Having spent most of the past 20 years in China, furniture designer Frank Carroll saw his company Alfrank Designs face insolvency last year. Aged 71, he was asked: “Do you still want to do it?”
The Trump administration not only wants to radically reduce economic ties with China, it is pressuring others, including the EU, to follow suit. This should happen on Europe's terms.
Ireland’s external environment is undergoing change not seen since the 1940s. Now is the time for a laser-like focus on what matters to Ireland and its interests – Europe and the US.
Stocks tumbled and commentators declared the end of US-led AI. Not quite. But the arrival of DeepSeek has definitely shaken things up in the US-China tech rivalry.
The company is planning a major stock market listing in the US but faces questions over its links to China – all the while it is reshuffling its European structure.
Temu’s Dublin-based senior counsel was brought before a committee to answer questions on the company’s supply chains and China. He had a better outing than his counterpart from Shein.
Nearly three years on from the release of aviation executive Richard O'Halloran by the Chinese authorities, William Fry is facing litigation over advices to his firm CALS Ireland. The law firm contends the claim is "without merit".
The Government is inviting a second round of bids for Irish offshore wind projects. Will this mark the arrival of China's turbine manufacturers after they tempted renewable developers across the EU and even agreed to open local factories?
The Cavan multinational is railing against hefty duties, as high as 68 per cent, that the EU has slapped on China-made chemicals used in flame retardants.
ASML acknowledges that its Irish unit is primarily dependent upon sales to one customer, Intel, for its revenue. Despite Intel's troubles, this relationship is serving the Irish unit of the Dutch company well.
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