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As Trump imposes trade barriers, China and France seek closer ties

China and France will hold three high-level talks this year on strategic, economic, financial and cultural issues, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced after meeting his French counterpart in Beijing.

Radio France Internationale

China's Top Diplomat Wang Yi To Visit Russia For Ukraine Talks

Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi will visit Russia next week for talks on issues including the resolution of the war in Ukraine, both countries said on Friday.

International Business Times

In Beijing, France FM Urges 'Powerful' Ties With China

France's foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot called for a "powerful Franco-Chinese partnership" amid geopolitical turmoil, as he met Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday for talks on the war in Ukraine and Beijing's trade row with Europe.

International Business Times

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French FM says China can help bring Russia to Ukraine negotiating table

France's foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot urged Beijing on Thursday to help bring Russia to talks over ending its war in Ukraine as he met Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

Radio France Internationale

Japan, S Korea, China meet to strengthen ties at ‘turning point in history’

The meeting is an accomplishment for Japan, which has historical and territorial disputes with China and South Korea.

Al Jazeera

Japan host talks with China and South Korea

Foreign ministers from Japan and its two neighboring Asian powers China and South Korea held a meeting Saturday to seek common ground on areas like low birth rates, natural disasters and cultural exchanges at a time of growing tensions

The Independent UK

Japan, China, South Korea Foreign Ministers Meet In Tokyo

Japan, China and South Korea's top diplomats hold talks in Tokyo on Saturday, aiming to bolster cooperation at a time when US trade tariffs are looming over the region.

International Business Times

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Japan's leader calls for finding common ground ahead of key meeting with China and South Korea

Japan’s prime minister has urged foreign ministers from China, South Korea and Japan to focus on finding common ground ahead of a key joint meeting of the three Asian power houses

The Independent UK

Why China’s president hasn’t called Trump about US tariff trade war

The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with the president to seek solutions - but China appears unlikely to make a similar call soon

The Independent UK

Trump to sign order barring student loan forgiveness for public servants engaged in ‘improper activities’ – as it happened

Order would affect Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, while Musk reportedly squabbled with Trump cabinet secretaries over firings. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US

China's top diplomat blasts Trump tariffs as 'meeting good with evil' and worries about a return to 'the law of the jungle'

"If you use only pressure, China will firmly counter."

Fortune

China’s foreign minister condemns US imposition of tariffs as ‘two-faced’

Wang Yi hits out at 20% levy on Chinese goods and warns ‘law of the jungle’ could emerge from Donald Trump’s policy

The Guardian - UK

China FM vows to fight Trump tariffs, says US is ‘meeting good with evil’

Foreign Minister Wang says China has been helping US fight its fentanyl crisis, which Trump blamed for imposing tariffs.

Al Jazeera

China's foreign minister blasts the US over tariffs at his annual meeting with journalists

Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea claims, blasted Japan for its past aggression and covered a wide range of other issues during his annual meeting with journalists

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The Guardian - UK

US unemployment rate rises to 4.1% as economy added 151,000 new jobs in February – as it happened

US dollar hits four-month low after February’s US jobs report shows rise in jobless rate and hiring

International Business Times

China Will 'Firmly Counter' US Trade Pressure: Top Diplomat

China's foreign minister on Friday vowed Beijing would "firmly counter" US pressure, after Donald Trump heaped tariffs on Chinese goods and torched off a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

The Independent UK

China’s foreign minister criticizes US tariffs and accuses the country of ‘meeting good with evil’

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China will retaliate to the United States’ “arbitrary tariffs” and accused Washington of “meeting good with evil.”

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong accuses Coalition of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in Senate estimates as Chinese warships sail into Great Australian Bight

James Paterson questions whether PM was across detail of live-fire drill, prompting Wong to say opposition senator ‘not actually interested in detail’

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The Guardian - AU

Australia confronts China over apparent live-fire exercises conducted off coastline

Deputy PM Richard Marles says explanation for the drills, which were conducted in international waters and according to international law, are ‘unsatisfactory’

AAP

China conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand

A Chinese warship has conducted a second live-fire drill in as many days, according to New Zealand navy personnel.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: China lauds Trump’s Russia peace talks

Foreign minister Wang Yi praises ‘consensus’ between Moscow and Washington, reached without Kyiv; Ukraine president voices ‘hope’ after meeting US envoy. What we know on day 1,094

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskyy again demands Ukraine is involved in talks after Russia and US agree to create team to explore peace deal – as it happened

US delegation says concessions must be made by both sides after talks with Russia that did not involve Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

John Major accuses US of ‘cuddling’ up to Putin and condemns JD Vance’s Munich speech – as it happened

Trump officials planning talks with Russia in Saudi Arabia with European leaders set to gather in Paris for emergency Ukraine summit

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,088

Here are the key developments on the 1,088th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: US and Russian officials to meet in Saudi Arabia without Ukrainians – reports

US secretary of state Marco Rubio and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov discuss removing ‘unilateral barriers’; Trump’s Ukraine envoy suggests Europe will be excluded from negotiations. What we know on day 1,089

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