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People like Musk ‘important bridges’ in ties: former AmCham China head Roberta Lipson

American business leaders with “significant” investments in both the US and China – such as Elon Musk – can serve…

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China’s trade tensions with US remain high ahead of Trump inauguration

Trade tensions with the United States remain a top challenge for China’s foreign trade, an industry association said on Friday,…

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Opinion | What Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy can learn from China’s reformers

The Musk-Ramaswamy duet is gearing up for one of the most ambitious reform projects in US political history. Appointed to…

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Opinion | Trump tariffs could be a blessing in disguise for China’s reformers

Historically, China has shown a tendency to enact rapid changes in response to external pressures or implement difficult domestic reforms…

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Trump’s trade chief pick, a Lighthizer protégé, set to push hard line, tariffs on China

Jamieson Greer’s nomination as the next US trade representative, having been described by president-elect Donald Trump as a key figure…

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Opinion | The West can’t have it both ways on overcapacity

Political hypocrisy is a contradiction between a state’s professed ideals and actual practices – an inconsistency that undermines the coherence…

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Opinion | Is Chinese manufacturing set to follow the path of Japan’s decline?

Chinese overcapacity is raising concerns worldwide. It is easy to see why: China accounts for nearly one-third of the world’s…

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China considers higher tariffs on large petrol cars as EU tensions escalate

“The timing of the action basically suggests that this is a response to the EU tariff on made-in-China EVs,” said…

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Opinion | EU and China should join hands to lead new era of green trade

Events such as the US-China trade war, the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have accelerated this shift, leading to…

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Opinion | US protectionist craze hasn’t done its economy any favours

Most worrying is what Maurice Obstfeld at the Peterson Institute recently called “a deep distrust of economic openness” – a…

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