Ecuadorean protesters raise heat on defiant Moreno, police crack down
Ecuadorean security forces cracked down on protesters in a massive national strike on Wednesday as President Lenin Moreno stuck by austerity measures that have triggered the worst unrest in a decade.
U.S. to issue licenses for supply of non-sensitive goods to Huawei: NYT
The United States will soon issue licenses allowing some U.S. companies to supply non-sensitive goods to China’s Huawei, the New York Times reported, as high-level officials from the two countries meet this week to resume trade talks.
U.S. tariffs on China are working, U.S. Secretary of Commerce says
Tariffs are forcing China to pay attention to U.S. concerns, according to a copy of a speech to be given by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on Thursday.
China lowers expectations for U.S. trade talks after blacklist: officials
Surprised and upset by the U.S. blacklisting of Chinese companies, China has lowered expectations for significant progress from this week’s trade talks with the United States, Chinese government officials told Reuters, even as President Donald Trump on…
U.S. weighing China currency pact as part of partial trade deal: Bloomberg
The United States is weighing a currency pact with China as part of a partial deal that could see a planned tariff hike next week being suspended, Bloomberg reported https://bloom.bg/35vnu7g on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the talks.
U.S.-China made no progress in deputy-level trade talks: South China Morning Post
The United States and China made no progress in deputy-level trade talks held on Monday and Tuesday in Washington, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) said, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the meetings.
Shares in China’s Hikvision and Dahua dive after U.S. blacklisting
Shares of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd, which were among companies blacklisted by Washington, fell sharply in early trading on Thursday.
Livestreamed killings test social media measures to block extremist content
Social media companies scrambled on Wednesday to scrub footage of a shooting outside a German synagogue from their platforms, in the first major test of their systems since a massacre in the New Zealand city of Christchurch prompted a global outcry.
Ecuador’s streets rumble with indigenous wrath
Some walked to Quito from the countryside. Others hitched rides in the back of trucks, squeezed between sacks of produce. Many have spent days sleeping outside and eating from communal pots.
White House denies report China’s Liu He plans to leave Washington on Thursday: CNBC
The White House has denied a report from the South China Morning Post that said that Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is planning to leave Washington on Thursday after just one day of minister-level meetings, a CNBC reporter said on Twitter.
