Analysts discuss how Beijing could respond to Washington’s latest trade offensive, and how the impact could have repercussions beyond China’s borders.

US President Joe Biden also gives his action a political edge, criticising Donald Trump, his predecessor and challenger for re-election, for failing to increase US exports and boost manufacturing.

China should also ‘prepare for the worst’ but ‘do its best’ in response to further trade and tech frictions, Yang Jiemian tells summit in Hong Kong.

Tariffs would rise to 100 per cent from 27.5 per cent on China-made electric vehicles (EVs) and to 50 per cent on its semiconductors and solar cells.

Prohibitive tariffs await Made in China electric vehicles bound for the US. Can the nation’s producers keep growing their sales and brand awareness without making inroads into the US and European markets?

US imports of used cooking oil more than tripled in 2023, with more than half coming from China, according to the US International Trade Commission.

Fresh US tariffs targeting China’s new-energy sector are imminent, threatening to thwart export efforts aimed at alleviating a market oversupply.

The United States is reportedly planning to raise tariffs on Chinese clean energy goods such as electric vehicles, batteries and solar products, with an announcement expected this week.

Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s comments come amid a protracted US-China trade war that’s heightened as the Biden administration is set to quadruple tariffs on Chinese EVs.

Opinion piece in Communist Party mouthpiece comes as multiple US media reports say higher tariffs are imminent on China’s new energy sector.

Lack of a level playing field is underlying issue of overcapacity, Berlin’s representative in Beijing said, in a wide-ranging interview.

The US will impose new, elevated tariffs that focus on key industries including electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells, according to Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.

Other entities were added to the list for allegedly trying to obtain US quantum technology for China, or for seeking US parts for military drones.

China’s overseas vehicle shipments are set to grow at a clip this year, bolstered by surging sales in markets like Southeast Asia and the Middle East, as the country’s heft in manufacturing electric cars goes from strength to strength.

Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.

Four out of five people who responded to the poll say their opinion of mainland China is unfavourable, about the same as last year.

With new tariffs being imposed by Mexico on most Chinese imports, observers and analysts disagree on whether stricter measures are being considered – but most say pressure from the US is at play.

A highly placed scholar is encouraging China to offload more of its holdings in Treasuries as overseas assets become a riskier proposition thanks to erratic geopolitical shifts.

Chinese researchers detail how technology has transformed the region’s textile industry and led to record surge in exports.

China-US ties are more stable but still at risk if ‘red lines’ are crossed, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.

But American treasury secretary says the policy option is something Washington ‘would be prepared to use if necessary’.