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              Asia-Pacific economy

              • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
                Parag Khanna
                India is overlooking the climate drag on its economic growth

                The country’s climate-neutral GDP forecasts require urgent revision

                A farmer sprinkles pesticide on the field as smoke rises from the chimneys of a coal power plant as the demand for coal-based power plants has risen due to the prolonged heatwave spells, in Dadri, India,
              • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
                European equities
                French stock market on track for worst showing since Eurozone crisis

                Politics and luxury goods weigh on benchmark Cac 40 index

                A trading floor inside the Euronext NV stock exchange in Paris, France
              • Friday, 27 December, 2024
                The Big Read
                How America First will transform the world in 2025

                In different ways, the US, Russia and China have all become revisionist powers that are seeking radical change to the status quo

                US President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017.
              • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
                ObituaryManmohan Singh
                Manmohan Singh, former Indian prime minister, 1932-2024

                As finance minister, he paved the way for a transformative liberalisation of the state-controlled economy

                Manmohan Singh during a press conference with his New Zealand counterpart after their meeting in New Delhi in June 2011
              • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
                Manmohan Singh
                India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh dies

                Oxford-educated economist liberalised the country’s economy and paved the way for strong growth

                Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes closing remarks at a Brics summit in Durban in March 2013
              • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
                Chinese economy
                World Bank lifts China growth forecast but calls for deeper reforms

                Multilateral lender says greater detail of policies is needed to bolster household and business confidence

                The Shanghai skyline
              • Wednesday, 25 December, 2024
                Chinese society
                China steps up campaign for single people to date, marry and give birth

                Women receive cold-calls about family planning and universities asked to offer ‘love courses’ to tackle demographic crisis

                A woman wearing light blue scrubs looks after babies in a post-partum care centre in Shanghai
              • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
                News in-depthSouth Korea Economy
                ‘A hostage situation’: South Korea paralysed in fight against Trump tariffs

                Companies fear political vacuum in Seoul will leave them vulnerable to tariffs and loss of subsidies

                A Samsung SDI new concept electric vehicle battery pack displayed at the InterBattery exhibition in Seoul
              • Monday, 23 December, 2024
                Semiconductors
                US launches probe into Chinese semiconductor industry

                Investigation comes just weeks before Biden administration hands over to president-elect Donald Trump

                An employee in protective clothing examines a semiconductor wafer in a clean room at a semiconductor manufacturing enterprise in Fuzhou, China.
              • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
                LexMining
                How the US can overcome China’s gallium ban Premium content

                Washington needs to move fast if it wants to find other sources

                The flag of China is placed next to the elements of Gallium and Germanium on a periodic table
              • Friday, 20 December, 2024
                Sovereign bonds
                China’s short-term bond yields fall below 1% for first time since 2009

                Key level passed after 10-year debt breached 2% barrier as markets expect further monetary easing

                Exterior of the People’s Bank of China
              • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
                Bank of Japan
                Yen sinks after BoJ holds rates amid caution over Trump’s impact

                Japan’s central bank governor says ‘one more notch’ of information needed to justify raising rates

                Kazuo Ueda speaking at a press conference
              • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
                #techAsia
                Huawei’s five-year fight and Kioxia’s long-awaited listing Premium content

                The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

                Huawei phones are displayed at a flagship store in Beihing
              • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
                Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
                The wondrous gift of open trade is given

                Flexible economies and free markets have kept globalisation going this year

                Shelves of olive oil at a Mercadona SA supermarket
              • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
                US-China trade dispute
                Trump’s tariff threat adds to fears over China growth

                Exports have buoyed economy but are expected to slow sharply if US imposes further levies in 2025

                An aerial view of vehicles on the dock waiting to be loaded onto ships for export at a port in Lianyungang in China’s eastern Jiangsu province
              • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
                Lizzi Lee
                Europe’s demand for Chinese tech transfers beats tariffs

                Linking subsidies to intellectual property is the sort of strategic inclusion that fosters mutual benefits

                Electric vehicles lined up at a factory
              • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
                UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
                Where the US-China trade war meets AI hype Premium content

                Semiconductor toolmaking is a great business, but the geopolitics are daunting

              • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
                Markets InsightAlicia García-Herrero
                China would balk at a sweeping Mar-a-Lago accord

                Given the need for a weak renminbi to support export growth, a reprise of the 1985 Plaza Accord with Japan is unlikely

                Donald Trump, left, with Chinese President Xi Jinping
              • Monday, 16 December, 2024
                Ha-Joon Chang
                Economic unfairness threatens to undermine democracy in South Korea

                Three decades of market liberalisation have not delivered sustained growth or greater social mobility

                Protesters calling for the ousting of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol react after the result of the second martial law impeachment vote outside the National Assembly in Seoul
              • Monday, 16 December, 2024
                Chinese economy
                Weak China retail sales add to pressure on Beijing to lift economy

                Consumption rises less than forecast in November, highlighting why leadership made it the top economic concern

                People walk out of a store in Beijing, China
              • Monday, 16 December, 2024
                EU trade
                EU presses for new powers to combat threat of Chinese import surge

                Brussels increasingly concerned it would struggle to fight back in a global trade war

                An employee works on a circuit board production line at the workshop of Anhui Shixin Electronic Technology
              • Monday, 16 December, 2024
                Visual story
                How China is setting up shop in America’s backyard

                An increasingly close trade relationship is putting Mexico in the spotlight

                A composite image featuring two images showing Chinese and Mexican officials at groundbreaking ceremonies in Alianza Industrial Park, Coahuila, Mexico, alongside a map highlighting the location and other regions in Mexico
              • Monday, 16 December, 2024
                Australia
                Australia lowers tax revenue forecast on weak Chinese economy

                Treasury cuts $5.4bn from budget estimates over next four years, citing ‘significant impact’ of softer commodities demand

                A freight train carries iron ore towards Port Hedland, Australia
              • Friday, 13 December, 2024
                Capital markets
                Chinese bond yields at widest gap with US in more than a decade

                Long rally in China’s debt comes amid domestic economic slowdown and hunt for haven assets

                An illustration showing the Rmb100 note
              • Friday, 13 December, 2024
                Chinese economy
                Xi prioritises consumers over chips as concerns over growth mount

                Readout from key policy meeting indicates government’s realisation of economic challenge

                Commuters ride escalators at a subway station in Guangzhou
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