President Trump hikes tariffs on South Korean goods to 25% after asking why the Korean legislature has not approved the trade agreement reached with President Lee last year

European carmakers currently hold a less than 4% share of India's 4.4-million units a year car market, which is dominated by Japan's Suzuki and homegrown brands

PM Mark Carney is heading to Delhi and Canberra in March to ramp up his country's diversification to more friendly "middle-power" trading partners

Canada will allow up to 49,000 vehicles to be imported annually from China with a tariff of 6.1%. PM Mark Carney said the quota could rise to 70,000 vehicles within 5 years

Diversification of trade to Africa, SE Asia and other regions, helps China manage US tariffs, but it also highlights its weak domestic economy, analysts say

The Nikkei shot up on Tuesday amid widespread speculation that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will call a snap election, possibly in just a month's time

Chinese companies making electric vehicles must commit to sell their cars at agreed minimum prices, if they want to avoid tariffs in Europe

China's finance ministry said the VAT export rebates for battery products would be cut to 6% from 9% from April, then rolled back entirely from January 1, 2027.

BYD’s sales abroad rose to a record 1.05 million units in 2025, a 150% jump from 2024, but its sales at home grew at its weakest pace in five years

Court denies key shareholders' move to block zinc refiner's plan to issue shares to help fund $7.4-billion smelter in the US, but they still support the US plan

Demand for renewables and data centres has caused a surge in shipments of lithium-ion storage batteries, with Chinese firms exporting more than $66 billion this year

Firms are now focusing on batteries for energy storage systems that are quickly becoming critical to the global data-centre build-out