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Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (centre) in the procession from Hans Egede house to Nuuk Cathedral, where a service was to be held during the constitutive meeting of the newly elected parliament, in Nuuk, Greenland, on April 7. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Greenland PM visits Denmark amid Trump’s annexation threats

Jens-Frederik Nielsen leads Greenland’s new coalition government, after his centre-right Democrats party won a legislative election in March.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Exclusive | Spanish car-part supplier Gestamp eyes added China capacity as peers back off

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Asean

Opinion | Asean must see US tariff pause for what it is – a trade hostage crisis

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US-Asean relations

Opinion | Trump world: the unravelling of American global leadership

With an isolationist US increasingly viewing commitments as burdens, a power vacuum emerges that China and others can fill.

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US President Donald Trump walks into the White House after arriving on Marine One on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China trade war

While in China, Swiss envoy calls for ‘coalition’ to meet US tariff challenge

The official discussed with Foreign Minister Wang Yi ways for countries to support a ‘multilateral world’, from which Washington was ‘disengaging’.

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China-EU relations

EU stays the course on Xinjiang sanctions as China eases up on bloc’s lawmakers

European Union’s diplomatic arm says no plans to reciprocate Beijing’s overture as it has not observed improvements in far western region.

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Donald Trump

‘It’s crazy’: EU’s top diplomat grapples with Trump’s upheaval

The foreign policy chief strives to bolster Europe’s geopolitical influence as the US president becomes increasingly hostile to the bloc.

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EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas arrives for a meeting in Luxembourg on April 14. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

European Parliament in ‘final stage’ talks with China to drop lawmaker sanctions

‘It has always been the EP’s intention to have sanctions lifted and resume relations with China,’ spokesperson says.

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US-China relations

As Trump’s tariffs hit US allies hard, will China make inroads?

From the EU to Australia, the West’s geopolitical partnerships have fractured, but suspicions about Beijing persist.

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US-China trade war

Survey finds 86% of German firms in China affected by tariff increases

While many are adopting a wait-and-see approach, 38% are stepping up localisation efforts in China.

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The Invest in China exhibition booth at the Hannover Messe 2025 industrial trade fair in Hannover, Germany, on March 31. Photo: Xinhua
Donald Trump

EU fines Apple and Meta almost US$800 million amid Trump tariff tensions

The EU fines for digital competition violations, risk escalating tensions with US President Donald Trump over tech regulations.

The European Union fined Apple $570 million and Meta $228 million for breach of EU law. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

Opinion | In AI race against US, China is racking up real-world wins

The US may hold the lead in cutting-edge AI tech but China is racking up economic wins with real-world adoption.

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US-China relations

Opinion | How to find a face-saving way out of the US-China trade war

Beijing has no interest in being seen to be begging for a deal. It’s in regional players’ interest to help avert a full-blown trade war.

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US-China relations

‘Stay away’ from Chinese satellite services, US advises allies in leaked memo

State Department talking points suggest foreign governments take steps to exclude China-based providers because of security risks.

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A Long March-8 Y6 carrier rocket carrying 18 low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, southern China. Photo: Xinhua
Ukraine war

Opinion | How China could play a role in European security as the US retreats

Depending on how the Ukraine war is resolved, some might expect Beijing instead of Washington to help keep the peace in Europe.

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Ukraine war

Kremlin welcomes US position that Ukraine will not be let into Nato

‘We have heard … Ukraine’s membership of Nato is out of the question,’ said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. ‘This gives us satisfaction’.

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China trade

French flock to Chinese e-commerce bargains, hunt for ‘agent Taobao’ to deliver

Amid US-China trade war, TikTok accounts show users how to purchase cheap goods directly from Chinese factories to avoid pricing mark-ups and tariffs.

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France

‘A more reliable partner’: how France’s Palestine push could isolate the US

France’s president is seizing a global leadership vacuum left by Washington to champion a two-state solution. The effects could be profound.

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French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP
United States

French minister warns Trump: firing Powell risks destabilising US economy

The US president has clashed with the Federal Reserve chair over interest rates, threatening ‘termination couldn’t come quickly enough’.

Diplomacy

Opinion | A world on edge is headed for a geopolitical reckoning – in May

Lasting changes could arise from the Trump vs Xi diplomatic chess, EU’s emerging strategy and political flux in Seoul, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

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United States

Opinion | Trump’s bullying raises the prospect of a US gone rogue

The US president’s chaotic approach is not restricted to trade and could throw the rules-based international order into crisis.

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Donald Trump figurines displayed at a shop at the Yiwu International Trade Market in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on April 10. Photo: AFP
United States

Opinion | Why the cowed silence amid Trump’s attacks on global trade and stability?

Many nations are avoiding confrontation due to caution or pragmatism. But this risks encouraging further actions that could destabilise the global order.

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US President Donald Trump speaks on the South Portico of the White House on April 9 in Washington. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong economy

US tariffs force Hong Kong e-commerce operators to seek new markets

Hong Kong firms have been urged to consider further developing local sales or explore expanding to Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America.

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US-China relations

IMF sees US-China trade grievances, welcomes India tariff cuts

Speaking in Washington, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said world’s 2 largest economies need to agree on fairer, rules-based trading system.

United States

US judge rules Google monopolised online ad markets in antitrust case

Google will now face the possibility of two different US courts ordering it to sell assets or change its business practices.

The ruling could allow prosecutors to argue for a break-up of Google’s advertising products. Photo: Reuters
European Central Bank

ECB cuts interest rates for 7th time in a row amid global trade tension

The cut was widely expected by analysts given the sudden shadow cast by Trump’s April 2 announcement of unexpectedly high tariffs.

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The headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

EU’s ‘trade bazooka’ was meant for China. Could the US be hit instead?

Bloc turns some of the weapons it had trained on Beijing towards Washington for potential use in the erstwhile allies’ worsening trade war.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV makers face tariff dilemma as Beijing intervenes in go-global plans

China wants decisions by carmakers to be made strategically, prioritising geopolitically favourable countries, Trivium China’s Ries says.

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