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Reality Now Dawning Western Countries Probably Can’t Catch-Up With China in the Critical Minerals Race
There's been a noticeable shift in recent weeks in the European and North American discourse about China's dominance of critical resources used to manufacture electric vehicle batteries. Officials on both sides of the Atlantic are no longer boasting about rivaling China's ...
$1.3 Billion Chinese Investment in Zambian Copper Sector as EU Readies Competing Deal
The Chinese mining giant China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Company (CNMC) announced a plan to invest $1.3 billion in Zambia across a range of sectors. The agreement, announced by CNMC chairperson Xi Zhengping, includes a $400 million investment in the Chambishi copper mine, run by its subsidiary Non-Ferrous Corporation ...
Vietnamese EV-Brand VinFast Hopes Possible EU Sanctions Against Chinese Electric Cars Will Give It an Opening
Vietnamese electric vehicle company Vinfast plans to ship its first batch of 3,000 VF8 crossovers to Europe later this year and the upstart EV brand may even get an assist from European Union trade authorities. Earlier this month, the European Commission ...
BRI Isn’t Intended to Undermine the West, Says China’s EU Ambassador
Fu Cong, the Chinese ambassador to the European Union in Brussels, challenged the widely-held perception in Brussels and other Western capitals that the Belt and Road Initiative aims to undermine U.S. and European influence around the world. If that was the ...
U.S., EU Unveil Next Steps in the Expansion of Angola’s Lobito Corridor Railway
The United States and the European Union are moving forward with a plan to upgrade the 1,300-kilometer Lobito rail corridor that links the copper and cobalt belts in Zambia and the DR Congo with the port of Lobito in Angola. In separate ...
China Tries To Rebut Reports That It Killed G20 Renewable Energy Commitment
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs pushed back this week against reports that China helped to block a G20 measure to triple renewable energy capacity. The Ministry called the reports “completely inconsistent with the facts.” While the statement then goes on to list many ...
EU’s Ursula von der Leyen Takes Aim at China During Philippines Visit, Pledges Maritime Security Assistance
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sharply criticized China's increasingly assertive behavior in the South China Sea and vowed closer security cooperation with the Philippines. "We are concerned about the rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific," she said during a visit to ...
G7 Climate Diplomacy — Sweet Words, but Just Debt and Delays for the Global South
The last few weeks have made two things clear. First, the heat waves hitting the Global North have hammered home (yet again) that climate change is getting faster and more dangerous by the day. Second, despite calls from U.S. climate czar John Kerry to separate climate issues from ...
Chinese Envoy Waves Farewell to DRC
After years in the crucible of the extremely complex and contentious relationship between China and the DRC, Ambassador Zhu Jing is moving on a notably senior position in the EU.
Secret EU Document Reveals Big Plans for Key China Allies
Politico has obtained a confidential EU briefing outlining plans to regain influence in four “priority countries” deemed too close to China and Russia. In order to isolate China and drum up global support for Ukraine and against Russia, the document advised the ...
Amid Twin Political and Economic Crises, Tunisia Turns on West and Announces Intent to Join BRICS
The Tunisian government angrily pushed back against both the International Monetary Fund and the European Union over how to resolve the North African country's twin economic and political crises. President Kais Saied bluntly told the IMF on Friday that he ...
China, Syria Blame U.S. Sanctions on Damascus for Hampering Earthquake Relief
China will send $4.4 million in emergency humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit Syria. The announcement came as China also echoed a call by Damascus for U.S. and European sanctions to be lifted to facilitate the delivery of aid. The death toll in northern ...