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Experts say business with China is always a double-edged sword let alone when its overheated economy can offer only marginal gains
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Experts say business with China is always a double-edged sword let alone when its overheated economy can offer only marginal gains

Economy weathered a fraught geopolitical landscape to reach 5% goal but domestic structural challenges ‘not going away’, say experts

Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report saysThe world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with ...

Mark Carney holds talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from US

Booming Chinese exports have driven trade surplus past $1tn but also reveal the extent of country’s reliance on foreign marketsA boom in exports that has pushed China’s trade surplus past $1...

Commission unveils €3bn strategy to de-risk and diversify supply chains for critical rare earth metals and elements

Mark Carney warns Asia-Pacific leaders global economy undergoing profound change, as China’s president mounts defence of free tradeThe Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has warned that t...

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent raises possibility of taking more direct stakes in companies to protect national security in wake of Beijing’s curbs on rare earths exportsThe Trump administ...

Fast-fashion retailer records 20% growth in sales and fees to $37bn but big hit is expected from US changes to import tax rules

Commerce ministry says US is ‘threatening to intimidate’ with plans for new Trump tariffs on exports

Beijing says it will act if US president doesn’t stand down, while investors brace for trade war turmoilBeijing has told the US it will retaliate if

Economists split on need for new Beijing stimulus amid headwinds from Trump tariffs and crisis-hit property sector