https://www.scmp.com/rss/510250/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Apple said on Monday it would pause sales of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches in the United States from this week, as it deals with a patent dispute over the technology that enables the blood oxygen feature on the devices. The move comes after an order in October from the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that could bar Apple from importing its Apple Watches after finding the devices violate medical technology company Masimo’s patent rights. The decision is under review by President... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3245533/apple-pause-watch-series-9-ultra-2-sales-us-week-over-patent-dispute-blood-oxygen-feature?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3245533/apple-pause-watch-series-9-ultra-2-sales-us-week-over-patent-dispute-blood-oxygen-feature?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Dec 2023 02:03:52 +0000 [Sponsored article] It is for this reason that we have decided to put together this exciting and thought-provoking issue on the topic of “Global Trade in a Transformative Era”. We believe that it is our responsibility to deep dive into the issues which will affect businesses in the future. These insights will hopefully help our readers find some answers to navigate the fast-changing business environment.  In this edition, we spoke to business leaders and experts in this region to get a glimpse... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140102/global-trade-transformative-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140102/global-trade-transformative-era?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:17:11 +0000 [Sponsored article] During his 49 years of leadership, Dr Fung has seen the company through many setbacks, and he can identify three huge shocks that have impacted the industry in the last four to five years. These are the impact of technology, the geopolitical environment, and the COVID-19 pandemic.  “The most pervasive and long-term impact on the world is technology. I would say for the medium term, it’s the geopolitical situation, and the short term is COVID-19. That’s how I would categorize... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140103/changing-times?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140103/changing-times?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:16:13 +0000 [Sponsored article] “A business will only survive if you innovate, otherwise a business cannot survive, so my advice is to innovate or die,” says Mr Max Ma, Chairman of Lee Heng Diamond Group and founder and Chairman of MaBelle, the Mabros, and MADIA jewellery retail brands.  There is a big difference between “innovation” and “invention”, Ma says. “Innovation means a new method, or way, to solve an old problem or existing process with the aim to increase productivity or efficiency,” he says. Ma... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140109/facing-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140109/facing-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:15:17 +0000 [Sponsored article] Although it’s one of the world’s fastest growing economies, China was unable to dodge the wrath of COVID-19. As if that wasn’t destructive enough, the country remains in a contentious relationship with the world’s largest economy – the US. It feels like China is being tested on all fronts.  While its “V-shape” economic rebound is a strong testament to the speed at which China took control of the pandemic, the ongoing tensions with the US, and the spillover effects of that,... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140112/dual-circulation-transition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140112/dual-circulation-transition?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:14:05 +0000 [Sponsored article] Even though Hong Kong sits on China’s doorstep, it has weathered the US-China trade war well, given the additional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social unrest in 2019-2020 on the economy.  This does not mean that Hong Kong can rest on its laurels. Now is the time for the city to capitalize on its unique position and to find new opportunities to change, said Nicholas Kwan, Director of Research, at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).  “If you look back at... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140113/time-action?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140113/time-action?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:13:07 +0000 [Sponsored article] When it comes to international trade, the last few years have been tumultuous. With the disruption brought on by geopolitical tensions, and the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is impossible to deny that the world has started on a path of change.  “We are now in a shift,” says Deborah Elms, Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Center. “This shift is equivalent to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the moment when the old world order changes into the new... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140250/regional-success?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140250/regional-success?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:12:10 +0000 [Sponsored article] China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) provides a broad framework for increasing China’s engagement and integration with the global economy. Announced in 2013, a major feature of the Initiative is Chinese support for large-scale infrastructure and investment projects in participating countries. However, just as momentum was building, the Initiative was confronted with powerful forces of deglobalization in the form of the US-China trade war and questions about supply chain... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140259/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140259/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:11:13 +0000 [Sponsored article] The world is at a crossroads. Globalization — the deepening integration of economies and markets — is facing a backlash that threatens to split the globe into competing regions. In an era of trade wars and economic uncertainty, protectionism and populism are on the rise. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only fueled nationalist sentiment but also forced governments to massively limit cross-border trade and flows of people. As countries such as the US turn away from... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140262/winning-hearts-and-minds-chinas-belt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140262/winning-hearts-and-minds-chinas-belt?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:10:18 +0000 [Sponsored article] Cooperation in technological innovation is desperately needed to face the eminent challenge of the coronavirus pandemic and the deadly threat of global climate change. Yet it is easier to talk about cooperation than achieve it. Under certain circumstances, even advocating cooperation may also be seen as politically incorrect. Unfortunately, such a situation is occurring between the world’s superpowers today.  The US and Japan have been recently forming a partnership that... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140265/cooperation-competition-or?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140265/cooperation-competition-or?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:09:18 +0000 [Sponsored article] The Chinese government is trying to internationalize the RMB, and this gives rise to at least a few questions. What are the real reasons for this action? Will it succeed? What are the factors working in its favor? What are the impediments? What are the implications for the rest of the world?  The internationalization of the RMB is a process of turning the RMB into a currency widely used internationally as a unit of account, medium of exchange, and store of value. There are... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140270/why-does-china-want-internationalize?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140270/why-does-china-want-internationalize?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:08:06 +0000 [Sponsored article] Soon after the start of the trade war between China and the US in 2019, UK research and advisory company Gartner conducted a “Future of Supply Chain Survey” with 990 corporate supply chain professionals. At that time, brand owners like Samsung and Fitbit, among many others, had ceased to operate at least some, if not all, of their factories in China. Not surprisingly, the survey indicated that China was no longer the champion of job growth. That title had passed to India and... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140273/global-organizations-must-rethink?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140273/global-organizations-must-rethink?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:07:08 +0000 [Sponsored article] Trade has been bumpy over the last 15 years. There was a massive collapse during the global financial crisis, followed by a rapid recovery and collapse in 2015 as a consequence of falling oil prices and China’s economic woes. COVID-19 has been the third major shock to global trade in only 15 years, and possibly the most important. COVID-19 is a different kind of shock to the other two, as it brings into question the way in which a substantial amount of trading has been... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140299/trading-paces?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140299/trading-paces?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:06:10 +0000 [Sponsored article] International trade relationships often involve importing firms paying their suppliers with a delay. However suppliers, and especially small suppliers from emerging countries, require funding to invest in production. Their local financial markets and credit institutions might be cautious in providing such funding, especially in the presence of information asymmetries about the stability of the relationships with international importers and their overall willingness to... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140302/supplying-finance-supply-chains?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140302/supplying-finance-supply-chains?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:05:15 +0000 [Sponsored article] HKUST has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tencent Finance Academy (TFAHK) to nurture FinTech talent for the Greater Bay Area (GBA). The agreement will establish a strategic partnership to foster the development of FinTech by nurturing talent. The parties will collaborate on education, and research and development projects, by leveraging HKUST’s academic knowledge of FinTech and TenCent’s industry experience. HKUST and TFAHK will collaborate on FinTech case... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140308/working-together-nuture-fintech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140308/working-together-nuture-fintech?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:04:00 +0000 [Sponsored article] First organized in 2003, this time the HKICC contest attracted entries from leading universities in Asia, Europe and North America, and used a virtual format in view of COVID-enforced travel restrictions and social distancing requirements.  The finalists were asked to put forward a series of strategic recommendations to address the real-world challenges facing WeLab Bank, Hong Kong’s pioneering homegrown virtual bank and the competition sponsor.  The essential parameters were... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140312/home-team-triumphs-hkicc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140312/home-team-triumphs-hkicc?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:03:03 +0000 [Sponsored article] HKU-NWS Joint University Case Competition  Our undergraduate teams participated in Hong Kong’s cross-university competition called the HKU-NWS Joint University Case Competition. Out of 16 student teams, four HKUST teams established a new record. They won the championship, the Best Presenter Award and took home the first, second, and third runner-up titles! This year, the organizer collaborated with NWS Holdings to present the business challenges for the competition. This has... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140320/winning-streak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140320/winning-streak?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:02:06 +0000 [Sponsored article] Philippines - Ayala Corp: Recommitting to a Broad Stakeholder Ecosystem During the Pandemic Ayala Corp is one of the oldest conglomerates in the Philippines with a history of supporting the wider community in difficult times. The company realized many years ago that it could be more effective during crisis situations by engaging a network of companies to coordinate relief efforts. In 2009, it helped establish the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF), known today as... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140325/eight-silver-linings-amidst-pandemic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140325/eight-silver-linings-amidst-pandemic?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:01:08 +0000 [Sponsored article] The HKUST Business School is leading the way once again with the introduction of a flexible online postgraduate degree designed to meet the evolving needs of career-minded executives who are on the move.  The new Digital MBA for Global Leaders (DiMBA), the first of its kind to be offered by any top-ranked schools in Asia, makes it possible to keep up with classes while travelling for business, or even if relocating to another city.  In doing so, the two-year, part-time... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140329/digital-freedom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/international-trade/article/3140329/digital-freedom?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:00:07 +0000