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High-stake Trump-Xi meeting today: Spotlight on trade, tariff and Taiwan
Fp Staff •As US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold face-to-face talks for the first time since 2019, here are some of the key issues both sides will be hoping to resolve.
US inflation rose at a 3% annual rate in September amid Trump tariffs, CPI report reveals
Fp Staff •The latest US government inflation report revealed that the prices of products in the country continued to rise in September at an annual rate of 3 per cent.
China’s Fourth Plenum: How will Beijing’s secretive meeting shape the global economy?
Fp Explainers •China’s Communist Party is set to hold its Fourth Plenary Session from October 20-23, 2025 — a confidential political gathering expected to define the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). The closed-door meeting will shape the direction of China’s economy and governance priorities at a time of slowing global growth
Why Greece wants a 13-hour workday
Fp Explainers •Greece is pushing through a polarising labour reform allowing employees in select sectors to work up to 13 hours a day for limited periods annually. The Mitsotakis government insists the measure boosts flexibility, but unions call it a rollback of workers’ rights
How Americans are the ones losing after Trump’s tariff war
Fp Explainers •Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff campaign — designed to revive US manufacturing — has shifted much of the cost burden to American households and businesses. Goldman Sachs estimates that US consumers now bear 55 per cent of tariff costs, while companies absorb 22 per cent, and foreign exporters just 18 per cent
'Xi just had a bad moment': Trump after Vance urges China to 'choose the path of reason'
Fp Staff •Amid tensions between the United States and China over the tariffs, US President Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance signalled openness on Sunday to resume talks on a trade deal
US targets China-Iran energy trade, sanctions firms exporting Iranian oil and gas
Fp Staff •The US Treasury has targeted over 50 individuals, firms and vessels linked to Iranian oil and gas exports, aiming to disrupt China-Iran energy trade and cut Tehran’s revenue streams
Gold is creating records, but in whose vaults is all of it going?
Fp Staff •China’s total foreign exchange reserves stood at $3.34 trillion at the end of September, an increase of $16.5 billion month-on-month
Absolute dominance once enjoyed by a hegemon is now contested, says FM Sitharaman
Fp Staff •Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the global order is being reshaped by structural imbalances, even as India stands out as a stabilising force
Trump tariffs bring record export business to China, trade on track for $1.2 tn surplus
Fp Staff •Despite the steepest US tariffs in decades, China is on course for a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus as its exporters redirect goods to new markets unsettling governments worldwide