New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will visit China and Europe next week, meeting with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang and leaders of the European Union, the government said in a statement on Friday.

Saddled with the most loss-making industrial companies since 2001, Xi Jinping is trying to clean up his economy without triggering mass layoffs.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will next week leave for his first trip to China as Prime Minister. In China, he will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing. He will also visit Shanghai and travel with a business delegation.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping told South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday that the two countries should respect each other's core interests and major concerns, and ensure ties move forward "on the right track",

President Donald Trump and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk engaged in a public feud Thursday, less than a week after the White House held a farewell press conference for Musk highlighting his contributions spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The only scenario in which China might deregulate its critical minerals export is if the U.S. fully removes tariffs imposed on Chinese goods as part of the trade war, said Wang Yiwei, a professor of international affairs at Renmin University, echoing the Chinese government’s earlier stance.

Donald Trump has confirmed a trade deal with China is "done" after negotiators reached an agreement following talks in London. "Our deal with China is done, subject to final approval with President Xi and me,

The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North-South relations are at their most strained in decades amid Kim's frequent ballistic missile tests and North Korean troop deployments to support Russia's war against Ukraine.