US-China trade war

Trump signs order on export curbs to retain critical minerals

Critical minerals are crucial to producing a range of cutting-edge technologies and products.

China opposes US ‘forced labour’ tariffs, calls for them to be scrapped

China said the US’ new tariffs were unjustified and amounted to protectionism.

Who will win the war of neo-mercantilists?

In 2024, China’s manufacturing value added was nearly as big as those of the US and the euro zone together, making it an effective mercantilist power.

Malaysia’s rare earths are prized by Washington – but at what cost to Putrajaya’s Palestine stance?

Malaysian activists hold placards bearing slogans, protesting Lynas Corp’s four-year rare earth supply agreement with the US Department of Defense in Malaysia.

The world’s superpowers are scrambling for an edge. It makes all of us less safe

Addressing economic issues could be the starting point to repairing the more recent geopolitical cracks, says the writer.

China imposes ‘national security’ rules on overseas investments

Under China’s new rules, existing curbs on cross-border transfers will extend beyond goods and data to include the export of services through sending technical experts abroad or carrying out training overseas.

China moves against US rare earth, defence firms in ‘calibrated’ response to Pentagon blacklist

Rare earth producer MP Materials is one of the 10 American firms that China imposed export controls on, in a tit-for-tat move on June 22.

China rebukes US over ‘military’ labelling of its top firms

On June 8, the Pentagon added Chinese companies Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu, among others, to a list of firms it said aid the Chinese military.

Singapore could face 12.5% US tariff after forced labour trade probe

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The new age of economic warfare – and why America is playing with fire

Few people are thinking harder about these questions than Matteo Maggiori, the Moghadam Family Professor of Finance at Stanford University.

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