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Canadian farmers face two-front trade war as China duties take effect
Canadian farmers are facing a two-front trade war, with China’s tariffs on Canadian canola oil, canola meal and peas taking effect on Thursday and U.S. tariffs expected on additional Canadian products …
Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez to meet Xi in China next month
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will travel to China in April to meet with President Xi Jinping, a government spokesperson said.
China’s youth jobless rate rises to 16.9% in February
Joblessness among youth in Chinese cities rose a second month in February as the nation’s jobless rate reached a two-year high, official data showed on Thursday.
Mistral AI CEO denies IPO plans, touts renewed focus on open source to best deeper-pocketed competitors
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch shuts down IPO rumors, reaffirming the startup’s commitment to open-source AI as it scales up to compete with China’s DeepSeek and global AI giants …
Temu-owner PDD Holdings’ revenues hit by intense China competition and challenges abroad
PDD Holdings , which operates the Pinduoduo and Temu, missed market estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, as demand remained weak in the company’s Chinese e-commerce business despite deep …
Beijing will keep Hong Kong ‘free and open’ for business, Euro chamber told
Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs has underscored the central government’s determination to maintain the city’s “free and open” business environment at a meeting with a European trade group.
China seeks foreign capital old and new to bolster changing economy
Iron ore miner Vale, a Chinese commercial partner since the 1970s, is welcome, along with other Brazilian firms, to further expand economic links with China, its commerce ministry said on Wednesday.
Hutchison sold the Panama Canal ports to a US firm, and China is furious
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings has sold its Panama Canal port stakes to BlackRock in a $23 billion deal. The move has sparked strong criticism from Beijing.
China’s cynicism offensive in Asia
China’s failure to seize the initiative probably reflects a lack of flexibility and creativity in its diplomacy. That decades-old problem has grown more acute as Xi Jinping, its leader, has …
Why China hates the Panama Canal deal, but still may not block it
We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back.” Thus spoke Donald Trump shortly after BlackRock, an American investment firm, announced on March 4th that it would buy two ports on the Panama Canal…
China’s coal imports from Russia rise 10% in Jan-Feb
China’s imports from Russia rose 10% on the year in January-February to 12.65 million metric tons, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Thursday, despite persistent rail …
China’s HBIS collaborates with Vale to advance steel decarbonisation
Chinese steelmaker HBIS group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with iron ore mining giant Vale to promote decarbonisation in the steel value chain, both companies said on Thursday. Both part …
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