Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington this week for a summit. The two leaders are expected to discuss a wide range of issues including global trade and currency valuations.
Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington this week may be the calm after the storm when it comes to economic relations between the world's two biggest economies.
As President Barack Obama vowed to loosen the travel restrictions on US citizens for traveling to Cuba, his decision has drawn criticism from Cuban-American senators.
President Barack Obama stressed U.S. support for Pakistan during a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday and reiterated plans to visit Pakistan later this year, the White House said.
U.S.-China relations are at a critical juncture and a summit between their leaders next week must produce real action, on real issues such as trade, climate change and North Korean nuclear proliferation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.
Several U.S. business leaders will meet with Chinese chief executives in Washington during President Hu Jintao's visit next week, all seeking new deals to tap into economic growth in China.
U.S.-China relations are at a critical juncture and a summit between their leaders next week must produce real action, on real issues such as trade, climate change and North Korean nuclear proliferation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.
Chief financial officers from U.S. multinational companies met with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday to air gripes about the tax code under which they pay the steepest rate in the industrialized world.
In a sign Washington will not press China too hard for more rapid appreciation of the yuan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday the Chinese currency had already seen a substantial real rise.
The expected vote on whether to repeal the health reform law comes less than a year after it was passed strictly along partisan lines last March.
Some 31 million U.S. television viewers tuned in to see President Barack Obama lead a memorial tribute to victims of the deadly shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, according to TV ratings provider Nielsen.
China said that six-party talks were more suitable than the U.N. Security Council for solving the nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday, days before a summit with President Barack Obama.
A U.S. military presence in the Pacific is essential to restrain Chinese assertiveness, Washington's defence chief said on Friday, describing China's technology advances as a challenge to U.S. forces in the region.
China will not bow to foreign demand for faster gains in the yuan and will stick to its gradualist approach in currency reform, senior officials said on Friday, indicating Chinese President Hu Jintao may push back if President Barack Obama presses him on the issue next week.
A U.S. military presence in the Pacific is essential to restrain Chinese assertiveness, Washington's defense chief said on Friday, describing China's technology advances as a challenge to U.S. forces in the region.
China will not bow to foreign demand for faster gains in the yuan and will stick to its gradualist approach in currency reform, senior officials said on Friday, indicating Chinese President Hu Jintao may push back if President Barack Obama presses him on the issue next week.
China's yuan exchange rate policy is based on its own national interests, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday, days before a summit with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Advances by China's military in cyber and anti-satellite warfare technology could challenge the ability of U.S. forces to operate in the Pacific, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday during a visit to Japan.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday focussing on long-term economic ties and Iraqi officials said the idea of delaying a U.S. military pullout did not come up.
Lebanese leaders agreed on Thursday to start talks next week on rebuilding a government after Hezbollah walked out of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's coalition, testing political faultlines across the Middle East.
Sarah Palin will probably never become President of the U.S. because she does not have an Ivy League education.
Hospitals serving low-income patients favor keeping the health care reform law passed last year which insures millions of additional patients, according to an industry group.
