ECONOMICS
Europe, which has imposed tariffs of up to 45 percent on Chinese electric vehicles, fears Beijing is rapidly shifting parts of its EV manufacturing supply chain to nearby Morocco in an effort to bypass those duties and gain easier access to the European market. EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič has
Beijing Touts Hisense as World’s 2nd-Biggest TV Producer
A Chinese manufacturer of television sets with origins in the late 1960s has grown to sell nearly 30...
US Targets Chinese Goods With Vietnam Trade Deal
The Trump administration on July 2 concluded a trade agreement with Vietnam that subjects the Southeast...
Nippon Steel to Raise $5.6 Billion in Subordinated Loans to Fund US Steel Purchase
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Nippon Steel said on Wednesday, July 2, that it would raise 800 billion yen...
China’s ‘Internal Circulation’ Trade Policy Invites Backlash for Maximizing Exports, Restricting Imports
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has seen its exports rise by 33 percent in just two years, while...
Japan Struggles With National Rice Crisis
One of the wealthiest nations on earth, Japan has been having difficulty keeping its people supplied...
Purges in China’s Guangxi Hint at Rare Earths Smuggling, Factional Struggle
The governor of China’s southern Guangxi region, Lan Tianli, has been abruptly placed under investigation...
Trump Accuses China of Breaking Trade Deal, Fires Back With Sanctions and Student Visa Bans
In a sharp escalation of U.S.-China tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump accused the Chinese Communist...
China’s April 2025 Economic Data Shows Continuing Deflationary Trend
New statistics recently published by the Chinese authorities for the month of April have exposed significant...
Cracks in the ‘Iron Rice Bowl’: Chinese Workers, Government Employees See Their Wages Delayed, Benefits
Civil servants and educators in multiple provinces across China are suffering from unpaid or delayed...