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US retail giants are now demanding that Chinese suppliers shoulder half or two-thirds of the additional costs they are facing due to US tariffs, industry sources told the Post. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China trade war

Exclusive | US retail giants pushing Chinese suppliers to shoulder up to 66% of tariff costs

American retailers – under pressure at home to ‘eat the tariffs’ – are now demanding that Chinese producers split the cost of the levies.

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IPO

Exclusive | FWD targets July listing in Hong Kong after adding IPO bankers, sources say

Banking & finance

Exclusive | China’s market leaders in tech, energy sectors are focus of investors: JPMorgan

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China-EU relations

Exclusive | China, EU cooperation urged by former WTO head amid Trump’s ‘mafia-like’ tactics

Throwing his support behind globalisation efforts, Lamy decries Trump’s ‘mafia-like hostage-taking’ and says WTO may have to work, for now, without the US.

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Pascal Lamy (centre), former head of the World Trade Organization, appears on a panel at UBS’ Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Photo: UBS
IPO

Exclusive | Hong Kong to dominate 2025 IPOs as mainland Chinese firms rush to list: UBS

As many as 30 Chinese companies poised for dual listings this year, co-head of global banking at UBS Securities says.

IPO

Exclusive | Hong Kong to ride IPO wave as global investors pour in, JPMorgan says

A number of companies will attract support like CATL did in its US$5.23 billion debut, JPMorgan’s Paul Uren says.

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Insurance

Exclusive | Hong Kong’s ‘game changer’ law will spur insurers to redomicile: industry guild

Insurance industry is ready to capitalise on this new law and be the primary use case, HKFI CEO Selina Lau says.

Hong Kong’s company redomiciliation regime will allow firms incorporated overseas to apply to return to the city while maintaining their legal identity and business. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Electric & new energy vehicles

Exclusive | Stellantis, Leapmotor near decision on European production

Leapmotor says production costs likely to rise by 10 per cent compared with former Poland plant, but has no plans to raise prices.

Banking & finance

Exclusive | Goldman urges value investors to make ‘precise’ stock picks in China

Investors should target sectors with policy support in China as trade tensions ease, Goldman Sachs says.

Hong Kong's national security law

Exclusive | Beijing supported Hong Kong’s subsidiary security legislation ‘for months’

Expected easing of China-US tension because of trade deal provided good timing for legislation to be passed by the end of the week, sources say.

An insider said Beijing had taken “other Hong Kong-oriented factors” into account beyond geopolitics during the months of planning. Photo: Eugene Lee
China trade

Exclusive | US-China deal no relief for firms as rare earth curbs keep supply chain severed

Documents show Beijing export restrictions – with no explicit removal after trade deal – hampering US-based magnet buyer with slow approvals.

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The supply of rare earth minerals has become a flashpoint in the US-China trade war. Photo: Reuters
Science

Exclusive | China to offer attractive pay to entice Chinese-born researchers to leave US

Chinese institutions are offering large salary packages to entice scientists hit by funding cuts and persistent scrutiny in the United States.

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BN(O) passport

Exclusive | UK ‘committed’ to BN(O) visa route but lack of details worries Hongkongers

British Home Office declines to give more details on whether BN(O) pathway will be affected amid tougher stance on immigration.

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IPO

Exclusive | Heavy equipment maker Sany to expand overseas after Hong Kong IPO

Aiming to raise up to US$1.5 billion in its proposed listing, company eyes lucrative overseas sales amid weak demand at home.

Employees work on the assembly line inside a Sany factory in Zhejiang province in April 2023. Photo: Getty Images
Mahathir Mohamad

Exclusive | Mahathir Mohamad on Trump, tariffs – and the end of the American century

Malaysia’s 99-year-old two-time PM delivers a blunt assessment of America’s ‘empire’ mentality and its impact in an exclusive interview.

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Mahathir Mohamad in his office at the Perdana Leadership Foundation in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Monday. Photo: Hadi Azmi
US-China trade war

Exclusive | China waits to see which Trump adviser will come out on top on tariffs: sources

Beijing is holding off on trade talks to determine which way the wind blows in the divided White House, sources say.

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US-China trade war

Exclusive | Walmart tells some Chinese suppliers to resume shipments amid trade war: sources

The American retail giant will reportedly also bear the cost of any new tariffs, after the escalating US-China trade war slowed deliveries to a trickle.

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Hong Kong society

Exclusive | Hong Kong police to use drones for urban patrols later this year, source says

Drones will patrol areas with concentration of old tenement buildings, where scaffolding is common, in bid to prevent burglaries, insider says.

A police drone used to catch burglars hiding in the countryside in Sai Kung. Photo: May Tse
Artificial intelligence

Exclusive | China’s Tsinghua University snags top American AI researcher from Microsoft

Lamb will join the prestigious school’s College of AI and has already started accepting applications from prospective PhD and master’s students.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

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.

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Bangladesh

Exclusive | Bangladesh’s new leader dreams big, with a little help from China

A popular revolt that ousted the kleptocratic Sheikh Hasina thrust Muhammad Yunus, 84, into power. Now he’s looking to China for help.

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus. Illustration: Huy Truong
US-China trade war

Exclusive | How China came up with a game plan to survive a Trump 2.0 trade war

Officials in Chinese agencies and state firms started working on a playbook long before the US presidential elections in November.

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The extent of the US tariffs and the real prospect of decoupling exceeded some expectations, in Beijing, some sources say. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Hong Kong’s Mandarin Oriental hotel set for US$100 million renovation

New serviced flats, upgraded lobby and cake shop among revamp, to take place concurrently with renovation of the group’s Bangkok property.

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Family offices

Exclusive | Hong Kong needs more museums, talent to promote art trading

Hong Kong’s low taxes, proximity to China and an art-storage facility at the airport can attract family offices to dabble in art trading.

Hong Kong property

Exclusive | Hong Kong pharmacy to become latest tenant on Russell Street amid rent slump

Annual rent in Causeway Bay shopping district has declined 46 per cent on average between 2018 and 2024, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

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A pharmacy will take over the space in this four-storey building on Russell Street, agents say. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Yacht haven: Hong Kong aims to be growth hub for leisure-boat industry

Government policies and planned marina will make the city a centre for the industry’s growth, experts say.

Attendees check out yachts at the Singapore Yachting Festival 2025 on April 10, 2025. Photo: Aileen Chuang
Brazil

Exclusive | China delegation visits Brazil to discuss railway link to Peru megaport

Post learns major infrastructure projects on table during week-long tour across country as Beijing eyes boost in trade ties.

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Banking & finance

Exclusive | HSBC to offer anti-ageing treatments, medical check-ups at Hong Kong wealth hub

The wealth centre, which will open in the second half, is aimed at the growing silver economy, HSBC Life’s Daisy Tsang says.

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