Tag: China
Trump Is Undermining Trust in Official Economic Statistics. China Shows Where That Path Can Lead
Welcome back! Louise here. On Friday, President Trump fired one of the nation’s top economists after her agency published a disappointing jobs report. Trump...
China Briefing 7 August 2025: Deadly floods; ‘Industrial Cthulhu’; Higher solar forecast – Carbon Brief
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing.
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Trump’s threatened 40% tariff on ‘transshipped’ goods tries to target China and its manufacturing strength
As the United States ramps up tariffs on major trading partners globally, President Donald Trump is also disrupting strategies that could be used—by Chinese...
How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra
Quantum computing is interesting. It’s really a wonderful area for research, but my feeling is we have a long way to go. Today we...
China’s fertility crisis is so dire, rates are falling below ‘replacement levels’ — GDP could slow by more than half in the next 30 years, study says
China may be the only nation that could rival America’s economic dominance. But its long-term prospects will potentially be cut off at the knees...
Italy just hit Shein with a $1.15 million greenwashing fine over misleading claims
Italy’s competition watchdog said Monday it has fined the company responsible for Shein’s websites in Europe one million euros ($1.15 million) for false and...
Greer says U.S.-China talks ‘about halfway there’ on rare earths
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer sounded a cautiously optimistic note on discussions with China on rare earth flows, following trade talks that further steadied...
Beijing officials warm to the idea of a yuan stablecoin, driven by the ‘fear of missing out’
Financial innovation has come full circle. The blockchain is bringing the U.S. back to the era of private money, when banks and companies could...
Inside the Summit Where China Pitched Its AI Agenda to the World
Three days after the Trump administration published its much-anticipated AI action plan, the Chinese government put out its own AI policy blueprint. Was the...
Everything You Wanted to Know About China’s Auto Industry Takeover
What is the future of cars? For one thing, after substantial government support and poaching of top Western talent, China’s car industry is about...