5 d. ago China Briefing 16 October 2025: New export controls; IEA China projections; Provincial ‘Doc 136’ progress

China Briefing 16 October 2025: New export controls; IEA China projections; Provincial ‘Doc 136’ progress  Carbon Brief

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7 d. ago USTR Calls on International Partners to Counter China’s Steel Overcapacity

USTR Calls on International Partners to Counter China’s Steel Overcapacity  Alliance for American Manufacturing

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1 week ago How China is engineering Asia’s rise as the world’s leading EV factory

After years of rapid expansion, Chinese carmaker BYD saw sales fall for the first time in over five years in the third quarter of this year on an annual basis. Amid fierce competition at home, BYD’s vehicle sales in September alone fell by 5.5 per cent year on year. This comes after a 30 per cent profit drop in the second quarter. The company’s sales and profit drops reflect the fortunes of many other Chinese carmakers as domestic demand for electric vehicles slows. But what does this mean for...

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2 w. ago Eyeing China, EU unveils sweeping measures to shield struggling steel industry

The European Commission has unveiled sweeping measures to shield the EU’s struggling steel industry from a flood of overcapacity that it says is emanating from China, slashing tariff-free quotas by nearly half and doubling duties on excess shipments to 50 per cent. To take effect, the plan must be approved by the European Parliament and the European Council, which is made up of the bloc’s 27 member states, and would replace an existing system of safeguards due to expire in June 2026. The...

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2 w. ago China Briefing 2 October 2025: China’s new pledge; electricity demand slows; steel overcapacity

China Briefing 2 October 2025: China’s new pledge; electricity demand slows; steel overcapacity  Carbon Brief

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3 w. ago Marco Rubio marks China’s National Day with message of peace, prosperity from US

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sent a congratulatory message for China’s National Day, reinstating a tradition to mark the occasion before October 1 arrives in the United States. The message, dated September 30, was published on the State Department’s website at about 9am Beijing time on Wednesday. “On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of China on the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1,” the brief statement...

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3 w. ago DeBriefed 26 September 2025: China leads new climate pledges; Trump calls warming a ‘con job’; What comes next

DeBriefed 26 September 2025: China leads new climate pledges; Trump calls warming a ‘con job’; What comes next  Carbon Brief

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