As global supply chains shift and trade tensions simmer, Vietnam finds itself caught between two economic powerhouses. The challenge for Hanoi is to reap the benefits of Chinese capital and market access while keeping the door open to American trade.

In recent months, Microsoft has taken steps back from the Chinese market, suspending services for some Chinese clients and winding down several operations. The moves have intensified fears of a deepening technological decoupling between the U.S. and China.

A press conference held by China's State Council Information Office provided an overview of the country's import and export performance in the first quarter of 2025. Touting the total trade in the first quarter reaching 10.3 trillion yuan (approximately 1.4 trillion USD), Chinese officials

As part of the broader Chinese retaliation against recent U.S. tariffs, the China Film Administration stated last week that it will limit movie imports from the United States.

Today, in what is likely the final episode of this week's tariff war escalation, Beijing announced the new rate for U.S. goods, matching the 125% imposed by the Trump administration on Chinese goods under the "reciprocal tariffs."

Recently, China announced its first industrial competitiveness investigation on medical CT ball tube imports. As the trade war between the U.S. and China intensifies, the deployment of this new tool signals a deeper effort to evaluate vulnerabilities within China's key industries.

As bilateral trade tensions continue to rise, China's State Council published a White Paper highlighting the "mutual benefits" in bilateral relations and the harm of U.S. unilateral tariffs. It also attacked the U.S. implementation record of the Phase One Agreement, a deal signed between