The world today is more unsettled and volatile than ever. The war in Ukraine has become Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Tensions between Israel and Iran cast a heavy shadow over the Middle East. Taiwan issues spark new threats almost daily. The gap between Europe and the United States is becoming increasingly evident….
By Didi Tang, Josh Funk, Steve Karnowski, Dylan Lovan, Obed Lamy, Scott McFetridge and Michael Conroy To show the crushing impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs on U.S. soybean farmers, a multi-format team of AP journalists connected a Washington policy debate with its consequences in the American heartland. Led by Didi Tang and Josh Funk,…
China’s Ambassador to India Xu Feihong on Monday lashed out at the US for its 50 per cent tariff on India and invited Indian businesses to China to promote their products and invest in Beijing. Talking at a press conference in New Delhi, Xu suggested an open flow of trade between India and China. “We…
When Dale McCarthy couldn’t find skilled workers to produce her brand’s swimwear, she had to take her manufacturing offshore. “You actually need five different types of machinery, and someone who is an expert at using that machinery, to make our swimwear,” she says. The founder of Bondi Born turned to China and Vietnam to manufacture…
What are your plans for the week ahead? Are you bracing for the crowds of mainland tourists the government hopes will descend upon Hong Kong for the Labour Day “golden week” holiday to fill our restaurants and spend in our shops? Last year, about 766,000 people from the mainland visited during the holiday week. The…
China’s state-run media has taken to the internet with AI-generated videos, featuring dancing robots and fraught consumers, to chide U.S. President Donald Trump and tariffs they say threaten high inflation and economic distress for Americans. “‘Liberation Day’, you promised us the stars. But tariffs killed our cheap Chinese cars,” an automated female voice sings in…
NEW YORK (AP) — The trade wars launched by U.S. President Donald Trump have escalated to new heights. Just days after Trump unveiled sweeping new “reciprocal” tariffs on imports from around the world, China on Friday levied a retaliatory 34% tariff on all U.S. products starting April 10. Stock markets worldwide plummeted, as the S&P…
Amidst the chaotic turbulence across the Northern Hemisphere in recent days, outbursts from US President Donald Trump and the sudden arrival of Chinese warships in the Tasman Sea, you could be forgiven for overlooking a monumental U-turn in Beijing’s vision for the future. This time last week, in the Great Hall of the People, President…
Dependence on US chips and operating systems rapidly decreasing It would appear that US sanctions have done the opposite of what they were supposed to — the have sped up China’s chip and operating system development leading it to be less dependant on the US tech oligarchs. China’s tech giants have reassured President Xi Jinping…
BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Tuesday that a trade war with the United States would result in “no winners,” state media said, ahead of next month’s inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump. The former U.S. president unleashed a grueling trade war with China during his first term in office, lambasting alleged intellectual property theft and…