China had complained strongly that the ban would put ZTE out of business, costing 70,000 jobs. Trump tweeted last month that the ban threatened too many Chinese jobs and he wanted to get the company…
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Days after declaring trade war with China on hold, Trump administration revives threats of tariffs
President Trump issued a memorandum on the tariffs in March, after U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer issued a lengthy report about China’s long practice of coercing U.S. companies to give up their technologies and trade…
Beijing is mobilising its forces against foreign influence laws
In all the commotion around China in recent days, the true importance of Andrew Hastie’s speech in Parliament has been lost. Hastie was defending free speech against Beijing’s use of “lawfare”. Hastie noted that Chinese-Australian…
Trump’s China tariffs could be imposed in June
Critics had accused the administration of going soft on China after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said tariffs were on hold while the two sides continue trade talks. But the White House said on Tuesday that…
American Brands Are Bullish On Retail Expansion In China
American retailers are heading east: They’re opening the doors to brick-and-mortar stores in China, while listing on China’s dueling marketplaces — Tencent and JD.com. Walmart, for example, brought a small-format supermarket to the city of…
Wise Up: The Big Mistakes Luxury Brands Are Making With China’s Gen Z
But retailers are making a host of mistakes, China experts warn, from confusing Gen Z with millennials to missing the current mania for limited-edition luxury to picking the wrong celebrity endorsements. Too many brands are…
Top 100 Global Brands: China Continues Stellar Growth in Latest Rankings
Over the past 12 years, China’s overall brand value has grown 1,444%. Millward Brown has released its latest BrandZ ranking for 2018. And while Google and Apple hold on to the two top spots, Amazon…
In Portugal, trust in China is the art of the deal
LISBON (Reuters) – Utility company EDP may balk at the meager 5 percent premium offered for its shares by China Three Gorges (CT) but the battle for Portugal’s biggest business has largely played out already.…
Beijing’s liaison office free to do its own thing, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says after ownership of leading publisher revealed
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday that the work of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong should not be interfered with as long as it is law-abiding, after a former head of…
The Big Mistakes Luxury Brands Are Making With China’s Gen Z
But retailers are making a host of mistakes, China experts warn, from confusing Gen Z with millennials to missing the current mania for limited-edition luxury to picking the wrong celebrity endorsements. Too many brands are…
In China’s booming tech scene, women battle sexism and conservative values
The owner of the news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, a tech darling valued at over $20 billion, this month co-hosted a beauty pageant for female business reporters that attracted little attention. The company did not respond…
China’s May manufacturing growth seen dipping only marginally
That would mark the 22 straight month of expansion for China’s manufacturing sector, and reinforce consensus views that the economy will slow only modestly this year, good news for policymakers as they try to navigate…
China anger over US ‘provocation’ in South China Sea
… what it called “provocation” after US warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by Beijing. US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Reuters news agency that two military vessels came within…
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