Analysts discuss how Beijing could respond to Washington’s latest trade offensive, and how the impact could have repercussions beyond China’s borders.
Prohibitive tariffs await Made in China electric vehicles bound for the US. Can the nation’s producers keep growing their sales and brand awareness without making inroads into the US and European markets?
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we share some highlights from Open Questions, a new series from the Post that interviews global opinion leaders.
Fresh US tariffs targeting China’s new-energy sector are imminent, threatening to thwart export efforts aimed at alleviating a market oversupply.
Finance deals made through smaller Chinese banks would help ‘resolve the threat of secondary sanctions’, according to fresh findings by a Renmin University institute.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin visits China, many have predicted he will discuss the slow progress on the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline. Is the marquee project, watched closely by the West, still a go?
As China looks to tap Europe’s vast market for lithium batteries, Hungary has become an attractive destination for production to make logistics simpler – and bypass EU trade investigations.
More multinationals are undergoing a ‘decoupling’ with their China-based operations, a new business survey finds as foreign direct investment sinks and analysts say expatriate staff are harder to come by.
China’s exports returned to positive growth in April amid a recovery of global demand, but analysts said the focus should still be on sustaining momentum in domestic demand.
New Zealand High Court held Yan bankrupt in connection with more than NZ$60.9 million (US$36.6 million) he owes construction company Mainzeal’s creditors.
Guangzhou-based carmaker also aims to sell right-hand-drive models in Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, as an escalating price war in mainland China squeezes profit margins.
China’s exports and imports returned to growth in April, but analysts said that domestic demand will still be the key driver for economic growth this year.
With China’s ties to Russia under stronger scrutiny from the West, banks are keeping a closer eye on transactions with links to Moscow – and China’s exporters are concerned their bottom line will suffer.
Scholars have suggested a realignment of industries, with some pain in the short term, would go a long way towards resolving China’s overcapacity problem and adapting to trade restrictions in those sectors.
French President welcomes Beijing’s commitment to ‘refrain from selling any weapons or aid’ to Russia, but commerce official reinforces the need to enhance bilateral trade.
A high-level official with the International Monetary Fund has said if divisions persist between China and the West, the damage that would be done to the global economy would be considerable.
As geopolitical changes have made working with China more risky than before, European firms have backed away from infrastructure projects linked with the Belt and Road Initiative.
A record 246,000 international visitors flocked to the spring session of the Canton Fair over the last three weeks in Guangzhou, but deals signed rose by only 10 per cent from the previous edition.
The hike highlights Saudi Arabia’s efforts to keep the market tight amid fading war risk in the Middle East, which has helped drive oil prices in London lower.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at how Asian nations have been making moves with an eye on the ever evolving relationship between China and the United States.
China’s overseas vehicle shipments are set to grow at a clip this year, bolstered by surging sales in markets like Southeast Asia and the Middle East, as the country’s heft in manufacturing electric cars goes from strength to strength.