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Record beef imports raising risk of China imposing trade curbs
CHINA’S record beef imports are hitting a market where demand is slowing and prices have fallen to the lowest since 2019, raising the risk…
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Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1
President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports into the United States on Feb. 1, a…
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Trump Pitches External Revenue Service to Collect Tariffs: What to Know
President Trump has promised to generate a “massive” amount of revenue with tariffs on foreign products, an amount so big that the…
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Apple’s iPhone sales in China plunged 18% in holiday quarter
SALES of Apple iPhones dived 18.2 per cent in China during the December quarter, according to independent research, a major setback for…
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Apple’s iPhone sales in China plunge 18% in holiday quarter
SALES of Apple iPhones dived 18.2 per cent in China during the December quarter, according to independent research, a major setback for…
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STI ends 0.3% lower as investors digest Trump 2.0, no immediate China tariffs
SINGAPORE stocks closed lower on Tuesday (Jan 21), following US President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, even though most markets in…
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China may seek more coal from Mongolia as Russia’s share shrinks
CHINA’S record coal purchases last year were driven by big increases in supplies from Australia and Mongolia, while Russian cargoes…
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'We're taking it back.' Trump's comments on the Panama Canal spur pushback from Panama
MEXICO CITY — President Trump said Monday that the United States would reassert control over the Panama Canal, the strategic, U.S.-built…
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Trump Holds Off on Tariffs, but Paves the Way for Future Trade Action
President Trump will stop short of immediately imposing tariffs on imported products on Monday, but will issue an executive order…
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TikTok Got a Reprieve, but Americans and Chinese Are Still on RedNote
TikTok got an apparent reprieve from being forced to shut down, but Americans on Monday were still using and downloading Xiaohongshu, the…
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LME approves warehousing in Hong Kong, a gateway for metals to China
THE London Metal Exchange (LME) on Monday (Jan 20) approved Hong Kong as a warehouse delivery point, seeking to boost access to mainland…
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TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to…
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Asia private credit funding hits eight-year low on China slump
ASIA’S private credit market faces diverse challenges in 2025 after fundraising dropped to an eight-year low and concerns over China’s…
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China tech stock hedges cheapen before Trump becomes president
WITH Donald Trump about to start a second term in the White House, investors around the globe are bracing for big changes in trade…
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News Analysis: Once again, the world sizes up a Trump presidency
WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump takes the oath of office Monday for the second time, the world is watching with a mix of fascination,…
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‘So Much Uncertainty’: Businesses Worry About Trump’s Many Tariff Plans
For Klem’s, a general store in rural Massachusetts, each year has seemed more challenging than the last. First, there was the pandemic,…
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China currently controls over 69% of global rare earth production
The global rare earths industry is a complex landscape dominated by China, creating a critical need for global supply chain…
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Even Before TikTok’s Troubles, Chinese Companies Were Wary of Washington
Chinese tech companies long looked to the United States as a key market and source of investment. Firms like ByteDance, the company behind…
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Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned
A unanimous Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that effectively bans the wildly popular app TikTok in the United States starting on…
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China scores victory over US in TikTok war
China has scored a propaganda coup against the U.S, says Beijing media, after Chinese app RedNote was inundated by half a million American…
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Facing a Flurry of U.S. Sanctions, China Prepares to Hit Back
Days before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office, China is gearing up for economic battle with the United States. It threatened a…
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China used more coal power last year in blow to climate efforts
CHINA’S fossil fuel power plants increased generation to a record last year, as the boom in clean energy failed to keep pace with surging…
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China’s Population Declines for 3rd Straight Year
To get its citizens to have more children and stop its population from shrinking, China has tried it all, even declaring having babies an…
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China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
The economic scars of China’s real estate crash are evident at the country’s many street markets for construction materials. Proprietors…