US-China trade war

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over pending trade deal with China

US President Donald Trump warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that a trade deal with China would endanger his country.

News analysis

A TikTok deal, finally, and what it says about the US-China trade truce

TikTok announced a new joint venture that is majority-owned by US companies, separate from its former Chinese parent company ByteDance.

US-China ties expected to stabilise in 2026, says WEF panel

(From left) ST editor Jaime Ho moderating a panel discussion by Harvard University’s Douglas Dillon Professor of Government Graham Allison, United States senator for Delaware Chris Coons, University of Southern California law professor Angela Zhang, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and director for the international politics programme at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ National Institute for Global Strategy Zhao Hai at a panel discussion on US-China ties during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Commentary

What the sale and troubles of Manus reveal about the US-China AI race

Beijing is now scrutinising Meta’s acquisition of Manus and that other start-ups might try to follow in the footsteps of Manus’ parent company, Butterfly Effect.

Weak domestic demand continues to blight China’s economy as growth slows in Q4

People walk out from a mall in Beijing on January 18, 2026. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)

The dangerous triumph of neo-mercantilism

Containers at Longtan port in Nanjing in January offer a snapshot of the volume of Chinese exports that resulted in over US$1 trillion in trade surplus in 2025. .

Major power rivalry cited as biggest risk to global stability in 2026: WEF

A stacking crane moving shipping containers at a port in Long Beach, California. Geoeconomic confrontation topped the global risks in 2026, the WEF said.

In Good Company

Making batteries to woofers, GP’s Lo sways to the rhythms of geopolitics and music

Hong Kong’s consumer battery giant Gold Peak Technology Group chairman and chief executive Victor Lo.

Indonesia asked to buy US-made drones for surveillance in waters near South China Sea

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and US President Donald Trump at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war in Egypt in October 2025.

Silicon Valley will eat its AI competitors in 2026

2026 will see a Darwinian thinning as a few AI winners continue selling while many weaker players get gobbled up by large technology firms.

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