President Trump has pressured trading partners for investment in U.S. manufacturing plants. What if local industries can’t compete? Writes Gavin Bade, The Wall Street Journal.
China’s massive internal devaluation and rising overcapacity are colliding with Europe’s high costs and exchange rate. If things continue as they are, Europe’s deindustrialisation could happen much sooner than we realise.
The EU justice commissioner Michael McGrath wants tougher powers to investigate Chinese e-commerce giants and will propose reforms to give the EU executive greater powers to probe companies like Shein and Temu.
Electric cars are old school. China’s investors are betting on the next technology trends, with live-in robots among the hottest tickets, writes Ian Lahiffe in Beijing.
The Chinese e-commerce giant quietly runs its European business out of Dublin with a small staff count but it has seen revenue balloon in recent years.
The C919 is Beijing’s bold attempt to break into commercial aviation. With lessons learned from cars, ships and trains, China has shown scale and patience — but the Airbus-Boeing duopoly won’t be easy to unseat.
The Chinese tech firm has more than doubled revenues for its European cloud business, booked through Ireland, despite a clutch of regulatory and legal challenges in Europe.
The EU justice commissioner said he plans to raise the issue of product safety and standards on platforms like Shein and Temu with the Chinese authorities.
Patrick McGee, author of Apple in China, explains how Apple rooted its manufacturing in China - and what it meant for the company and geopolitics, as well as how an Irishman played a crucial role.
A congressman and senator have called on the SEC to delist several Chinese firms from US stock exchanges. Among them, the parent of Temu which shifted its HQ to Ireland in 2023.
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