4 d. ago Australia’s Albanese to address Darwin Port sale on China visit

When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in China next week for his second official visit, he will have more than the typical diplomatic niceties to discuss with President Xi Jinping. A major task on Albanese’s agenda, besides routine topics like trade, will be to explain his country’s stance on Chinese investment – in particular, addressing the controversy over the ownership and potential government-influenced sale of the Darwin the Post has learned from sources with knowledge of...

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5 d. ago French intelligence claims China trying to foil global sale of Rafale jets

French intelligence claims China trying to foil global sale of Rafale jets  Al Jazeera

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9 d. ago Chinese sellers bracing as Amazon Prime Day sale and tariff pressure to collide

Ahead of Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales event, Chinese sellers are already walking a tightrope as they try to strike a balance between staying competitive and adjusting to Washington’s tariffs. Gloria Gu, an Amazon seller based in Zhejiang province, said her outlook for this year’s summer event – extended this year to a record four days, July 8-11 – was “not optimistic”. Her company mainly sells household consumables – low-margin products that are highly price-sensitive. “Depending on the item,...

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2 w. ago China decries latest EU trade salvo putting medical devices in the line of fire

China has hit back at the EU’s decision to exclude Chinese companies from the 27-member bloc’s public tenders for multi-million-euro medical devices – the latest items on a growing list of trade disputes between Beijing and Brussels. “The European side has disregarded the goodwill and sincerity that China has repeatedly conveyed through bilateral dialogues,” a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. “China is strongly dissatisfied with the decision and resolutely opposes...

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3 w. ago Little confidence Hong Kong’s Hutchison port deal can surmount ‘major hurdles’

The US$23 billion sale of global port stakes by Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison could be subject to substantial changes if it is not already on the verge of collapse, with Chinese and Panamanian authorities possibly rejecting the terms, legal and logistics experts have said ahead of the deal’s deadline for exclusive negotiation. Their analysis followed national security and anti-monopoly concerns cited by both countries, with a recent news report suggesting that a state-owned shipping company was now...

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3 w. ago China led global sales of EVs in 2024, but Tesla is still No. 1

China led global sales of EVs in 2024, but Tesla is still No. 1  E&E News by POLITICO

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3 w. ago BYD overtakes Tesla as China’s EV giants dominate global sales

BYD overtakes Tesla as China’s EV giants dominate global sales  Electrek

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3 w. ago SemiDrive to supply cockpit chips in European EVs as Chinese firms go global

Chinese automotive chip firm SemiDrive will start supplying its cockpit system-on-a-chip (SoC) to an undisclosed European carmaker late next year, marking its first collaboration on the continent to push for global sales, a senior executive said. The chips would be used in several of the carmaker’s models including sedans and SUVs produced and sold in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, general manager Eugene Wang said. The vehicles were expected to feature its X9 SoC, which integrates...

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4 w. ago China breaks records as global EV sales hit 7.2 million in 2025

China breaks records as global EV sales hit 7.2 million in 2025  Electrek

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