US-China trade war

Canada said no to America. It chose pain over submission

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was openly defiant of the new breed of American aggression. “We will not allow any nation to determine our future,” he said.

US eyes China overcapacity tariffs of 7.5% before Xi-Trump talks

The move would restore US President Donald Trump’s second-term duties on China to around 20 per cent.

US calls transshipments a ‘scam’: Why firms reroute goods and how S’pore manages this

Maritime transshipment is a common yet fundamental practice in logistics, designed to ensure that goods reach their final destination efficiently.

Shein’s purchase of Everlane faces US national security review

The review is focused on potential national-security issues linked to Shein’s acquisition of a company that handles Americans’ personal data.

In US, rare earths extracted from coal mine wastewater

A basin collects polluted water flowing from a former coal mine at West Virginia University’s pilot plant in Mount Storm, West Virginia, on Aug 12.

News analysis

Trump’s war on tariff evasion could turn into a battle over global manufacturing

The White House report titled “The Great Transshipment Scam” may set up a fight over rules of origin.

Facing US forced labour tariffs, Singapore must respond on its own terms

The US is now linking lower tariff treatment to whether countries have laws that explicitly ban the imports of goods made with forced labour.

Is China getting better at countering the US?

China’s ambition is not simply to beat the United States at its own game, but to build an alternative international architecture.

Firms transshipping through S’pore must declare the true country of origin of goods: MTI

This comes after a White House report naming Singapore as part of China’s ‘shadow transshipment network’.

US flags 40 economies, including Singapore, in China’s ‘shadow transshipment network’

PSA Tanjong Pagar terminal in Singapore.

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