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Analysts say they foresee a shift to factories in Mexico, Vietnam or other parts of Southeast Asia, by Chinese carmakers and other firms in a bid to avoid US tariffs; Beijing accuses US of 'bullying'
Investors were keeping their powder dry on a subdued day of trading ahead of the release of the latest US inflation figures
With developers and banks unimpressed by 'white-list' funding, China's leaders are looking for alternate solutions for its long-running property crisis, such as a national real estate investment vehicle
Excessive Communist Party control and undelivered promises of reform have left China's economy in a dead-end of weak domestic consumer demand and slowing growth, a foreign expert says
"We have very little time to get people ready for it, businesses ready for it," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said
New measures will affect $18 billion in Chinese imports such as steel and aluminium, 'legacy' chips, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells, cranes and syringes
Investors were on edge ahead of the latest US inflation data while China stocks retreated in the face of more trade curbs from Washington
White House move comes amid concern that the firm, which uses foreign tech for crypto mining, may be involved in spying on the base, which houses US nuclear missile silos
The planned tariffs might be a good pre-election move for Biden, but their impact on Chinese industries is likely to be limited
First bilateral meeting on AI likely to discuss the 'full range of risks', such as AI and nuclear weapons, and more, US officials say
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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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