China’s factory activity slumped for the longest streak in more than nine years, prompting fresh calls for greater policy support even as the country reached a trade truce with the US. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell more than expected to 49 in October, suggesting activity dropped the most in six months just before a leaders’ meeting stabilized ties this week. New orders shrank the most since 2023 as demand took a hit from trade barriers and weak sentiment at home. Most Read fr ...

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But let's talk about the meeting and more. Joining us, Michael O'Hanland, director of foreign policy research at the Brookings Institution. Michael, good to see you again.We can dither on what was given, what was received, what was taken, what was asked, but how much should we just take from the fact that the two men met in person at all. That would seem to be a critical first step. >> Yeah, I agree with you.I am still worried as are the markets and all the strategists I know about the future of USChina rel ...

and we're going to have a very successful meeting. I have no doubt. >> US President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xiinping here in Busousan, South Korea.It was a highly anticipated meeting to try and solidify a fragile truce and ease a trade war that has really roiled global markets. The talks resulted in China agreeing to resume buying US soybeans and halting some of the rare earth controls for one year. Earlier, Trump had threatened to impose an additional 100% tariff on China, saying he'd retre ...

Donald Trump rated his meeting with Xi Jinping a 12 out of 10 — but what does that mean for US-China relations and global markets?Join Bloomberg reporters for a Live Q&A on what's happened and what's next on Oct. 31 at 10:30 a.m. HKT: https://t.co/Uo0uuaNdgO https://t.co/5YZijAJLPF ...

President Donald Trump leaves for Malaysia tonight for the first of two summits that will bring him face-to-face with a host of Asia-Pacific leaders, none more important for the US than Chinese President Xi Jinping https://t.co/QmSTETMr91 ...

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Can you give us an update on the trade negotiations with China. Yeah, I will. And I'm going to let you let Scott do that.But I think we're doing very well. I think we're getting along with China. The Chinese would like to have something as of this moment will be meeting in a couple of weeks.We'll be meeting in South Korea myself, I think so. It looks like it's going forward. I think so.They want to meet. We like to meet. I have a very good relationship with President Xi and we're going to see what happens.B ...