China’s EV exports grew by 87% in November. Almost 1 million Chinese EVs were exported across Asia, and over 600,000 ended up in Europe so far in 2025. Mexico saw exponential year-over-year growth after BYD launched a series of affordable models in the country. China’s domestic electric vehicle market is starting to show signs of…
Hong Kong customs has, for the first time, uncovered a drug smuggling operation involving an underwater compartment of a large cargo ship, resulting in the seizure of HK$256 million (US$32.89 million) worth of suspected cocaine. The operation last month, supported by intelligence from mainland China and underwater robots, also disrupted what investigators believed was an…
Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard on Monday defended Mexico’s decision to impose new tariffs on imports from China and other Asian countries, describing the move as a necessary step to protect hundreds of thousands of domestic jobs rather than a provocation to any trading partner. Affected imports span 17 sectors, including textiles, footwear, steel, aluminium, plastics,…
The US Congress is readying votes on a sprawling bill that would restrict US outbound investment to China in sensitive sectors as well as federal government contracting with Chinese biotechnology companies, two controversial measures that were left out of similar legislation last year. The provisions were included in a compromise defence bill released on Sunday…
Jeff Rowe grinned with satisfaction when the dashboard of his John Deere combine harvester showed the yield of the first run on his family’s farm during this year’s harvest: 253 bushels per acre, equivalent to 13.8 tonnes of corn per hectare. The yield on the 100-acre Schubert parcel was the highest in many years, said…
China’s People’s Liberation Army has shown off a “real steel” style military robot that mimicked a soldier’s combat moves in real time to defence representatives from 13 countries. Capturing every attack manoeuvre of a person wearing a lightweight motion-sensing device, the motion-controlled robot could precisely match moves with the help of artificial intelligence, according to…
We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Bankruptcies, suicides: US farmers detail cost of trade tensions illustration by Brian Wang High fuel costs, rising interest rates, falling crop…
Jaideep Prabhu, Professor of Marketing, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, in conversation with Srijana Mitra Das (ET Evoke), outlines the path to global sustainability and its drivers: Q. COP30 concluded with a weaker note on fossil fuel phase-out than expected — what does this mean for the global sustainability drive? A. The upside here…
The race to develop artificial intelligence has pushed governments and technology giants to build new electricity plants and upgrade their decades-old grid networks, creating significant opportunities for Chinese power equipment companies, according to analysts. Chinese firms have been benefiting from the spillover of a US order boom, which was driven by US President Donald Trump’s…
Luxury fashion Via Pexels Latin America‘s fashion industry is drawing heightened interest from global brands as new estimates project the sector could reach $156 billion by 2029, according to reporting from Montenapo Daily. The projection marks a sharp acceleration from current levels and reflects long-term structural shifts, including population growth, urbanization, rising disposable income, and…