China is reportedly considering an export ban on "rare-earth magnet technology" in retaliation for the US restricting exports of advanced computer chips

Speaker Kevin McCarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to Taiwan after meeting President Tsai in California, while Taiwanese officials monitor a Chinese carrier near the island

Macron has flown in with a 50-strong business delegation, while Von der Leyen has said the EU must move to cut risks in its trade ties with Beijing

Merger reviews have become an additional tool for Beijing in its tit-for-tat fight with Washington over access to advanced technology

China's consulate in Los Angeles said the meeting was "a political show" that would affect the political foundation of Sino-US ties

Russia's central bank has been calling for companies and citizens to move assets into rouble or 'friendly' currencies to avoid the risk of them being blocked or frozen amid sanctions over war in Ukraine

Cyber experts said the Pinduoduo app has features similar to malicious software with "the ability to spy on its users" and gain access to "a higher level of access to data than it's supposed to"

Deals above the $60-a-barrel cap were allowed by the US, as Japan relied heavily on energy imports; they were "relatively small" and came mainly from the Sakhalin-2 project

Musk met Li Qiang in 2019 when he was party secretary in Shanghai. Sources say Tesla is grappling with issues such as delays to its plans to double production capacity at its factory in that city.

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Yellen's remark about leaving countries "trapped in debt" were "irresponsible" and "unreasonable", but experts say China's lending is often mired in secrecy

The move to join the CPTPP will deepen Britain's ties with Japan and several of the rising economies in Southeast Asia – Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore.

China's long-term battle to reduce the dollar's dominance in world trade took two steps forward this week, with the first LNG trade in yuan, plus Brazil agreeing to trade via local currencies