5 h. ago Taylor Swift label UMG inks licensing deal with China's NetEase Cloud Music

Taylor Swift label UMG inks licensing deal with China's NetEase Cloud Music  Reuters

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6 h. ago Under threat from Trump, Ottawa unveils new trade deal with China

Under threat from Trump, Ottawa unveils new trade deal with China  World Socialist Web Site

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6 h. ago Syria deal with Kurdish fighters appears to unravel as Islamic State prisoners escape

Around 1,500 Islamic State members escaped from Syria’s Shaddadi prison on Monday, the Kurdish website Rudaw reported, quoting a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Earlier, the Syrian army said “a number of” Islamic State (Isis) militants had escaped a prison that had been under SDF control in the eastern city of Shaddadi, accusing the SDF of releasing them. The prison break took place a day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the...

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6 h. ago Syrian deal unravels as sides clash and Isis prisoners escape

A day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the country’s main Kurdish-led force, the agreement appeared to be falling apart on Monday. After new outbreaks of clashes Monday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces issued a statement calling for “all of our youth” to “join the ranks of the resistance”. “Just as our comrades in 2014 forged a historic resistance in Kobani and turned it into a graveyard for (the Islamic State group) ... today we affirm with the same...

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8 h. ago Carney’s China Tariffs Deal Is Giving Some People the BYD Blues

Carney’s China Tariffs Deal Is Giving Some People the BYD Blues  Bloomberg.com

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8 h. ago Ford bemoans Chinese EV deal, says he still hasn't spoken to Carney

Ford bemoans Chinese EV deal, says he still hasn't spoken to Carney  CBC

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8 h. ago Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney cuts tariffs on Chinese EVs in deal with China

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney cuts tariffs on Chinese EVs in deal with China  Fox Business

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13 h. ago 'Absolutely Rolled': U.S. Officials Blast Canada's Cheap Chinese EV Deal

'Absolutely Rolled': U.S. Officials Blast Canada's Cheap Chinese EV Deal  InsideEVs

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15 h. ago FO° Talks: Trump’s Art of the New Deal: Greenland, Russia, China and Reshaping Global Order

FO° Talks: Trump’s Art of the New Deal: Greenland, Russia, China and Reshaping Global Order  Fair Observer

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16 h. ago Column: Trump says the U.S. doesn’t need Canadian cars. Canada’s China deal signals the feeling is mutual

Column: Trump says the U.S. doesn’t need Canadian cars. Canada’s China deal signals the feeling is mutual  Automotive News

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20 h. ago Even with Carney’s new deal, don’t expect to buy a cheap Chinese EV any time soon

Even with Carney’s new deal, don’t expect to buy a cheap Chinese EV any time soon  The Globe and Mail

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22 h. ago Fancl distributor couple buys Lippo Centre office, shop in US$38.3 million deal

The couple behind the Asia distributor of Japanese skincare brand Fancl has bought prime office and retail space in Hong Kong’s Admiralty district, highlighting selective bargain hunting by cash-rich local investors as commercial property prices remain under pressure. Gourmet Dining Group, owned by Christopher Chan and wife Michelle Ma-chan, agreed on January 5 to buy a shop and a unit on the first floor as well as part of the mezzanine on the second floor at Lippo Centre for HK$299 million...

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25 h. ago China’s UBTech partners with Airbus to bring humanoid robots to aviation manufacturing

Chinese humanoid developer UBTech Robotics has struck a deal to supply European aviation giant Airbus with robots for its manufacturing facilities, the latest step in efforts to expand industrial applications of its robots outside China. Airbus purchased UBTech’s Walker S2 robot as part of a plan to jointly explore robotics applications in aviation manufacturing, Shenzhen-based UBTech said in a statement on Sunday. The deal follows a similar partnership last month with US semiconductor maker...

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30 h. ago The China Deal: Amid Trump’s Weaponization of America, a Redefinition of ‘Interests’

The China Deal: Amid Trump’s Weaponization of America, a Redefinition of ‘Interests’  Policy Magazine

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44 h. ago China's Ningbo Ronbay says it's being probed over statements made about $17 bln CATL deal

China's Ningbo Ronbay says it's being probed over statements made about $17 bln CATL deal  Reuters

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52 h. ago Trump’s Greenland bid might force EU to stop placating him and fight back

US President Donald Trump’s fixation on Greenland offers an ice-cold reminder to leaders in Europe and abroad: no deal is ever final. Trump announced a 10 per cent tariff, rising to 25 per cent in June, on eight European nations, including Denmark, for saying they would undertake token Nato military exercises in Greenland in response to US sabre-rattling. While the tariffs are not certain to take effect, the threat was a brazen escalation and insult to close US allies, trampling over the US-EU...

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56 h. ago US strike in Syria kills leader tied to Isis ambush that left 3 Americans dead

A third round of retaliatory strikes by the US in Syria resulted in the death of an al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, who officials say had a direct tie to the Islamic State member responsible for last month’s ambush that killed two US soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. US Central Command announced that the strike in northwest Syria on Friday killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, who they claim was “an experienced terrorist leader who plotted attacks and was directly connected” to...

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56 h. ago Canada inks trade deal with China in break from Trump agenda

Canada inks trade deal with China in break from Trump agenda  LimaOhio.com

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61 h. ago Trump hits Denmark and other Nato allies with tariffs to force Greenland sale

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would charge a 10 per cent import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations, all Nato members, because of opposition to US control of Greenland. He said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would face the tariff, which would be raised to 25 per cent on June 1 if a deal was not in place for “the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland” by the...

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61 h. ago Trump hits Denmark and 7 other Nato allies with tariffs to force Greenland sale

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would charge a 10 per cent import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations, all Nato members, because of opposition to US control of Greenland. He said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would face the tariff, which would be raised to 25 per cent on June 1 if a deal was not in place for “the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland” by the...

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