PM anticipates a trade deal with the US to be agreed upon by early July, before the Trump administration's pause on 46% reciprocal tariffs on Vietnamese exports ends

BYD, Chery Auto and Great Wall Motor are keen to leverage low prices to get sales where others have struggled because of trade disputes in Europe and 100% tariffs in the US

Surge of solar output in May sees China pass the 1,000 GW mark, but its record on coal power remains a dark shadow on its impressive energy transition

New export orders have fuelled a surge in private business, especially manufacturing, with international sales at the highest in over a decade

Twenty local governments, such as cargo hubs like Guangdong and Sichuan, have supported the export of new cars to boost provincial sales data, 'dumping unsold subsidized cars' abroad

A senior US official has said that DeepSeek has willingly provided and will likely continue to provide support to China's military and intelligence operations

Closing the Strait would spur a big rise in the price of oil, but analysts say shipping and air travel to the Middle East has already been hit and there may be other ways Tehran seeks to strike back against the US.

US officials – concerned about the trade deal with China – are considering revoking authorizations granted in recent years to chipmakers Samsung, SK Hynix and TSMC, making it difficult to get US goods and tech for their plants in China

Industry and labour groups say China is taking advantage of Brazil's low tariff barriers to ramp up its exports rather than building Brazilian factories and creating jobs.

An ballot in Japan on July 20 - and conflict in the Middle East - reduce the chance of the two sides reaching a deal by July 9, when the US will end its pause on tariffs, analysts say

The world's biggest trial of software designed to keep children under 16 offline has found there are 'no big tech barriers' to enforcing a social media ban for teenagers in Australia

Executive says Apple learnt use the most cutting-edge tools to design its chips, including the latest chip design software from electronic design automation firms