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BYD is building it first plant in Hungary, while Leapmotor will use a Stellantis factory in Poland, as Chery eyes production in Spain and possibly Italy; Great Wall, SAIC and Dongfeng are also assessing opportunities
China sat out of the global risk rally after a group of Republican lawmakers said battery companies CATL and Gotion should be banned from shipping goods to the US
Antonio Guterres says a tax on fossil fuel firms – in the oil, gas and coal sectors – would help pay for the fight against global warming
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...
BYD is the first carmaker to assume full responsibility for an autonomous driving feature in China and the world...
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Ford Still Not Getting Enough Rare Earth Magnets From China — WSJ25 Jun 2025
A Ford executive said this week that China’s approval process for rare earth exports was still much slower than what the industry needed...
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China’s BYD Cuts Back on EV Production, Factory Expansions25 Jun 2025
The world's biggest EV-maker is grappling with rising inventory even after offering deep price cuts in China's cut-throat auto market...
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‘National Emergency’: China’s Antimony Blockade Hits Battery Firms18 Jun 2025
China's global exports of antimony are now just a third of the levels seen this time last year...
Shares of solar panel-makers have soared this week since Beijing said it would end severe discounting that has troubled them for months; polysilicon has also soared....
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Climate Chaos ‘Could Disrupt Half of Global Chipmaking by 2050’08 Jul 2025
A rapid increase in global warming and unprecedented climate change threatens the availability of water to chipmakers' copper suppliers, PwC says...
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Samsung Profit Seen Falling Amid Difficulties at New US Chip Plant07 Jul 2025
Korean tech giant, which faces technical, geopolitical and governmental challenges, is expected to announce a significant fall in second profit on Tuesday...
CEO Elon Musk will open Tesla's first outlet in the world's third largest car market next Tuesday. The EV maker is just opening a showroom initially...
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Boom in Electric Truck Sales Cuts Demand for Diesel in China11 Jul 2025
Sales of trucks that run on new energy are reported to have soared by 175% in the first half of this year...
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Japan, South Korea Desperate to Reduce 25% Tariff by August08 Jul 2025
Tokyo and Seoul said on Tuesday they will try to negotiate with the US to soften the impact of higher tariffs, but many other Asian nations face greater challenges...
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