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- German industry debates how to proceed after finding cracks in a once robust and mutually beneficial relationship
- ‘China is moving into the kind of space that Germany used to occupy quite prominently in the world economy, especially if you look at export numbers’: economist
Biden administration ‘taking a serious look’ at existing tools to deal effectively with Beijing’s policies causing ‘dependencies and vulnerabilities’.
Two companies are being investigated by the European Commission in relation to Romanian project. EU industry chief says the probes ‘aim to preserve Europe’s economic security and competitiveness’.
From Biden’s State of the Union and TikTok to fury over Hong Kong’s security law and anger over a possible TikTok ‘ban’, here are a few highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from March 2024
Xinhua’s conciliatory editorial line is in sharp contrast to its accusation just weeks earlier that the US had a ‘friend or foe’ mindset that would lead nowhere.
Chinese scholar Da Wei tells Beijing forum recent deterioration in major power relations are ‘very difficult times’.
Long tied to Beijing for tourism and gambling income, Northern Mariana Islands needs more aid from Washington, says governor.
China ‘continues to use unfair, non-market policies and practices to undermine fair competition and pursue the dominance of the PRC’s manufacturers’, says US Trade Representative Katherine Tai.
Canberra’s investigations into dumping and subsidising of railway wheels, stainless steel sinks and wind towers were flawed, says the panel’s ruling.
China has lodged a grievance against US electric vehicle subsidies at the World Trade Organization, alleging ‘discrimination’ in selective treatment for products depending on the venue of their final assembly.
Long Yongtu tells the Boao Forum for Asia that ‘globalised economic and trade systems are at stake’, and targeting Chinese companies in Mexico would mean higher prices for Americans.
European Union members have endorsed a series of laws, including a requirement that large businesses conduct human rights and environmental audits of their overseas suppliers.
Provisional agreement would target sectors and regions profiting from state-imposed forced labour based on database drawn up by European Commission.
American domestic politics should not disrupt ‘stabilising’ bilateral relations, says Qian Jin, Beijing’s number two envoy in New York.
A high-level conference ended with no deals on agriculture and fisheries, spotlighting sharp divisions among the organisation’s 164 members.
Wang Wentao speaks with Katherine Tai on the sidelines and delivers Beijing’s ‘solemn concerns’ about Taiwan and tariffs, according to a Commerce Ministry statement.
Washington’s report on China’s compliance in the World Trade Organization continues accusations since US-China trade war began, and Beijing says US is distracting from its own WTO ‘violations and sabotage’.
Indonesia, India and South Africa are major holdouts in renewing a digital trade tariff moratorium that has been continuously renewed since 1998.
Li Chenggang, Beijing’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO), says China ‘will not compete with other developing members’ over an overfishing deal that is set to be discussed later this month.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a de-risking strategy last year, but opposition from member states threatens to scupper some key measures.
Note circulated to intergovernmental body’s members on Friday said bloc wanted to “immediately suspend its proceedings” with Beijing.
Finance chief also says world economy in fragile state amid period of complex geopolitics, after returning from World Economic Forum in Davos.
