Category: Economy

China’s Foreign Ministry has lodged its opposition to plans by the Mexican government to impose a range of tariffs on Chinese imports. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters on Tuesday that Beijing “firmly opposes moves taken under coercion to impose restrictions on China or hurt China’s legitimate ...

China is breaking the rules of development. Typically, as countries progress up the value chain, they transition from agriculture to light industry, then to heavy industry, and ultimately to high-technology and services. And as they move up the value chain, this ...

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. Electric vehicle (EV) training is one of the major missing links when it comes to e-mobility adoption in different African ...

China’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that Vice Premier Liu Guozhong will represent President Xi Jinping on a state visit to Sierra Leone and Guinea. The highlight of the visit will be the official opening of the Simandou iron ore mine on 11 November 2025.

The 2025 APEC Summit, held in early November in Gyeongju, South Korea, came to a close with a hopeful image: a renewed spirit of dialogue between the United States and China following a bilateral meeting between President Trump and President Xi. 

China has postponed extra port fees on U.S.-linked vessels and put its shipping review on hold after the United States paused its probe into China’s shipbuilding sector for one year. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said ...

China’s Commerce Ministry MOFCOM said Sunday that it pauses, or suspending U.S.-targeted export curbs on gallium, germanium and antimony. The suspension runs through November 27 next year and is reversible. Beijing will require exporters to obtain licenses and pass ...

China’s Customs Authority GACC has expanded its suspension on Thai syrups and premixed sugar into a full import ban, effective for shipments from Oct. 27. The move follows July–September audits that found none of 10 Thai export-oriented factories compliant ...

Thailand’s Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun instructed all nine Thai trade offices in China to shift from basic trade matchmaking to pursue joint ventures with Chinese partners. The move, as Suphajee said, is to align their work with Beijing’s newly ...

China's exports fell 1.1 percent on-year in October, official data showed Friday, as trade tensions flared before Chinese President Xi Jinping met U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at the end of the month. The figure marked the first drop in shipments since ...

Tanzania reopened its border with Zambia, restoring a key transit route for China-bound copper exports. The border crossing, along with the port at Dar es Salaam, had been closed due to a surge of election violence, but officials now say they're clearing a backlog and copper shipments are ...

China on Tuesday launched a programme to encourage its citizens to buy more imports, as Beijing pushes a long-term plan to turn the country into a major consumer nation. Premier Li Qiang and Commerce Minister Wang Wentao announced the start of ...