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EU, China to Hold ‘Urgent’ Talks on Rare Earth Curbs

EU and Chinese officials have agreed to meet in Brussels for "urgent" talks on China's export controls on rare earths, EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic said after speaking to his Chinese counterpart Tuesday. The world's leading producer of the minerals used ...

China’s Export Curbs Spur Rare Earth Scramble

China’s announcement last week that exports of refined rare earth minerals, permanent magnets using these elements, and the equipment used to refine them, has sparked panic among the countries that depend on these exports for high-technology products, including weapons and wind turbines.

Weighing the Value of “Values”

I was in Berlin this week for a conference on the EU’s relationship with Africa in the context of the continent’s growing ties with external actors, many of whom Europe finds acutely worrying. The conference eerily landed on the second anniversary ...

Geely Starts Assembly in Indonesia as the U.S. and EU Tariffs Rise

Geely, the Chinese carmaker, has begun knock-down (KD) assembly in Indonesia through its unit Geely Auto Indonesia. The work is taking place at a plant in West Java. The company says building locally will shorten delivery times for Indonesian buyers. ...

BYD: 1 in 5 EVs Will Be Exported in 2025 as Production Ramps

China’s BYD expects to export 800,000 to 1,000,000 EVs in 2025, about a fifth of its 2025 sales as it moves more cars on its own vessels and adds capacity overseas. “We estimate that the proportion of our overseas sales would ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

How to Lure Chinese Financing Back to the Global South: Report

Global South countries face increasing financing pressure, endangering their ability to keep developing while also implementing measures to deal with a growing climate crisis. The disruption of global trade is coupled with a larger megatrend: flows of international capital to the developing world have turned negative. This means that countries are now routinely paying more to service loans than they receive in disbursements.

The vast majority of Global South borrowers ...

China Puts EV Exports Under Permit Regime from 2026

China will add electric vehicles, or EVs, to its export-permit list effective Jan. 1, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce said, citing “healthy development” of the sector. The step brings EVs into line with permit regimes already applied to other ...

EU Wants to Displace China as Africa, Asia’s Cleantech Provider

European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU should make green technology a cornerstone of its strategy to counter Chinese influence in the developing world. Speaking at a seminar marking a year since the release of a landmark ...

Revealing Reactions to China’s Festival of Optics

In terms of geopolitical optics, this week was nothing short of a banquet. It served up at least two sets of images that seem to crystallize our historical moment and that will live on in the Wikipedia of history as shorthand for where the world was in ...

China Says Opposes European Sanctions Over Iran Nuclear Program

China said Friday it opposed invoking sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program after three Western nations told the UN they would reimpose them if no diplomatic solution was found by the end of August. European sanctions on Iran were eased ...

China Exports Top Forecasts as EU, ASEAN Shipments Offset U.S. Drop

By Isabel Kua and Peter Catterall China's exports rose more than expected last month, with official data on Thursday showing a jump in shipments to the European Union and other markets offsetting a drop in those to the United States.

What Would a Grand Bargain Between China and the U.S. Mean for the Rest of Us?

The prevailing view among Chinese intellectuals is that U.S.-China strategic rivalry is structural and enduring. Yan Yilong, for instance, describes the competition as “not merely a disagreement between two sovereign states” but a “structural conflict between the great rejuvenation of ...

Lessons for Europe From China’s Critical Minerals Strategy in Africa

While the U.S., India, and countries in the Persian Gulf are all moving quickly to establish new critical mineral supply chains, the European Union is struggling to follow suit, particularly in Africa. The EU currently lacks a cohesive policy framework that ...
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