31 h. ago EU to review, possibly exempt tariffs on Volkswagen EVs built in China

EU to review, possibly exempt tariffs on Volkswagen EVs built in China  Automotive News

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32 h. ago EU reviews removing tariffs on VW electric cars built in China

EU reviews removing tariffs on VW electric cars built in China  Automotive News

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35 h. ago As Macron eyes China deals to revive industry, trade shows tables have turned

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Chinese companies to invest in France and transfer know-how in emerging sectors like batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and solar panels – highlighting growing concerns over the widening technological gap between the two countries. “We want to welcome more Chinese investment through projects and re-industrialisation strategies, and this is what will allow us to break the cycle we’re currently in,” he said on Thursday in Beijing, where he attended a...

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41 h. ago As China’s companies become industry leaders, where in the world are they going?

With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative markets. In this series, we examine China Inc.’s next phase of “going global” and the complex, challenging international environment its companies have chosen to enter. The “Made in China” label has evolved considerably in recent decades. Mostly found affixed to low-cost goods of relative simplicity in China’s early years as a...

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55 h. ago Made in China: What the Automotive Industry Should Know About the Global Emergence of Chinese Manufacturing of Connected Vehicles Amid Increasing U.S. Restrictions

Made in China: What the Automotive Industry Should Know About the Global Emergence of Chinese Manufacturing of Connected Vehicles Amid Increasing U.S. Restrictions  Foley & Lardner LLP

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62 h. ago Stellantis opens door for China EV startup Leapmotor in South America

Stellantis opens door for China EV startup Leapmotor in South America  Automotive News

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3 d. ago Beijing woos foreign firms as China seeks bigger role in global shipbuilding supply chain

Beijing is extending an olive branch to overseas companies as it seeks to build a more integrated global supply chain for the shipbuilding industry, in its latest push to project goodwill and support free trade. Gao Dongsheng, chief economist at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), said on Tuesday that China was committed to further opening up its shipbuilding sector. Mainland shipyards, which currently have a capacity to build about 65 million deadweight tonnes of large...

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3 d. ago Latest Update: Nexperia dispute flares again as China accuses Dutch side of dodging demands, trying end

Latest Update: Nexperia dispute flares again as China accuses Dutch side of dodging demands, trying end-run around China production  Automotive News

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3 d. ago Nexperia dispute rages on as China says Dutch trying to decouple

Nexperia dispute rages on as China says Dutch trying to decouple  Automotive News

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3 d. ago Germany’s China playbook: if you can’t beat them, partner up

German companies are accelerating efforts to partner with Chinese rivals, conceding in fresh survey results that the local competitors appear poised to seize the lead in global innovation. While business sentiment among surveyed German firms in China has seen a slight uptick, optimism has been tempered by fierce price competition and a nationalist “Buy China” push, according to findings from the German Chamber of Commerce’s 2025/26 Business Confidence Survey. About 56 per cent of surveyed firms...

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4 d. ago China’s Unique Path: Upgrading the Agrochemical Industry for a New Era of Global Sourcing

China’s Unique Path: Upgrading the Agrochemical Industry for a New Era of Global Sourcing  AgriBusiness Global

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5 d. ago Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China’s new frontier AI labs

Chinese artificial intelligence start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax have emerged as China’s strongest contenders to rival US frontier labs in 2025 – even as DeepSeek has stolen the spotlight as the poster child for the country’s AI ambitions. Moonshot AI, founded by 33-year-old Yang Zhilin, has sharply raised its profile in China’s AI ecosystem with the launch earlier this month of Kimi K2 Thinking, an upgraded reasoning model. The system outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet...

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7 d. ago Nexperia issues open letter urging “open dialogue” with China unit as customers report imminent production stoppages

Nexperia issues open letter urging “open dialogue” with China unit as customers report imminent production stoppages  Automotive Logistics

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8 d. ago Chinese EV makers tipped to storm global top 10 carmakers by 2030, McKinsey says

Up to five Chinese vehicle assemblers, leveraging their technology and production advantages in building electric cars, are likely to make the list of the world’s top 10 carmakers by 2030, disrupting the pecking order in the global automotive industry, according to global consultancy McKinsey. “The industry will undergo some major changes by 2030,” Guan Mingyu, a senior partner of McKinsey, told reporters in a media briefing on Thursday. “Indeed, we have already seen some signs that tremendous...

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8 d. ago Chinese EV makers step on gas abroad amid weakening mainland sales

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) builders are increasingly shipping their cars abroad to spur international sales ahead of an expected downturn in their home market, analysts say, as Beijing phases out incentives such as tax holidays and cash subsidies. The carmakers, which can enjoy a net margin of 20,000 yuan (US$706) per vehicle by selling their cars outside mainland China, are rolling out more models and pushing into untapped territories to chase high profitability. Stellantis-backed Leapmotor,...

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9 d. ago China challenges US containment with global action plan for space industry

China’s space agency has released an action plan to take its commercial space sector worldwide, pledging to help integrate commercial projects into its international cooperation agenda. The ambitious plan could challenge a number of US laws and government regulations aiming to curb the expansion of China’s space industry on the global stage. On Tuesday, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) posted guidelines for the promotion of commercial space flight and enterprises through to 2027,...

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1 week ago Trump calls Takaichi after Xi, China’s cruise dominance: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump talks to Japanese PM hours after his overnight call with China’s Xi Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi confirmed “the close cooperation” between Tokyo and Washington in a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, hours after Trump spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. 2. China sends emergency return vehicle to space...

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1 week ago Beijing Unveils Policy to Boost AI Use, Digitalization in Medical Device Industry

Beijing Unveils Policy to Boost AI Use, Digitalization in Medical Device Industry  Yicai Global

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1 week ago China Reclaims Title as Global Auto Industry Leader Driven by Electrification, Self

China Reclaims Title as Global Auto Industry Leader Driven by Electrification, Self-Driving Tech, Report Says  Yicai Global

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1 week ago China’s legal TCM industry is driving global pangolin poaching

China’s legal TCM industry is driving global pangolin poaching  EIA International

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