Nieuwsuur Mitchell van de Klundert redacteur Nieuwsuur Mark Schrader verslaggever Nieuwsuur Mitchell van de Klundert redacteur Nieuwsuur Mark Schrader verslaggever Nieuwsuur Last year, ASML sold an essential chip machine part to a military research institute of CETC, one of China’s key defence companies. A Chinese quantum institute was also a customer. This has become clear…
China agreed to purchase US soybeans and other agricultural products as part of an agreement reached by the countries’ leaders on Oct. 30. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China will start by purchasing 12 million metric tons (mmt) of soybeans from the U.S. between now and January, then purchase 25 mmt of US soybeans annually…
by Henrique Viacelli Falco, MU Extension Reuters’ Ella Cao and Naveen Thukral reported that “China’s state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes, two trade sources said, the country’s first purchases from this year’s U.S. harvest, shortly before a summit of leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.” “As the two nations battle over trade tariffs, the…
Vice President JD Vance called on Beijing to “choose the path of reason” in the latest spiraling trade fight between the US and China, claiming that President Donald Trump has more leverage. “It’s going to be a delicate dance, and a lot of it is going to depend on how the Chinese respond,” Vance said…
This photo, taken on May 22, 2025, shows a container terminal in Hong Kong. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The value of Hong Kong’s total exports of goods increased by 14.5 percent over a year earlier to HK$436.6 billion ($56.1 billion) in August, after rising 14.3 percent in the previous month, according to official data released on…
President Donald Trump is urging NATO allies to stop buying Russian oil to cut off its main source of funding for its war in Ukraine, a move that experts warn could impact global oil supply and raise gas prices in the U.S.”We’re not buying oil from Russia. (NATO) is buying a lot of oil from…
The United States on Friday penalized two Chinese firms that acquired US chipmaking equipment for China’s top chipmaker SMIC, including them among 32 entities that were added to the Commerce Department’s restricted trade list, according to a US government posting. Twenty-three of the 32 were in China. GMC Semiconductor Technology (Wuxi) Co and Jicun Semiconductor Technology were placed on the list, formally known as…
President Trump has unexpectedly retracted his nomination of Landon Heid for a chief role in the ongoing U.S.-China technology conflict, sparking discussions about possible shifts in the administration’s approach to China. Heid’s withdrawal from the position of assistant secretary for export administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce was confirmed via the Congress.gov website….
Hong Kong is on track to return to an operating account surplus for the 2025-26 financial year, with the result largely fuelled by a surge in stamp duty income from the city’s robust stock market performance, the finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po made his prediction of a surplus – set to…
Hong Kong is on track to return to an operating account surplus for the 2025-26 financial year, with the result largely fuelled by a surge in stamp duty income from the city’s robust stock market performance, the finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po made his prediction of a surplus – set to…