Russian news agency Sputnik said the move was designed to bolster cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations ``as a bulwark against US sanctions.''

Inflation is "scary" and hurting Americans financially but is a complicated issue with many causes, Katherine Tai said in remarks to the Washington International Trade Association

It may make sense to weigh lifting tariffs on products including household goods and bicycles, said Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

Deputy US Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi said Washington would address long-term challenges from China and develop "a tariff structure that really makes sense"

Goods from Xinjiang will be presumed made with forced labour unless proven otherwise, and a "very high" level of evidence is required for an exemption.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US was working to "get information around bad actors in China and adding those companies to the Entity List" to restrict their access to US exports

Move would come as Biden administration seeks to rein in surging US consumer prices.

US Senator Mark Rubio says companies marketing surveillance technologies developed in China should not be allowed near critical US infrastructure, such as a Florida rail line

The mutual recognition agreement with the US International Qualifications Appraisal Board was signed in 2011 and renewed in 2020, but will expire on December 31

Republican-sponsored bill would ban US app stores from supporting apps that enable payment with China's digital yuan.

Foreign Ministry spokesman said the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, launched in Tokyo by Biden on Monday, aims to get nations to 'decouple' from China's economy

Alibaba, JD.com, Baidu took a hit in the wake of the comments, while the NASDAQ Golden Dragon China Index shed some 6.59%.