An investment boom in artificial intelligence has kept China’s trade volumes on a path to exceed last year’s record levels, offsetting disruptions from higher oil prices in the weeks after war broke out in Iran.

China called for an end to the war in the Middle East on Friday, warning of the impact on global energy, shipping and trade, with the nearly

China has reached a temporary truce with the U.S. on trade. The world's second-biggest economy reported a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus for 2025.

China warned Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves could harm the countries’ trade relationship, at the end of high-level talks in Paris

Chinese investors are favoring wagers on petrochemicals over base metals, as they trade the fallout from the war in Iran on local futures markets.

The administration has begun discussing a new “Board of Trade” with China to try to balance what U.S. officials see as an unequal economic relationship.