US reliance on China’s rare earths, Mach-4 drone tipped for flight: SCMP daily highlights
From a Mach-4 drone being unveiled in China to business concerns over rising tensions, here’s a round-up from today’s China and economy coverage.
US lawmakers seek to end China's special trade status, import duty exemption
U.S. lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday that would revoke China's preferential trade status with the United States, phase in steep tariffs and end the "de minimis" exemption for ...
3 Economic Takeaways From Trump's Speech at the World Economic Forum
President Donald Trump took his America First economic platform to the international community Thursday, promoting tax cuts, oil extraction, and tariffs at the World Economic Forum at Davos.
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Trump Tells Canada We Don't Need Any Of Their Cars, Lumber Or Gas
I'm old enough to remember conservatives freaking out over the Keystone Pipeline. Now Trump is telling business leaders at Davos that we don't need any stinking oil from Canada.
U.S.-China AI Cold War Is Heating Up—Can OpenAI’s Stargate End It?
Can the $500B Stargate Project secure U.S. AI dominance? This is a 21st-century moonshot the U.S. cannot afford to miss.
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Can China Rebalance Its Economy: Stimulus, Confidence, and Self-Sufficiency
2025 marks the conclusion of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, a time for policymakers to present their scorecard and set goals for the next five years. To ensure a positive outcome, Chinese leaders will ...
Healey blasts Trump tariffs as ‘terrible’ for Mass. economy
Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods would be “terrible for the Massachusetts economy," Gov. Maura Healey said.
Trump’s inheriting a solid economy, making it harder to lower borrowing costs or inflation
President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep.
Is China's Economic Stimulus Strategy Helping its Ailing Markets to Recover?
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been buoyant about the nation's recovery prospects in recent weeks. In December, Xi announced in a keynote speech the Chinese economy is both stable and making progress, ...
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The Real Economics of Visas and Tariffs
Then, on Inauguration Day, he promised to sign an executive order by February 1 that imposes 25 percent tariffs on all good imported from Mexico and Canada, and now has expressed an intent to put a 10 ...
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Transatlantic Relations Under new US and EU leadership: EU Policy on China
With both the United States and the European Union changing their leadership in 2024 the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program and The Friedrich Naumann Foundation are pleased to present findings from ...
China’s Latest Bid to Boost Stocks Barely Moves the Needle
Authorities’ request for state-owned insurance companies and mutual funds to invest more in stocks got a lackluster market ...