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China's global exports of antimony are now just a third of the levels seen this time last year
“President Trump will sign an additional executive order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Global firms are seriously underestimating the threats to their operations from increasingly changing climates, experts say
The Donald Trump government has reportedly put a "long" list of "tough" requests before Vietnamese officials as part of tariff talks...
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China Threatens Legal Action Against Anyone Who Shuns Its Chips21 May 2025
Beijing says it will invoke its anti-sanctions law against any individual or organisation that adheres to a recent US warning about Huawei's Ascend chips...
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Beijing Says Latest US Chip Warning Puts Trade Truce at Risk20 May 2025
A war of words on artificial intelligence chips is the latest complication in the frail trade truce reached at between negotiators from China and the US...
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Trump ‘Doesn’t Want’ Apple to Tie-Up With Alibaba AI in China19 May 2025
The White House is reportedly concerned that the tie-up would help a Chinese firm improve its AI abilities and also make Apple more vulnerable to Beijing's censorship and data-sharing laws...
Tesla's EV sales also continued to plummet across much of Europe last month, as its aging model lineup and CEO Elon Musk's political activities deterred buyers...
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BYD’s Big Gains Give Chinese EV Rivals a Giant Headache28 May 2025
Growing global and domestic sales have allowed BYD to continue selling EVs at steep discounts, heightening the threat of an industry shakeout...
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China’s CATL Looking to Raise $4 Billion In Hong Kong Listing12 May 2025
If the battery-maker's listing goes through as it plans, it would be the largest globally so far for the year...
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BYD Plants Seen Generating Big Sales in Europe, South America08 May 2025
China's most successful carmaker is eyeing major growth from plants it is building in Europe and South America, and hopes to have half its sales overseas by 2030...
Chinese AI developers reportedly carried hard drives with a vast amount of data to a computing centre in Malaysia with top US chips to build an AI model they later took home, a new report says...
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Taiwan Blacklists Chinese Chipmakers Huawei, SMIC16 Jun 2025
China says the move would 'sell out the island's interests' and that it was aimed at 'currying favour' with the Donald Trump administration in the US...
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Price Cuts Help Apple Win Top Phone Sales Spot in China in May13 Jun 2025
Discounts of up to $351 helped US tech giant beat tough competition from domestic rivals to top China phone sales last month, new data shows...
There are over 1,100 787s in service around the world, and while there have been concerns over the plane's engines, this is the Dreamliner's first fatal crash...
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Korea’s Hyundai Has Rare Earths Stockpile That Can Last A Year10 Jun 2025
The carmaker should be able to produce electric vehicles or hybrid cars without disruptions "for at least about one year”...
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China Export Curbs on Rare Earth Magnets: a Trade War Weapon06 Jun 2025
A licensing system set up by China for exports of rare earth magnets gives it leverage similar to America's chip export controls because of its near-monopoly on the sector....
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