China
China officials try to ease global concern over rare earth curbs
The Asian nation has justified its latest curbs as a response to an expansion of US controls[BEIJING] Chinese officials tried to ease concerns over its shock escalation of rare...
China rare-earth product exports shrink as US frictions flare
[SINGAPORE] China’s exports of rare earth products fell in September from a month earlier, as Beijing’s tighter controls on strategic minerals ripple through global supply chains and heighten tensions...
China making it harder to get rare earth magnet export licences
[BEIJING] Chinese rare earth magnet companies have been facing tighter scrutiny on export licence applications since September, sources say, even before Beijing’s move last week to expand controls over...
US: S&P 500 ends down 2.7% after Trump warns of big China tariffs
[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks tumbled Friday (Oct 10) after US President Donald Trump threatened “massive” tariffs on China, reviving trade war worries after months of improving relations between...
Tesla’s China shipments rise at start of busy sales season
The carmaker shipped 90,812 units from the plant last month, up 2.8% from a year earlierSHIPMENTS from Tesla’s Shanghai factory increased in September as China’s car market kicks off...
Mercedes posts worst quarterly China sales since 2016 as demand crisis deepens
[FRANKFURT] Mercedes-Benz Group’s China sales tumbled 27 per cent in the third quarter to their lowest level in almost a decade as luxury demand in the country remains weak...
Trump signs executive order to keep TikTok operating in U.S.
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would allow hugely popular social video app TikTok to continue to operate in the United States.TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, had...
Murdoch’s Fox Corp. could join Trump deal to preserve TikTok in the U.S.
Another pair of influencers might be joining President Trump’s effort to preserve TikTok in the U.S.: Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch. The Trump administration has been working on a deal...
