Government pours money into AI, electric cars and military power, while consumer confidence sags and job market grows bleak, writes Brian Spegele, The Wall Street Journal.
Chinese but Irish-based lessor CALC continues its quarrel with Willis Lease Finance over an engine deal gone awry – questions abound about damage to the engine and when it was returned.
U.S. and allies turn to tech, patrols and new routes to defend crucial underwater infrastructure against Russia and China, writes Mike Cherney, The Wall Street Journal.
In recent months, the Chinese firm gradually reduced its headcount in Dublin with rounds of cuts. The last handful of employees were informed of redundancies in January.
Beijing has quashed drinking at official events, the latest blow to a once-booming wine market, writes Jon Emont, The Wall Street Journal.
Western economies are much less dependent on oil prices than during the Iranian revolution of 1979. But as Trump heads to China, geopolitical turmoil could be far from abating.
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.
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