The Philippines' top diplomat to the United States expressed confidence Monday that President Donald Trump’s new administration would continue military patrols in the disputed South China Sea and move ahead with an agreed expansion of the U.

Trump said illicit drugs are being smuggled into the United States at "unacceptable levels" and import taxes would force other countries to crack down.

Ad group WPP expects its revenue and profit to be flat at best this year because of a weak Chinese market and uncertainty in the United States, it said on Thursday, as its shares hit a four-year low following disappointing results.

Facing possible tariffs for the products made for it in China, Apple announced on Monday that it will spend $500 billion over the next four years expanding facilities in the United States.

The United States has not issued an emergency order banning China's most successful blockbuster animated film "Ne Zha 2" under "national security concerns". Social media posts sharing the claim in fact feature a made-up news report and no such order was found on the Department of Commerce's official website.

U.S. President Donald Trump refused to comment Wednesday on whether the United States would allow China to take Taiwan by force. I never comment on that, he said during a White House Cabinet meeting,

Any downsizing of the US diplomatic mission in China could affect Washington’s understanding of the country, weaken joint projects, and hold up visa applications, according to observers. The South China Morning Post understands that the United States will cut the number of embassy and consulate staff in mainland China and Hong Kong by up to 10 per cent.

China's commerce ministry on Thursday urged the United States to halt its tariff probe into copper imports as soon as possible, vowing to resolutely oppose it if U.S. goes ahead with the action.

Amid a near-complete reversal in U.S. foreign policy, more nations may look to China to fill the role that the United States once played – an unthinkable prospect just a few months ago.

The United States imposed sanctions on six entities based in Hong Kong and China on Wednesday that it accused of being involved in an Iranian drone procurement network, as the Trump administration implements its "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran.