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French Advisers Urges EU Tariffs or Weaker Euro to Counter China

The European Union should consider either an unprecedented 30% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods or a 30% depreciation of the euro against the renminbi to counter a flood of cheap imports, a French government strategy report said on Monday. Europe is ...

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China Exports Seen Pushing Thai Growth Below 2% in 2026

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By Amanda Chen One week into the war triggered by the American-Israeli joint offensive on Iran launched on Saturday, February 28, Tehran’s retaliation has already expanded from targeting U.S. military assets to striking Gulf energy and civilian infrastructure. On March 7, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly apologized to ...

French Advisers Urges EU Tariffs or Weaker Euro to Counter China

The European Union should consider either an unprecedented 30% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods or a 30% depreciation of the euro against the renminbi to counter a flood of cheap imports, a French government strategy report said on Monday. Europe is ...

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French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU, in remarks published Sunday. "I told them that if they don't react, we Europeans will ...

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China Says Trade Grew in August, but Below Forecasts

China's exports expanded 4.4 percent year-on-year in August, official data showed Monday, as the world's second-largest economy navigated an uneasy trade war truce with the United States. The increase in China's overseas shipments last month fell below a Bloomberg forecast of ...

China Redirects Exports to Thailand as U.S. Tariffs Bite

China is redirecting billions of dollars’ worth of exports into Thailand as new U.S. tariffs make access to the American market more difficult, raising concerns about widening trade deficits and the future of Thai industries. Thailand could face the highest ...

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.

U.S. Targets Attempts to Dodge Trump Tariffs With China in Crosshairs

By Beiyi Seow As President Donald Trump ramps up tariff threats on U.S. trading partners, his administration is taking aim at a tactic said to be used by Chinese companies to dodge the levies by moving goods through third countries.

The Global South is Becoming More Central to China’s Trade

While China’s trade data this month was largely gloomy, it also reflected interesting shifts. A breakdown of the data published by the Chinese publication Guancha showed that trade with key parts of the Global South is trending upwards. For example, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is currently ...
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