 
 
							Washington and Brussels are set to disregard repeated ‘warnings’ and appeals from Beijing to reverse course on their planned steep tariff hikes on China-made electric vehicles
 
 
							The Biden administration said on Friday it will move to curb the flood of cheap Chinese goods pouring into the US under a rule known as the 'de minimis' threshold
 
 
							National securities regulator rebukes PwC Zhong Tian LLP, saying it helped cover up and "even condone" a huge $78-billion fraud in audits of property giant
 
 
							Group founder was transferred to a centre in Shenzhen a few months ago to allow him to easily communicate with Evergrande executives
 
 
							The new law - one of several this week aimed at curbing China – now goes to the Senate. It seeks to restrict Chinese content in cars that qualify for EV tax credits
 
 
							Worsening geopolitical ties between Beijing and the West, along with the spiralling economic conditions in China have been the biggest drivers of the drop in business sentiment
 
 
							Carbon dioxide removal is estimated to become a $100 billion industry by 2030, provided it can be scaled up
 
 
							The US is pressing the Korean government to ensure Samsung and SK Hynix restrict sales of their high-bandwidth memory chips to China
 
 
							The State Department said in June Cambodian government officials were complicit in trafficking for criminal activities and that some owned facilities used by scam operators
 
 
							Sales of EVs and plug-in hybrids were up 20% in August over last year – a fair rise given sales in Europe were the worst since early 2023
 
 
							The pact laid out guidelines like all use of AI in the military would be "ethical and human-centric,” and that AI will never control “nuclear weapons employment”
 
 
							A top US scientist says the world is "miles from where we should be" on curbing methane emissions. Far greater funds and activity is needed to reduce emissions, which he said were "accelerating".