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The new rules will include Russian cars, but exempt BYD buses assembled in California and won't cover Chinese software made before the rules take effect, so GM and Ford can continue to import some China-made vehicles
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.
New rules will cap exports of AI chips to adversaries such as China and Russia, while allowing US companies and close allies unlimited access
Latest US probe finds China subsidized labour costs in the shipbuilding as part of plan to dominate the sector; analysts say it opens the door to tariffs by Trump
Despite the Biden Administration’s push to finalise those rules, however, their implementation will come down to President-elect Donald Trump who takes office in a little over a week
China's central bank is expected to cut rates and deploy its biggest stimulus in years to bolster its economy and soften the blow from higher US tariffs
A brutal price war between automakers and millions of dollars worth of government subsidies fuelled a record boom in sales of EVs in China last year
Official data on Thursday showed factory-gate prices falling for a second straight year in 2024, while consumer prices only rose marginally
Brazilian authorities probing BYD’s labour practices in the country say the carmaker brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to build the factory
Declaring an emergency would allow Trump to build a new tariff programme via the IEEPA law, which authorizes a president to manage imports during a national crisis
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