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The European Union is set to lay out strategies on 'de-risking' trade with China and other potential military rivals
Chinese president hails agreement on issues with top US diplomat, but talks did not appear to make much progress on differences over Taiwan, trade, rights, fentanyl or war in Ukraine
Prior to sanctions imposed by the West, which cut Moscow off from international financial systems, Russia made the dividend payments in dollars
Japan has designated batteries for energy storage as important under an economic security law and earmarked close to $2.4 billion to support their supply and development
Beijing was talking tough on Friday in the lead-up to a visit by Antony Blinken, warning that "irresponsible hegemonic behaviour .. will only push China and the US towards confrontation"
As lithium prices fall and concerns rise around the environmental impact of lithium mining, China's Yichun city finds itself running short of achieving ambitious targets
The International Energy Agency said about three quarters of 2022-28 demand growth increase will come from Asia, with India overtaking China by 2027
The speed of the yuan's slide has caught many off-guard. JP Morgan recently downgraded its year-end yuan forecast, from 6.85 per dollar to 7.25 per dollar.
Foreign minister Qin Gang said the US should interfering in China's internal affairs and harming its security interests in a call on Wednesday to Blinken, who is due in Beijing on Sunday
The deal, for 100,000 tonnes of crude from Moscow, was completed in the Chinese currency and not the US dollar which dominates international oil trade
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