Europe and the United States are on track to step up levies on imports of Chinese EVs in coming weeks, but those levies could fuel inflation, put climate goals at risk and lead to retaliation from Beijing

The new measures, which affect $18 billion of imported Chinese goods such as steel and aluminium, chips, EVs, critical minerals, solar cells and cranes, will start in August

G7 officials have been discussing how to exploit $300 billion worth of Russian assets which were frozen after Moscow invaded Ukraine, plus ways to manage waves of cheap Chinese exports

US Treasury Secretary says China’s excess industrial capacity is a threat to companies on both sides of Atlantic, plus industries in emerging market nations. She also wants G7 action on frozen Russian assets

A US Senate report said the German auto giant continued to import Mini Coopers with the banned parts until at least April

The discounts on offer are more substantial than the ones Apple offered in February, which helped perk up the company's shipments in March

Didi Global co-founder Jean Liu will become "Chief People Officer" at the group, while maintaining her current duties, an internal memo said on Sunday

China's bans three companies linked to arms sold to Taiwan, a day after its Commerce ministry announces an anti-dumping probe into 'thermoplastics' imported from the US, Europe and Japan

A group of TikTok creators has filed suit to block the law that could ban the app while TikTok itself and parent company ByteDance have also filed a similar lawsuit

In a shift by Tesla chief Elon Musk, data from China could be processed in the country to develop its full-self-driving system, sources said

The reported move comes after US President Joe Biden announced sweeping tariff increases on Chinese chip, EV, battery and solar cell imports

A joint statement issued by the two leaders said a political settlement to the Ukraine crisis was the "right direction" and that both countries were opposed to a drawn-out conflict