Trade War

President-elect Donald Trump is trolling Canada’s prime minister again—but it’s no longer clear that Justin Trudeau is in on the joke, if he ever was to begin with. “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump wrote,…

TAIPEI, Taiwan —  President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports when he takes office, a move that would deepen a trade war he started six years ago. He has not offered many specifics, but China is already arming itself for economic battle. “Six years of really…

Opinion December 5, 2024 — 12.18pm December 5, 2024 — 12.18pm Political turmoil and dysfunction in the European Union’s two largest economies have come at the worst possible time for Europe. With Donald Trump about to regain the US presidency and ready to impose tariffs of 10 to 20 per…

TAIPEI, Taiwan —  The U.S.-China rivalry has a new flashpoint in the battle for technology supremacy: electric cars. So far, the U.S. is losing. Last year, China became the world’s foremost auto exporter, according to the China Passenger Car Assn., surpassing Japan with more than 5 million sales overseas. New energy…

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for tripling the existing tariff rate on Chinese steel and aluminium , just as the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced the launch of yet another Section 301 investigation into China’s maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors. Biden told the USTR to raise the…

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai ‘mastermind’ behind seditious Apple Daily articles portraying central government as ‘totalitarian regime’, prosecutors allege in national security trial Prosecutors accused Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying on Wednesday of being the “mastermind” behind a series of allegedly seditious articles published by his now-defunct Apple…

It's in 'China's interest to look carefully' at addressing a growing trade imbalance, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says - Copyright AFP Karim SAHIB Olivier BAUBE European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Tuesday, ahead of an annual EU-China summit, that Europe won’t tolerate its soaring trade imbalance…

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Record levels of government debt, geopolitical tensions that threaten to split the global trading system, and the likely persistence of weak productivity gains may saddle the world with a slow-growth future that stunts development in some countries even before it starts. That sobering…

Comment Arm's much-anticipated SEC filing this week did more than detail an impending IPO: it revealed just how worried the British chip designer is at the prospect of getting locked out of China. That regulatory filing documented various risks, uncertainties, and threats to Arm's ability to do business in the…

This week’s On the Rise looks at the US-China trade war and the new rumors surrounding Binance...Read More