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Vietnam Overtakes China and Mexico in U.S. Trade Surplus, Testing Washington’s Tariff Threats

Vietnam may soon be back in the crosshairs of the Trump administration after it overtook both China and Mexico in January as the country with the largest trade surplus with the U.S. A 53% surge in Vietnam's exports to the ...

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Brazil Signals New Openness to Mercosur-China Talks as Beijing Seeks Deeper Ties

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Lucinda Elliott Brazil is considering pushing for a partial trade agreement between the Mercosur bloc and China for the first time, senior Brazilian government officials said, in what would be a major shift for Latin America's largest ...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: China Criticizes Trump’s Nigeria Ultimatum

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 ...
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China-Linked Platforms Gain Ground in Southeast Asia, With Vietnam Leading the Next Phase of Growth

Chinese e-commerce companies are solidifying their dominance of Southeast Asia's rapidly expanding online shopping market, accounting for as much as half of business-to-consumer e-commerce, according to a new study by the consulting firm Bain. While Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines ...
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Indonesia Backs Xi’s Global Governance Initiative at BRICS Meet

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has thrown his support behind Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposals at a BRICS virtual leaders’ meeting last night. The statement is aligning Southeast Asia’s largest economy more closely with Beijing’s call to defend multilateralism and reject ...

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China’s Fuel Export Ban to Further Tighten Asia Supply

China’s Fuel Export Ban to Further Tighten Asia Supply
Oil storage tanks at Tsing Yi port in Hong Kong on March 17, 2026. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
China's ban on exports of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel is poised to exacerbate fuel shortages and further boost prices for Asian industry and transportation buyers already grappling with tightening supplies caused by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Even before the ban, ...
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Vietnam Overtakes China and Mexico in U.S. Trade Surplus, Testing Washington’s Tariff Threats

Vietnam may soon be back in the crosshairs of the Trump administration after it overtook both China and Mexico in January as the country with the largest trade surplus with the U.S. A 53% surge in Vietnam's exports to the ...

Brazil Signals New Openness to Mercosur-China Talks as Beijing Seeks Deeper Ties

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Lucinda Elliott Brazil is considering pushing for a partial trade agreement between the Mercosur bloc and China for the first time, senior Brazilian government officials said, in what would be a major shift for Latin America's largest ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: China Criticizes Trump’s Nigeria Ultimatum

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-Linked Platforms Gain Ground in Southeast Asia, With Vietnam Leading the Next Phase of Growth

Chinese e-commerce companies are solidifying their dominance of Southeast Asia's rapidly expanding online shopping market, accounting for as much as half of business-to-consumer e-commerce, according to a new study by the consulting firm Bain. While Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines ...

Indonesia Backs Xi’s Global Governance Initiative at BRICS Meet

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has thrown his support behind Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposals at a BRICS virtual leaders’ meeting last night. The statement is aligning Southeast Asia’s largest economy more closely with Beijing’s call to defend multilateralism and reject ...

China’s Top Diplomat Wang to Visit India for Border Talks

China's top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing's foreign ministry said on Saturday, as the two countries consider resuming border trade after a five-year halt. Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India on Delhi's ...

India and China Eye Border Trade Resumption

India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as U.S. tariffs disrupt the global trade order. Past trade across the icy and high-altitude Himalayan border passes between ...

Xi Says China, Brazil Can Model ‘Self-Reliance’ for Global South

China's President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpart Tuesday the two countries could set an example of "self-reliance" for emerging powers, as trade and geopolitical challenges mount. The two leaders have both sought in recent months to present their countries as ...

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.

South Africa Explores China Connections as U.S. Tariffs Loom

South Africa is scrambling to soften the blow of 30% tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. The measure, scheduled to come into effect on August 7, endangers 30,000 jobs. The government said it is preparing a package to shield businesses from the impact, which will be unveiled ...

Coffee Exporters Look to China as U.S. Tariffs Redraw Trade Maps

It's only been a few days since U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a slew of new tariffs on the rest of the world, but already there are indications merchants in Asia, Africa, and the Americas are moving quickly to configure their trade flows to circumvent the United ...

U.S. Tariffs Bring Brazil and China Closer Together

As Brazil stares down the barrel of 50% tariffs on its exports to the United States, China signaled a willingness to expand ties. On Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun was asked by a Brazilian journalist to respond to the Trump administration’s threat of tariffs and its ...
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