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Confidence in China's services sector hit a 4-year low in June, according to a private survey, which blamed a drop in foreign orders. Meanwhile, Japan also saw a slide in services activity.
The EU is set to confirm provisional tariffs on Chinese EVs on Thursday, but many states are yet to decide on whether tariffs or a negotiated solution is the better outcome
In May, the US Commerce Department revoked licences allowing companies including Intel and Qualcomm to ship chips used for laptops and handsets to Huawei
Car industry reeling from 25% auto tariff, which will likely to hit Japanese carmakers not producing autos in the US, while companies with factories in Mexico and Canada, will also suffer, analysts say...
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China to Be Top Buyer of Chip Tools Despite Steep Cut in Spending26 Mar 2025
Analysts have, since last year, been cautioning on a slowdown in Chinese spending on chip equipment ...
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Vietnam Scrambles to Chop Trade Levies As US Tariffs Loom26 Mar 2025
Hanoi will reduce tariffs on LNG and cars from the US, and will allow satellite internet services by Elon Musk’s Starlink, it said today. It has also signed big energy deals with US firms...
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Many Chinese Firms Among 80 Added to US Export Blacklist26 Mar 2025
Dozens of firms helping to develop technology, such as AI and supercomputers for the Chinese military, plus others helping Iran to make drones were added to a US blacklist on Tuesday ...
Countries in Central and South Asia continued to see some of the worst air quality, with India's New Delhi being the most polluted capital city in the world...
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Momentick Unveils First Emissions Risk Management Service14 Jan 2025
The group, which describes its business as "emissions intelligence," has raised an extra $5 million to enter the insurance sector to focus on emissions risk management....
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Billion-Dollar Oil Fraud in Mongolia Hits Trafigura Profit13 Dec 2024
Trafigura attributed the majority of debts owed by its counterparty in the country, Lex Oil, but its own internal probe is ongoing to try to locate around $500 million....
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Ruble Plunges After US Sanctions GPB, Dozens of Russian Banks28 Nov 2024
The Russian central bank moved on Thursday to stop foreign buying of the ruble in the domestic market after the currency slipped to its lowest since March 2022...
The ports conglomerate and Hong Kong officials are trying to resolve national concerns about the $23-billion BlackRock takeover, a local news outlet says...
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China Bats Away Trump Offer of Tariffs Reduction For TikTok Deal27 Mar 2025
ByteDance faces an April 5 deadline to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok or it will face a US ban on national security grounds, but Trump could extend that deadline...
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DeepSeek Cut US-China AI Gap to Three Months, AI Expert Says25 Mar 2025
DeepSeek has narrowed the AI gap between China and the US and may even be ahead in some sectors, former Google China boss says...
Major concessions stem from estimates by officials in Delhi that Trump's reciprocal tariffs would hit 87% of its total exports to the US...
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India Ends Manufacturing Scheme, Focuses on Slashing Tariffs21 Mar 2025
$23-billion incentives programme that aimed to lure manufacturers away from China was hindered by red tape and slow meagre payouts, officials said, but two sectors enjoyed huge growth...
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April 2 Set as Date for Unveiling of Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs19 Mar 2025
US tariffs are set to be announced next month, but Treasury secretary says some of the 'dirty 15' trading nations are already curbing unfair practices and seeking to avoid reciprocal levies...
Shares in Asian defence suppliers have soared amid expectation Europe will buy more military equipment, while Trump is also looking ramp up US shipbuilding to narrow the vast output and capacity gap with China...
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Nvidia’s Huang Expected to Reveal Details of New AI Chips18 Mar 2025
Nvidia chief expected to reveal details about the company's new flagship AI chips – designed for huge data centres that train AI systems...
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New CEO May Block Intel Split, TSMC’s Plan for JV to Run Fabs13 Mar 2025
TSMC proposed setting up a firm with design giants like Nvidia to run Intel's chip fabs, but the US firm's new CEO has told employees he wouldn't split the group up...
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