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In this Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, a woman browses her smartphone as she walks by a Huawei store at a shopping mall in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China accuses U.S. of trying to block its tech development

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2019, file photo, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, right, talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, while they line up for a group photo at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. China's economy czar is going to Washington for talks Thursday and Friday aimed at ending a tariff war over Beijing's technology ambitions.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

US, China resume trade talks in Washington ahead of deadline

By JOE McDONALD and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 17, 2019, photo, a couple spend time with their children at a park in Beijing. Facing a future demographic crisis and aging society, China's leaders are desperately seeking to persuade couples to have more children. But the country's bureaucrats don't seem to have gotten the message, fining a couple in a recent widely publicized case for having a third child against the strict letter of the law. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s leaders want more babies, but local officials resist

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2018, file photo, Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen speaks during the Xiangshan Forum, a gathering of the region's security officials, in Beijing. Ng said Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that confidence building measures were helping “minimize the risk of miscalculations and build trust and confidence among militaries.” (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Who really controls North Korea?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

German Chancellor Angele Merkel, center, arrives for a meeting during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (Tobias Hase/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Merkel defends Iran deal; Pence blasts Europe

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s skewed picture of border perils

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2019, file photo trader Andrew Silverman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 15. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Stocks post strong finish as optimism over trade talks grows

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer walk together as they leave their hotel in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. U.S. and Chinese negotiators opened talks Thursday on a sprawling trade dispute as Beijing reported its January exports rebounded despite President Donald Trump's tariff hikes. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

U.S., China to hold more trade talks in Washington next week

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - This Nov. 5, 2013 file photo, shows Anna Lindstedt, Sweden's ambassador to China during a press conference in Stockholm. Sweden’s ambassador to China is under internal investigation, the embassy said Thursday Feb. 14, 2019, after she set up meetings between the daughter of a detained Swedish publisher and two businessmen that appeared to have gone awry. (Leif R Jansson/TT via AP, File)

Sweden FM says she’s upset by ambassador to China case

Associated Press

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., an ally of President Donald Trump, leaves the Senate after voting to confirm William Barr to be attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Graham: US should be stronger on Canadians detained in China

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer walk together as they leave their hotel in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. U.S. and Chinese negotiators opened talks Thursday on a sprawling trade dispute as Beijing reported its January exports rebounded despite President Donald Trump's tariff hikes. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Trump might extend March 2 trade deadline

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer walk together as they leave their hotel in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. U.S. and Chinese negotiators opened talks Thursday on a sprawling trade dispute as Beijing reported its January exports rebounded despite President Donald Trump's tariff hikes. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China says trade talks to continue in Washington next week

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

A paramilitary policeman stands guard at the gate of the Swedish Embassy in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The embassy said Thursday that Ambassador Anna Lindstedt has returned to Stockholm to be investigated by the country's foreign affairs ministry. She is not under criminal investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Sweden probing its envoy to China over ‘threatening’ meeting

By YANAN WANG - Associated Press

From left, Chinese Vice Premier and lead trade negotiator Liu He, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pose for a photo before the opening session of trade negotiations at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

China, US open trade talks as Beijing says exports rebound

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, gestures to journalists as he leaves a hotel to attend a new round of high-level trade talks with Chinese officials in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China, US start trade talks ahead of March tariff deadline

Associated Press

Chinese staffers adjust a U.S. flag before the opening session of trade negotiations between U.S. and Chinese trade representatives at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

China’s January exports rebound, imports decline

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Maine lawmakers call for opening up potato industry to China

Associated Press

Huawei Canada is helping connect more than 70 rural and remote communities in the next five years, including communities in the Arctic, northeastern Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador. (Associated Press/File)

China’s Huawei soft power push raises hard questions

By KELVIN CHAN and ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, photo, a laborer works on an aluminum wheel hub at a manufacturing facility in Qinhuangdao in northern China's Hebei province. U.S. and Chinese negotiators meet this week for their final trade talks before President Donald Trump decides whether to go ahead with a March 2 tariff hike on $200 billion of imports from China. (Chinatopix via AP)

U.S., China envoys hold talks before Trump tariff decision

By Joe McDonald and Paul Wiseman - Associated Press