6 h. ago COMMENT: Putin’s pivot to China cements Russia’s vassalage to Beijing

COMMENT: Putin’s pivot to China cements Russia’s vassalage to Beijing  IntelliNews

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5 d. ago Power of Siberia 2: Russia’s Pivot, China’s Leverage, and Global Gas Implications

Power of Siberia 2: Russia’s Pivot, China’s Leverage, and Global Gas Implications  CGEP

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7 d. ago ‘Historical evolution’: China’s shipping firms pivot amid looming US port fees

Chinese shipping companies are working with global partners to reduce their US exposure and explore more regional market opportunities, as the industry braces for the introduction of steep new US port fees in October. Washington plans to charge Chinese-linked vessels hefty fees to enter US ports as part of a drive to rein in China’s globally dominant shipyards, and the controversial new levies are already driving deep changes in the shipping industry. “The container shipping industry is...

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2 w. ago Fed pivot bolsters world stocks, China shares at highest since 2022

Fed pivot bolsters world stocks, China shares at highest since 2022  Reuters

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3 w. ago China’s exports, investments to Global South surge in ‘age of tariffs’: report

China is accelerating its pivot to the Global South to reduce reliance on the United States, potentially creating “a new order of global commerce”, according to a new report. Chinese exports to the Global South – covering most of the developing world – have doubled since 2015, with growth seeing a notable uptick after the US-China trade war during US President Donald Trump’s first term, S&P analysts said on Tuesday. In the past five years, these exports have risen by 65 per cent – tripling the...

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4 w. ago Global investors pivot to China’s US$25 trillion bond market amid de

Global investors’ search for alternatives to US-dollar assets is driving more capital into China’s domestic bond market, according to UBS. A new wave of increased allocations to the Chinese bond market had just begun and was expected to continue if the trend of de-dollarisation continued, said Raymond Gui, Asia head of fixed-income portfolio management in the Swiss bank’s asset-management arm. UBS launched its first yuan-denominated bond fund in 2018. Foreign investors, mostly institutional...

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