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China Reacts to ICC Arrest of Former Philippine President
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs aimed a subtle dig at the International Criminal Court following Interpol’s arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte will face charges of crimes against humanity in the Hague for numerous allegations of extrajudicial killings under his anti-drugs campaign in the late 2010s. ...
China’s Port Presence in Africa
China has built extensive ports and logistics facilities around the African coast. These serve Africa's ambitions to boost exports and the Belt and Road Initiative’s focus on multimodal connectivity through infrastructure provision. A new report from the Pentagon-linked Africa Center ...
Modi’s Visit to Mauritius Attempts to Counterbalance China’s Regional Influence
Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is in Mauritius this week to sign two agreements to expand Indian maritime cooperation with the small Indian Ocean island. The deals are seen as a way for Mauritius to allay its powerful ally’s concerns about growing Chinese sway in the Indian Ocean, ...
Uncertainty Roils Minerals Markets
Uncertain economic outlooks for key markets and the erupting trade war are disrupting markets for critical minerals. While prices for some tech-related minerals are spiking as countries scramble to secure supplies, others are slumping. The latter is due to ongoing economic uncertainty in China and Monday’s plunge ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: China Suspends Beef Imports From Seven Companies in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Mongolia
China will push its steel sector to lower production output to drive up prices. The National People’s Congress was told that restructuring in the sector would be encouraged. The size of the output cuts was not specified. The move comes as many Global South countries have put duties ...
China Voices Support for Arab States’ Gaza Plan
China supports an Egypt-led reconstruction plan for Gaza that would avoid the displacement of the Palestinian population. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Wednesday said: “China supports the effort by Egypt and other Arab countries to promote the continuous and effective ...
China’s Two Sessions: Takeaways for the Global South
China’s annual Two Sessions political gathering outlined new measures to signal that the CPC is targeting economic hurdles at home and new challenges from the Trump administration. China stuck to a relatively optimistic 5% GDP growth target and announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget. This comes as ...
Connecting the Dots: DRC Mineral Geopolitics
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is reportedly lobbying the U.S. for greater backing against incursions by the Rwandan-backed M23 militia in return for access to critical minerals. Recent press reports cited a classified letter by Aaron Poynton, an executive appointed by the DRC government to boost ...
BYD’s $5.6 Billion Share Sale to Power Worldwide Expansion
The Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD raised $5.6 billion in the largest Hong Kong share sale in four years. The cash injection will boost BYD’s “capacity to further advance its technological capabilities and accelerate its overseas expansion,” according to the filing. ...
Why South America’s Trade With China Could Blunt Trump’s Tariff Edge
A new investigation by Reuters shows that the Trump administration's threat of tariffs is mostly successful with a small number of Latin American countries mainly exporting to the U.S., like Mexico and Colombia. In contrast, most South American exports to the ...
China’s Retaliation to U.S. Tariffs Could Boost Trade with Global South
U.S. tariffs on imports from China, Mexico, and Canada went into effect right after midnight on Tuesday. Citing a lack of action on restricting precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl, the U.S. added 10% on top of an already-imposed 10% tariff on Chinese imports, while those from ...