The U.S. will urge its allies in the Group of Seven to impose tariffs as high as 100% on China and India for their purchases of Russian oil in an effort to convince President Vladimir Putin to end his war in Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his patience with Putin was…
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Today’s ESG Updates Trump Pressures EU on Tariffs to Squeeze Russia: Trump urged the EU to impose tariffs on China and India to economically weaken Russia. Von der Leyen to Set EU Agenda Amid Trade Deal Criticism: The EU Commission President will outline priorities after backlash over a U.S.-EU trade deal criticized. Hybrid Cars Fail…
US President Donald Trump has urged the European Union to impose 100% tariffs on China and India as a strategy to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The president made the demand after dialing into a high-level meeting between senior US and EU officials in Washington, where both sides were…
Today’s ESG Updates China Drives Global Renewable Shift: China is leading the global clean energy push with affordable solar, wind, and battery technologies, while still being the largest consumer of coal. Africa’s Largest Hydroelectric Dam Launches: Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a $5 billion project producing 5,150 MW of electricity output. Development Banks…
Updated on: Sept 06, 2025 02:57 am IST Trump slammed the EU for fining Google €2.95B ($3.47B) and warned of retaliatory tariffs unless the antitrust penalty is withdrawn. US President Donald Trump lashed out at the European Union Friday for slapping Google with an “unfair” $3.47 billion antitrust fine, threatening retaliatory tariffs if the bloc…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Europe’s summer from hell bleeds into autumn as Trump and Xi turn the screws If Brussels’ bureaucrats returning from their long summer breaks this week were wondering what they…
If Brussels bureaucrats returning from their long summer breaks this week were wondering what they missed, the local press had them covered. Unbecoming scenes at June’s Nato summit, the “hopelessly one-sided” trade deal with the United States in July, as well as President Xi Jinping’s refusal to travel to Belgium for that month’s summit with…
A group of French and German economists has urged Europe to identify which industries to support in the face of Chinese competition and boldly abandon those where the battle had already been lost, such as the solar power sector. The recommendations were presented in five memos to the Franco-German Council of Ministers at the request…
(Bloomberg) — Asian equities came under pressure after a tech selloff hit Wall Street Friday, with chip shares among the losers. Hong Kong was an outlier as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. surged. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.2% with chipmakers pushing the Nikkei-225 index down by 1.8%. Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc….