30 h. ago Chinese solar firms bank on overseas expansion to survive amid US tariffs

Chinese solar and energy-storage companies will continue to press ahead with their overseas expansion with or without a long-term agreement on trade tariffs, as production abroad holds the key to their long-term survival, according to executives at China’s largest solar industry exhibition. Although the US and China reached a 90-day truce in their ongoing tariff war in May, solar panel exports from China and Southeast Asia to the US are still subject to tariffs of as much as 3,521 per cent, with...

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44 h. ago China to remove tariffs on nearly all goods from Africa as both criticise US

Twenty more African countries, mostly from the continent’s middle-income nations, are set to gain access to the world’s largest consumer market duty-free as Beijing plans to remove tariffs for all products from every African nation except eSwatini. The measure was announced as African ministers joined Beijing at a meeting in central China affiliated with the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Amid the tariff war, representatives from China and African nations accused the United States of...

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4 d. ago Tariff war ‘not the end of the world’ for Hong Kong companies: trade council chief

The US-China tariff war is “not the end of the world” for Hong Kong businesses, the new head of the city’s Trade Development Council has said, as he outlined strategies to help them capitalise on geopolitical uncertainties. Chairman Frederick Ma Si-hang, who took office on June 1, also said on Monday the council would explore setting up more offices in new markets and rebranding the Asian Financial Forum to include more industry elements. The council has 51 offices around the world, including...

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5 d. ago Boeing plane lands back in China for delivery as tariff war eases By Reuters

Boeing plane lands back in China for delivery as tariff war eases By Reuters  Investing.com

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5 d. ago Boeing plane lands back in China for delivery as tariff war eases

Boeing plane lands back in China for delivery as tariff war eases  Yahoo

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7 d. ago Boeing prepares to resume plane deliveries to China as tariff war eases

Boeing prepares to resume plane deliveries to China as tariff war eases  Reuters

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7 d. ago Trump sends Bessent and Lutnick to haggle with Chinese on tariff war after Xi chat

Trump sends Bessent and Lutnick to haggle with Chinese on tariff war after Xi chat  The Independent

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8 d. ago ‘From awful to bad’: how Trump’s tariff war with China crushes small US firms

In 2017, tired of supporting other people’s entrepreneurial dreams and watching e-commerce take off, Matt Rollens started Dragon Glassware in his garage with US$10,000 from savings and a small inheritance. A tea drinker, his first idea was a glass vacuum flask. But the prototype fell short, so he settled on drinking glasses as the US microbrewery craze exploded. Over the next eight years, he built ties with skilled Chinese factories and expanded into licensed Barbie and Wicked drinkware as...

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1 week ago How US tech curbs pushed China to innovate, and where a ‘super AI’ could emerge

Angela Zhang is a law professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. Zhang is an expert on technology regulation and antitrust in China, and her research focus has recently been on artificial intelligence oversight. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series, click here. How will the new US-China tariff war affect the Chinese technology sector and competition between the two countries on artificial intelligence? Tariffs...

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2 w. ago Confidence of EU firms in China was tanking even before tariffs: survey

European businesses’ optimism about growth and profitability in China has hit a record low, overshadowed by economic downturns and rising geopolitical tensions, according to annual survey findings by a leading foreign business association, which called for the full implementation of recently announced measures aimed at improving the business environment. Conducted two weeks before US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, the survey of 503 chamber members showed a bleak...

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2 w. ago Record levels of pessimism among EU businesses in China, survey reveals

European businesses’ optimism about growth and profitability in China has hit a record low, overshadowed by economic downturns and rising geopolitical tensions, according to annual survey findings by a leading foreign business association, which called for the full implementation of recently announced measures aimed at improving the business environment. Conducted in January and February, the survey of 503 chamber members showed a bleak outlook even before the China-US trade war intensified in...

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2 w. ago Temu's Chinese owner sees profits plunge as tariff war bites

Temu's Chinese owner sees profits plunge as tariff war bites  BBC

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2 w. ago Li Qiang’s Indonesia visit highlights rapid change in world order

The United States’ global tariff war has done no harm to trade and cooperation between other countries. It has prompted and energised them to nurture and develop their own relations. The uncertainty that has riled markets and troubled business has therefore had a silver lining. There is no better example in this part of the world than China – the world’s second-largest economy – and Indonesia, the biggest economy in Southeast Asia, which is also China’s biggest market. Premier Li Qiang has just...

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2 w. ago Beijing’s tariff playbook: Let Trump win battles, lose the war

Beijing’s tariff playbook: Let Trump win battles, lose the war  ThinkChina

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3 w. ago China, Asean finish talks to forge stronger free trade deal amid US tariff war threat

In a dig at Washington, Beijing warns against tariffs as it wraps up talks with a region that could face some of the world’s steepest duties.

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3 w. ago China counts on three strategic directions to survive Trump’s tariff and tech war

Beijing has come up with a game plan to overcome its internal and external threats, and navigate beyond Trump’s presidency.

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3 w. ago China counts on 3 strategic directions to survive Trump’s tariff and tech war

Beijing has come up with a game plan to overcome its internal and external threats, and navigate beyond Trump’s presidency.

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3 w. ago My Take | China counts on 3 strategies to survive US tariff and tech war

My Take | China counts on 3 strategies to survive US tariff and tech war  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago China counts on 3 strategies to survive US tariff and tech war

China’s growth prospects face three major long-term threats – debt, decoupling and demographic challenges – and many observers are curious about how Beijing will respond to these issues. After years of trial and adjustment, policymakers have settled on three key strategic directions – a decision that has been reinforced by US President Donald Trump’s tariff war and technology restrictions against China. First, China will not repeat its old playbook of unleashing massive stimulus and shoring up...

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3 w. ago China’s economy so far showing ‘mixed’ results, amid tariff war

China’s economy so far showing ‘mixed’ results, amid tariff war  Semafor

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