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Robert Delaney
US Bureau Chief; Columnist
Robert Delaney is the Post’s North America bureau chief. He spent 11 years in China as a language student and correspondent for Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg, and continued covering the country as a correspondent and an academic after leaving. His debut novel, The Wounded Muse, draws on actual events that played out in Beijing while he lived there.
President Trump had, on Friday, granted exclusions from steep tariffs on such goods, which are imported largely from China.
White House clarifies that the 125% tariffs are in addition to earlier 20% levies applied for fentanyl trafficking.
Markets soar on the move, seemingly an attempt to narrow a US trade war with most of the world to one between Washington and Beijing.
Tourism ministry advises travellers to ‘assess risks’ while education ministry tells students to ‘conduct risk safety assessments’.
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Bill would amend State Department’s annual review to require president to explain why HKETOs should retain or lose diplomatic privileges.
David Perdue says pledges to Taiwan will be honoured, while promising ‘some pain’ in White House strategy to deal with its Asian rival.
Raymond Siu Chak-yee, who retires on Tuesday, is among officials alleged to undercut Hongkongers’ rights or commit transnational repression.
Senate intelligence committee vice chair says China is ‘luring individuals with national security clearance who’ve been pushed out’.
Ukraine ceasefire talks set for Sunday in Jeddah after Trump and Russian president hold lengthy phone call.
Disillusioned by the Trump administration’s tariff war, more Canadians are seemingly looking at their national differences as strengths.
Representative Joe Courtney blasts the levies as a threat to ‘whether or not we can build steel ships’ for the US Navy.
CK Hutchison’s decision could be the start of a pattern of firms forced to rethink their financial strategies, observer says.
Decision by Hong Kong-based conglomerate comes as US president pushes for greater control of critical trade route over concerns about China.
Steel a focal point of meeting between bloc’s point person on trade and new US commerce secretary plus other senior administration officials.
US president cites unfair duties imposed by other countries on American goods, marking further escalation towards a global trade war.
Senate Commerce Committee offers bilateral support for better relationship but members clash over Trump proposals to buy or seize island.
Republican on influential House Armed Services Committee recalls 1938 as Chinese academic suggests American leader is carving up the world.
Billionaire’s ‘deep ties’ to Beijing and ‘illegal’ dismantling of USAID draw scorn as he leads Donald Trump’s drive to cut government waste.
US president says ‘it’s time for our great industries to come back to America’ after promising broader reciprocal tariffs.
Pause on duties for low-cost packages in place while US Commerce Department confirms procedures for collecting tariff revenues.
Testimony sounds warning about China’s ability to dominate the ‘potentially world-changing technology’ of artificial general intelligence.
‘We’re going to do very well against China and against everybody else,’ US president says after 10% tariffs hit mainland imports.
Mexican president agrees to send 10,000 troops to border to stop drugs and US commits to halt trafficking of weapons to Mexico.
A recent interview shows the new US secretary of state using similar language to his predecessor, albeit with more deference to Russia.
Political pressure mounts in Washington to identify what failed, leading to deadliest American air disaster in decades.
Collision of jet with 64 passengers and crew members with a US Army helicopter was ‘absolutely preventable’, US transportation secretary says.
Former long-time Wall Street CEO also pledges ‘across-the-board tariffs’ to gain leverage against Beijing and other countries.
Some analysts cite company’s possible role in DeepSeek’s success and call share price drop ‘overdone’.
A certain detail is conspicuously absent from State Department’s account of a phone call reportedly made at the top American envoy’s request.
