General Motors

Tesla affirms confidence in Chinese partners, repudiates supplier ban

26 Nov 2025 - 10:13PM

Opinion | The bright side to US-China decoupling and global self-reliance drives

21 Nov 2025 - 9:15PMvideocam

Tesla and global carmakers race against Chinese EV rivals at expo

At CIIE, global brands like Tesla and Volkswagen are under pressure to win back market share from local competitors.

9 Nov 2025 - 7:36PM

A Tesla Cybercab displayed at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Photo: EPA

Xi Jinping

Premier Li Qiang to highlight US-China pact at world’s largest trade fair CIIE

Li Qiang’s plan to visit booths of American companies aims to send strong signal that China is open for global business, sources say.

3 Nov 2025 - 4:59PM

Opinion | Effects of Trump’s tariffs in the US paint a less than pretty picture

The evidence is growing that American companies and consumers are bearing a substantial portion of the financial burden of the levies.

21 Oct 2025 - 5:30AM

China-Latin America relations

GM faces US$1.6 billion hit after Trump-era EV policy shift

The end of the US$7,500 clean vehicle tax credit and cuts to charging funding have reduced incentives for consumers and manufacturers alike.

14 Oct 2025 - 9:08PM

BYD opens massive Brazil plant, its biggest investment outside Asia

Built on a former Ford site, BYD’s Bahia plant is expected to create 20,000 jobs and cement its 74 per cent share of Brazil’s EV market.

15 Oct 2025 - 9:18AMvideocam

China’s state-owned car giants embrace home-grown tech to dominate EV market

State-owned carmakers like SAIC and FAW are tying up with domestic firms to recover market share from nimble privately owned rivals.

26 Sep 2025 - 7:30AM

China trade

Brazil grants BYD exemption from EV tariff hike, but not for as long as sought

Regulators compromise after other carmakers push back, saying the break would unfairly advantage BYD and might threaten up to 50,000 jobs.

1 Aug 2025 - 3:03AMvideocam

An exhibition area of BYD’s production base in Camacari, Brazil on July 1, when the company held a ceremony marking its first Brazil-made passenger vehicle at its factory there . Photo: Xinhua

China trade

Brazil weighs BYD tariff break as rivals warn of lay-offs and investment freeze

Chinese EV maker seeks cut while building local plant but other carmakers and regional governors say it could hurt Brazil’s industrial base.

31 Jul 2025 - 3:37AM

Guests inspect a BYD vehicle on display in Camacari, Brazil on July 1 as the Chinese automaker held a ceremony to mark its first passenger vehicle assembled at its factory there. Photo: Xinhua

Trump tariffs take US$1 billion bite out of GM earnings, shares fall

Automaker’s Q2 results topped expectations, but projections of weaker second-half profitability due to ongoing trade headwinds sent shares down.

23 Jul 2025 - 1:46PM

Carmakers GM, Tesla and Ford lead list of US companies in China exposure: report

Corporate giants Amazon, Apple, Meta and Nvidia rank outside top 10 but still among tech firms at risk.

27 Jun 2025 - 5:01AM

Tesla

Tesla launches long-discussed robotaxi service

Elon Musk’s decade-long robotaxi vision takes its first steps, utilising the Tesla Model Y initially.

23 Jun 2025 - 1:39PM

A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Art

Chinese factories at home, in Africa in Canadian’s dramatic photos

Humanity’s impact on the planet has been Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky’s focus for more than 40 years, as seen in a Hong Kong exhibition.

26 May 2025 - 5:14PMvideocam

Detail from Edward Burtynsky’s photograph BYD Manufacturing Facility #1, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, 2023, which shows a largely automated Chinese car plant. His work is on show in Hong Kong. Photo: Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Flowers Gallery, London & Hong Kong

Canada

Canada has ‘nearly zero’ tariffs on US goods? Not true, finance minister says

Francois-Philippe Champagne said 70 per cent of March’s counter-tariffs were still being enforced, despite pause on certain categories.

18 May 2025 - 2:33PMvideocam

US-China trade war

Tariff flux leaves Chinese car-parts makers in limbo on global growth plans

The fluid tariff situation makes planning difficult, particularly with regard to offshore investment, S&P analysts say.

14 May 2025 - 9:57AMvideocam

On Balance | How Trump’s erratic tariffs could crash his US car production goals

While levies may prompt some foreign carmakers to start scaling up US-based production, many see a market plagued by uncertainty and risk.

12 May 2025 - 8:30PM

Employees work at a car factory in Arlington, Texas. Photo: The Dallas Morning News/TNS

Opinion | Thanks to Trump, China has the cards it needs to win the trade war

Trump’s actions have left nations feeling betrayed while accelerating China’s self-sufficiency. These, plus Beijing’s rare earth dominance, could spell victory.

4 May 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

US-China trade war

US policy shift means higher prices for consumers of small shipments from China

Online retailers like Shein and Temu are targeted by closing of de minimis loophole with ‘immediately apparent’ impact, analysts say.

5 May 2025 - 1:18AMvideocam

Global carmakers ‘go local’ in China to claw back EV market share

More than a dozen new EV models from foreign giants at Auto Shanghai feature the latest Chinese technologies in battery, digital cockpit and self-driving.

1 May 2025 - 8:30AMvideocam

Nio’s ET9 electric car on display on the first day of the Shanghai Auto show. Photo: EPA-EFE

Exclusive | Spanish car-part supplier Gestamp eyes added China capacity as peers back off

‘We could be a very active player,’ executive chairman says at Shanghai Auto Show.

27 Apr 2025 - 7:42PMvideocam

Chassis and car body products displayed by Gestamp at the 2025 Shanghai Auto Show. Photo: Handout

SAIC Motor to join Huawei in new smart EV project to stem multi-year sales slump

SAIC, which assembles petrol cars with GM and VW, has been left trailing as Chinese consumers switch to EVs sold by Tesla, Xpeng, Nio and Li Auto.

16 Apr 2025 - 11:46PM

Opinion | China can offer Trump the trillions of investment dollars America needs

If Trump’s Maga goal is genuine, cooperation with China – and opening the doors to Chinese investment – is his only rational choice.

16 Apr 2025 - 8:39PMvideocam

Canada

Canada offers carmakers tariff relief, as Honda denies plans for switch to US

PM Mark Carney will exempt manufacturers from retaliatory duties as long as they keep making vehicles in the country.

16 Apr 2025 - 2:59AMvideocam

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at Nova Bus in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters