its Cold War standoff with the Soviet Union, Washington’s rivalry with Beijing is constrained by mutual dependence and the high costs of economic separation. U.S. President Donald Trump greets ...

Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have reached heights unseen since the end of the Cold War.

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting at the Gimhae International Airport terminal in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. Credit: Official White ...

As 2025 ends, tensions between China and Taiwan are higher — and more overt — than at any point in recent years, fueled by expanded U.S. military support for Taipei, increasingly bold warnings from ...

DAVID M. LAMPTON is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is former President of the National Committee on U.S.-China ...

After the 12-day Israel-Iran conflict of June 2025, Tehran appears to have accelerated a strategic pivot toward Beijing in the space and navigation domain. With alleged GPS disruption exposing ...

China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for ...