In the final weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House, the focus of his public remarks has been on acquiring Canada, Greeland and the Panama Canal.

The first Trump administration opted for a confrontational stance towards many countries in the region, including Peru. This ultimately pushed it to deepen its alliance with China. Beijing saw the opportunity, through favourable trade deals and investments, to position itself as a more reliable and beneficial partner than Washington.

China banker says Trump's Bitcoin plan contradicts his US dollar dreams as Hong Kong busts tech savvy pig butchers. Asia Express

Tariffs can have the unintended consequences of raising consumer prices and impacting the stock market. Two of the largest contributors to the market's gains in recent years were the consumer tech giant Apple ( AAPL 0.20%) and the artificial intelligence chip king Nvidia ( NVDA -0.02%). Which will be impacted the most by Trump's looming tariffs?

China attaches "great importance" to the remarks of Donald Trump, the foreign ministry said in response to comments on Monday from the U.S. President-elect saying he has been in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping through their aides.

Now, as billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk continues to play havoc with crypto markets, fears have emerged China could have beaten Donald Trump and the U.S. to creating a bitcoin reserve.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has moved beyond the team-of-rivals approach from his first term and chosen economic aides who will defend tariffs and tax cuts.

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments Friday on a law that could ban new downloads or updates of TikTok in the U.S.

The justices are weighing a First Amendment challenge to the TikTok ban law, which is set to take effect just before Trump's inauguration.