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US President is drafting an executive order that will set up a Maritime Security Trust Fund as a funding source and create shipbuilding incentives through tax credits, grants and loans
Southeast Asian nations seen being caught in US dragnet, while tariff exemptions for carmakers have put the spotlight on Trump's use of exemptions, which critics liken to 'crony capitalism'
Tesla has deals to sell credits to European carmakers who are still selling gasoline-powered vehicles so they can avert huge fines
The deal, for 80% of CK Hutchison's stake in Hutchison Ports, will give the US consortium control of key Panama Canal ports amid White House calls to end 'Chinese ownership' of the waterway
Global trade in farm goods could be reshaped if Beijing fails to reach a trade deal with the Trump Administration that sees tariffs lifted or reduced
Beijing will use its biggest outlay of debt in three decades to try to bolster domestic consumption - and ward off the impacts of a burgeoning trade war with the US this year
Taiwanese officials maintain TSMC won’t begin producing 2nm chips the US before 2028 amid concern that the chipmaker could lose its geopolitical importance
Crackdowns on scam centres near Thailand's borders with Myanmar and Cambodia led to the rescue of 7,200 people - and warnings of the threat they pose to countries in the West
China said it plans additional tariffs of 10-15% on multiple farm and food products from America, plus restrictions on 25 US firms; Canada also retaliates with tariffs
Japan's second-largest carmaker planned to make the next-generation Civic in Mexico, but sources now say it will be made in Indiana to avoid US tariffs
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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