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China holds fire over Obama before regional summit

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China appeared keen on Tuesday to avoid a brawl with the United States over trade and currency stances brushing aside President Barack Obama’s criticisms and stressing that the world’s two biggest economies share a stake in stable ties. Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin did not directly address Obama’s comment…

Obama to China: Behave like a "grown up"

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President Barack Obama served notice on Sunday that the United States was fed up with China’s trade and currency practices as he turned up the heat on America’s biggest economic rival. Enough’s enough Obama said bluntly at a closing news conference of the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation summit where he scored…

Obama to take Pacific trade to "next level" APEC

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President Barack Obama will seek to promote U.S. trade relations with Asian Pacific partners during an APEC summit he will host on Hawaii the White House said on Wednesday. At APEC we want to take the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement to the next level White House deputy national security…

Obama to talk economy, currency with China's Hu

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President Barack Obama will raise his concerns about China’s yuan currency with Chinese leader Hu Jintao at this weekend’s APEC summit in Hawaii the White House said on Wednesday. Ben Rhodes Obama’s deputy national security adviser said the United States does not believe the steps China has taken to loosen…