All coverage of China, ranked by recency.
Federal prosecutors arrested a California man on Thursday on charges of smuggling computer servers containing $300 million worth of Nvidia Corp. artificial intelligence chips to China in violation of US export controls.
United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday that there is no timeline yet for implementing the US-China Board of Trade, one of the key economic outcomes of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington last week. Speaking on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Trade Ministers’ meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Greer said the tariff reductions under the mechanism we...
China’s major refiners have suspended most refined fuel exports for October as Beijing prioritizes domestic supply security, removing another source of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel from an already severely constrained global market. PetroChina has cancelled several gasoline and jet fuel cargoes scheduled for October, while Zhejiang Petrochemical did not schedule exports during China’s week-lon...
It comes after a report that Chinese refiners suspended October fuel exports to protect domestic supplies.
China's BYD sales rise in September as export boom sustains momentum reuters.com
China’s refiners have halted fuel exports until further notice, multiple sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Thursday in a development that could further tighten the global fuel market. PetroChina, the state major, has canceled some gasoline and jet fuel cargoes that were expected to be shipped in October, according to the sources. China suspended fuel exports in the spring and early ...
VIEW Chinese refiners suspend October fuel exports, sources say reuters.com
Pakistan’s government is considering allowing power plants and private firms to directly import LNG procured on the spot market as the country has been struggling with an energy crisis since the Iran war crippled Qatar’s term supplies. Pakistan’s Energy Ministry has proposed easing the existing regulation to allow private companies to directly import LNG, a source with knowledge of the delibera...
Chinese fuel exporters have canceled some oil-product cargoes slated for export in October, as Asia’s top consumer prioritizes domestic supply during an extended period of upheaval in global energy markets.
Chinese automotive groups have cause to celebrate their go-global strategy amid breakneck export growth in recent years, with deliveries in 2026 expected to beat expectations already buoyed by an international energy shock caused by conflict in the Middle East. Leading carmakers from BYD to Chery Automobile have doubled down on overseas expansion, with some evolving into powerful contenders in ...
Chinese refiners suspend Oct fuel exports, PetroChina cancels cargoes, sources say Reuters
Shipments abroad have fallen by a fifth with production at historic lows
Speaking during a reception at the Chinese Embassy in Nairobi to mark the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Guo said exports of Kenyan aquatic products, including sea cucumbers, had also increased by 350 per cent by the end of August. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Chinese ambassador to Kenya Guo Haiyan during a reception at the Chinese Embassy in...
China will charge an extra 55 per cent tariff on Brazilian beef from Thursday after Brazil filled its import quota for the year and has not agreed to let Brazilian exporters use the unfilled quota of neighbouring Uruguay, industry sources said. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced the surtax on Wednesday, a day after China’s customs administration confirmed that Brazil had used all of its...
3 joint ventures in Spain, Slovakia, Morocco to strengthen regional supply chain for electric vehicle batteries
For years, Chinese manufacturers have viewed Southeast Asia as a way to reduce exposure to higher US duties on goods made in China. But a new round of tariff cuts proposed by Washington and Beijing could weaken that incentive for some products, potentially changing the economics of the strategy. Under the new US-China Board of Trade, more than 90 per cent of Chinese products on a list of goods ...
China is not expected to materially boost its crude oil imports through the end of the year as oil prices surged above $100 per barrel again and independent refiners struggle to procure cheaper supply amid the near-disappearance of Iranian barrels. China is on track to import roughly the same volumes of crude oil in September as it did in August, extending the trend of recovering shipments. How...
China’s benchmark thermal coal prices have jumped for 11 straight weeks, hitting the highest level in three years this week, amid lower domestic production and reduced imports from top coal exporter Indonesia. The spot thermal coal price at Qinhuangdao, the benchmark for Chinese prices, jumped to 986 yuan, or $147 per ton for the week ending Monday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Coal...
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust cuts China exposure to 11% Reuters
China’s shift toward alternative markets following higher U.S. tariffs is increasing competition for Turkish exporters, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) President Nail Olpak has said.
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek on Wednesday open-sourced a suite of core tools tailored for Huawei Technologies’ Ascend AI chips, marking a step forward in the country’s push to end dependence on processors from US giant Nvidia amid US export curbs. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek released six software modules that mirror its prior open-source tools for Nvidia’s AI chips, aiming to b...
For the first time, China’s spending on research and development as a share of gross domestic product has surpassed the average for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members – a trend one analyst expects to continue as Beijing seeks to strengthen technological self-reliance amid intensifying global competition. R&D expenditure exceeded 3.92 trillion yuan (US$584.8 bil...
“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man and David Ingles give global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (Source: Bloomberg)
Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: China’s next big export could be $1.5 trln of debt Reuters
China adds 55% tariff to Brazil beef as imports hit quota Reuters
China's factory activity returned to growth in September as a deepening economic malaise prompts policymakers to ramp up stimulus steps and bolster growth.
IIF Deputy Chief Economist Ashok Bhundia argues that dwindling oil and diesel inventories around the Strait of Hormuz present a more urgent global risk than US-China strategic competition. He warns that elevated crack spreads are driving cost-push inflation and could trigger a sudden market shock. (Source: Bloomberg)
China's weak soybean demand dims prospects for US cargoes after tariff snub Reuters
China vowed to retaliate if the European Union adopts broad tariffs on Chinese goods modeled on previous US measures, warning that such action could undermine trade negotiations with the bloc.
The U.S. and Chinese governments unveiled tariff cuts on Monday, affecting $60 billion worth of goods in varying markets. The list released by the White House spans the U.S. import of 77 categories of Chinese goods – including Christmas decorations, fireworks and children’s toys. The Chinese imports of U.S. goods, meanwhile, cover 1,619 categories of...
China's latest economic stimulus package is designed to keep economic growth on target rather than deliver a broad revival, leaving the country's underlying demand weakness largely unaddressed. Bloomberg's Minmin Low breaks down the measures. (Source: Bloomberg)
Ministers are aghast that iwi and environmental groups would seek to rip up the Europe free trade deal in pursuit of climate accountability The post Seymour derides doctors as ‘activists with a grab bag of causes’ – EU trade complaint appeared first on Newsroom .
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Cotton presses Hegseth to review supply chains after F-35 parts ended up in China Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday to review the military...
Canada’s first major LNG export terminal plans to double its capacity AP News
When Manu Caddie was a boy growing up in Tauranga, he and his dad would go out collecting pipi and cockles on the mudflats. “That’s not something that we do now.” A gully on his parents’ eight hectare farm, where he’d play as a kid, is a stormwater runoff for a new subdivision; storms this year caused it to slip away, leaving houses beside it red-stickered. Today, he says, the water and the cli...
Beijing offers help for first-time buyers and cuts a policy interest rate as part of efforts to raise growth
