5 d. ago Tesla’s Rival BYD Eyes Africa Growth as China Price War Deepens

Tesla’s Rival BYD Eyes Africa Growth as China Price War Deepens  Bloomberg.com

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6 d. ago South Africa Signs Trade Protocol to Export Stone Fruit to China

South Africa Signs Trade Protocol to Export Stone Fruit to China  Bloomberg.com

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8 d. ago Carrying Forward the Spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women and Promoting the New and Accelerated Process for Women’s All

Carrying Forward the Spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women and Promoting the New and Accelerated Process for Women’s All-Round Development_Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of South Africa  驻南非使馆

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1 week ago China’s ‘health silk road’ in Africa gets a boost with insulin, pharma projects

China is advancing its “health silk road” in Africa by initiating major offshore projects to manufacture essential medicines, such as insulin and antiretrovirals. Nigeria is set to produce Chinese-made insulin, while in the Ivory Coast further west, Chinese giant Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical is on track to complete the first part of its three-phase €50 million (US$58 million) facility by the end of the year. The facility near Abidjan, the country’s biggest city, will manufacture antimalarial...

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1 week ago US and China have killed free trade, former French minister says

Former French finance minister Eric Lombard accused the United States and China of killing free trade and called for the European Union to pursue a more “nationalistic” approach to trade policy in response during a speech in Paris on Thursday. “Free trade is over, it is dead,” Lombard told a summit on competitiveness organised by Politico in the French capital. He urged France and Europe to “wake up” to the fact that the US and China were employing unfair trade practices that deviate from free...

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1 week ago ‘Free trade is over, it is dead’, former French minister declares

Former French finance minister Eric Lombard accused the United States and China of killing free trade and called for the European Union to pursue a more “nationalistic” approach to trade policy in response during a speech in Paris on Thursday. “Free trade is over, it is dead,” Lombard told a summit on competitiveness organised by Politico in the French capital. He urged France and Europe to “wake up” to the fact that the US and China were employing unfair trade practices that deviate from free...

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1 week ago ‘I only care about Thailand’: PM snubs Trump’s Cambodia border mediation

Donald Trump has urged Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to pursue a peaceful resolution to the country’s simmering border conflict with Cambodia, as the US president looked to bolster his credentials for a Nobel Peace Prize. Trump’s push for a Thai-Cambodian peace deal was made in a letter to the Thai prime minister on Wednesday, coming just days before his planned trip to the region to attend a summit of leaders from Asean in Malaysia later this month. Trump’s intervention earlier this...

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1 week ago SoftBank strikes deal to acquire ABB’s robotics business for US$5.4 billion

SoftBank Group Corp on Wednesday said it has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a US$5.4 billion deal. The deal marks a major push by SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son into robotics, as he expands investment activity after a period of retrenchment. SoftBank, whose forays into robotics include the humanoid Pepper, has investments in the segment, including in Berkshire Grey and AutoStore. The deal means ABB has abandoned its original decision to spin off and...

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2 w. ago How a dead US trade deal is pushing Africa further into China's orbit

How a dead US trade deal is pushing Africa further into China's orbit  Yahoo

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2 w. ago Demise of US trade deal AGOA pushes Africa further into China’s orbit

The apparent collapse of a 25-year tariff-free trade pact between the United States and Africa symbolises an American retreat, according to observers, who say the shift is paving the way for China to deepen its influence across the continent. The Clinton-era African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired on September 30 after Congress failed to pass a renewal bill, leaving more than 6,000 African exports, such as apparel and textiles, subject to higher US tariffs. The resulting economic...

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2 w. ago US, China scramble for Africa as fresh battle for economic expansion begins

US, China scramble for Africa as fresh battle for economic expansion begins  Business Insider Africa

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2 w. ago China’s GWM and Chery eye vehicle assembly in South Africa – report

China’s GWM and Chery eye vehicle assembly in South Africa – report  Yahoo! Autos

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2 w. ago Trump faces backlash from China hawks as he pushes trade deal

Trump faces backlash from China hawks as he pushes trade deal  Cryptopolitan

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2 w. ago From Indian celebrities to China’s middle class: Asian travellers turn to Africa for the ultimate Safari experience

From Indian celebrities to China’s middle class: Asian travellers turn to Africa for the ultimate Safari experience  Business Insider Africa

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2 w. ago China pushes Trump to ease US investment restrictions in exchange for deal

China pushes Trump to ease US investment restrictions in exchange for deal - Bloomberg By Investing.com  Investing.com

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2 w. ago South Africa secures China, India investments to boost local auto manufacturing

South Africa secures China, India investments to boost local auto manufacturing  Reuters

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2 w. ago Trade War Latest: China Outpaces US on Rail Links to Africa Minerals

Trade War Latest: China Outpaces US on Rail Links to Africa Minerals  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago US$1.4 billion Tazara rail deal puts China on fast track to Africa’s Copperbelt

The Chinese state-owned construction giant that built the Mao Zedong-era Tanzania-Zambia railway is returning to the project with a US$1.4 billion commitment to overhaul and run the line as it increasingly becomes geoeconomically important for China. In a deal struck on Monday, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) agreed to an initial US$1.1 billion investment plus a further US$238 million to be reinvested into the severely dilapidated Tazara Railway, as the line is...

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3 w. ago Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable It To Make Insulin Alongside Egypt And South Africa

Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable It To Make Insulin Alongside Egypt And South Africa  Health Policy Watch

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3 w. ago How TCM is expanding China’s soft power in Africa – from Tunisia to Chad

Tunisia has unveiled a new Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture Clinical Skills Training Centre, just months after the country’s health minister, Mustapha Ferjani, made a visit to China. The facility, located at Mongi Slim University Hospital, just 18km (11 miles) from the capital Tunis, was opened on Friday and is a direct result of the two nations reaching a series of agreements on health cooperation during the February visit. Chinese ambassador to Tunisia, Wan Li, said the...

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