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The trade war truce negotiated in Geneva is hanging by a thread, amid reports that China reneged on its agreement to ease export controls imposed on critical minerals.
China's decision to suspend exports of critical minerals and magnets has upended supply chains to carmakers, aerospace manufacturers, chip firms and military contractors
The Donald Trump government has reportedly put a "long" list of "tough" requests before Vietnamese officials as part of tariff talks
The fight for control of a rare earths miner has taken a twist with government suing a China-linked firm over an alleged breach of foreign investment laws...
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Vietnam Eyes Framework Trade Deal With US by Tariff Deadline26 Jun 2025
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...
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Chinese EV-Makers Eyeing South Africa Amid Global Trade Rows26 Jun 2025
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...
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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...
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...
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Not a Single Asian Country Met Air Quality Standards in 202411 Mar 2025
Countries in Central and South Asia continued to see some of the worst air quality, with India's New Delhi being the most polluted capital city in the world...
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Momentick Unveils First Emissions Risk Management Service14 Jan 2025
The group, which describes its business as "emissions intelligence," has raised an extra $5 million to enter the insurance sector to focus on emissions risk management....
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Billion-Dollar Oil Fraud in Mongolia Hits Trafigura Profit13 Dec 2024
Trafigura attributed the majority of debts owed by its counterparty in the country, Lex Oil, but its own internal probe is ongoing to try to locate around $500 million....
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...
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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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Floods Swamp Cities in Southwest China, And More Storms Due24 Jun 2025
In a report on Monday the World Meteorological Organization warned that Asia is warming nearly twice as fast as the rest of the world, fuelling more extreme weather and exacting a heavy toll on the region...
New export orders have fuelled a surge in private business, especially manufacturing, with international sales at the highest in over a decade...
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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...
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Air India Crash: Over 240 Killed; Officials ‘May Ground Boeing 787s’13 Jun 2025
New Delhi has begun looking into the crash that is confounding aviation experts, focusing on the ill-fated plane's engine, flaps and landing gear...
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...
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Tariff Talks With US Still ‘in a Fog,’ Japan’s Trade Negotiator Says20 Jun 2025
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...
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Apple Keen to Use AI to Design Its Chips, Tech Executive Says19 Jun 2025
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...
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