France has named an energy veteran as its envoy to IMEC, a major rail and ports project seen as a Western alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative, linking Europe to the Middle East and South Asia

China has invited top car and battery makers to a new research body to try to develop a world-class battery, that bolsters its transition to electric and new energy vehicles

The purchase of jets from Qatar aimed to fill an air defence 'gap', but lawmakers said the planes were old and Prabowo's plan drew more heat during his election campaign

JSW, which has set up a joint venture with MG Motor India (owned by China's SAIC), said it has signed an MoU on setting up an electric vehicle and EV battery manufacturing plants in two cities

Beijing has laid out wide-ranging guidelines for various departments and the central bank to help the new-energy-vehicle trade

Chinese officials expressed disquiet about US tariffs, investment restrictions and sanctions that 'suppress' Chinese companies in talks with US Treasury officials in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday

A key topic of the US-China Economic Working Group's talks will be China's subsidies, which the US says encourage overproduction of goods with the potential to flood global markets

Hundreds of trains have been delayed or suspended, and throngs of passengers stranded at railway stations by blistering cold in Hunan and Hubei provinces

Human Rights Watch says it found evidence aluminum producers use workers from government labour transfer schemes that coerce Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims into jobs

The US commerce secretary raised concerns about the data collected by Chinese EVs in a chat alongside EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager

A political deal and a venture to protect freight vessels could bring a resolution to the crisis within six months, the CEO of Hapag-Lloyd said. Meanwhile, the EU plans to launch a naval mission to intercept attacks in coming weeks

The heads of two House committees said the four companies have direct ties to the Chinese military, Chinese Communist Party, plus the North Korean government and alleged rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region