A leading indicator of the demand for technology globally, the island's export orders are also likely to see a significant decline in December

The US move to blacklist dozens of Chinese (and Russian) companies last week has had a significant impact on some of the firms named

Companies are likely to face stronger rules and scrutiny in 2023 in regard to environmental policies, to ensure they have 'climate-friendly' supply chains and investment policies

Buyers have been cancelling orders to buy Tesla electric vehicles because of Elon Musk's "toxic behaviour" since he took over Twitter, a new report says

Proposal included in big defence spending bill to be voted on this week, after more US states also ban use of China's contentious short-video app

There is worry about the threat of a huge number of deaths, while the US voiced concern about virus mutations and the economic impacts, both at home and abroad

Stocks in China suffered their biggest fall in seven weeks, while Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney and most of Southeast Asia also declined. Indian markets, however, enjoyed a small rise.

China's draft contains 23 targets geared towards protecting 30% of land and coastal and marine areas worldwide by 2030

The government's five-year tax plan, once unthinkable in pacifist Japan, would make the country the world's third-biggest military spender after the United States and China

The system has already been used by Russia following the imposition of sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine war

The US has added dozens of firms to its trade blacklist in a bid to curb China's military, human rights abuses, and block suppliers of the Russian military

US regulators say American auditors have got the green light to inspect the books of US-listed firms in China for the first time, after trial inspections in Hong Kong several months ago