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US President Donald Trump signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, in Washington. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
Banking & finance

Geopolitical risks reshape business strategies amid global tensions, Lazard says

Geopolitical risks now extend beyond cross-border issues to include domestic policies’ global repercussions, Lazard’s Ronald Temple says.

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Texas (US)

Court to dismiss suit against Texas law to limit Chinese property rights: lawyer

China trade

China’s early South American soybean buys squeeze US out of peak export window

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US-China trade war

Trump’s chip deal: has a new ‘pay-to-play’ era in China trade begun?

US’ ‘unprecedented’ move to take a 15 per cent cut of some chip sales to China creates new risks and conflicts of interest, analysts warn.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (right) speaks alongside US President Donald Trump at the White House in April. Nvidia has agreed to pay 15 per cent of the revenue from sales of its H20 chip in China to the US government under a deal that analysts have called “unprecedented”. Photo: AFP
China’s military

PLA jet accused of ‘dangerous’ moves near South China Sea’s Scarborough Shoal

The Philippines coastguard claims that a fighter tailed one of its aircraft and performed manoeuvres at close proximity.

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Belt and Road Initiative

Could the US’ hard line on the BLA terror group make Chinese safer in Pakistan?

The counterterrorism cause in Pakistan could be a way for China and the United States to work together, observers say.

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US-China trade war

Open Questions | Trump-Xi summit would be ‘political theatre’, Jing says

A potential meeting between the presidents of China and the US could create ‘temporary political space’ to stabilise relations between the two nations, even if it is unlikely to lead to lasting trust, according to Jing Qian.

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Ukraine war

Before meeting Putin on Ukraine, Trump says incentives do not equal reward

Trump also dodges questions about what carrots he might dangle, such as access to American rare earth resources or Nato troop reductions.

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US-China trade war

US, Chinese tariffs during trade truce

Trade-weighted average tariffs between the US and China have increased significantly this year, even with a trade war pause that has been extended to November. The tariff truce, first agreed in May, only reduced new levies that had reached sky-high levels amid spiralling countermeasures.

Semiconductors

US secretly tracks AI chips to detect smuggling to China, sources say

Sources say the trackers are used in shipments of servers from Dell and Supermicro, which include chips from Nvidia and AMD.

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The US has secretly embedded trackers in some AI chip shipments, according to people actively involved in the supply chain. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

Opinion | Unlike the US, China is not trying to shut out the future

The green transition is likely to define the 21st century. Rather than resisting change, China is choosing to shape it.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Brics

Trump pushes Brics together, drives allies apart

The US president’s global trade war is giving new impetus to the once-faltering Brics grouping, while undermining his own efforts to boost China opposition in the Pacific.

South China Sea

Chinese military ‘warns off’ US destroyer from vicinity of Scarborough Shoal

PLA Southern Theatre Command says USS Higgins was warned to leave the area where two Chinese ships reportedly collided this week.

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South Korea

South Korea, Vietnam join forces amid US-China rivalry

The two nations have pledged to nearly double bilateral trade and explore closer military ties, with expanded arms sales on the cards.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (right) shakes hands with To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party, in Seoul on Monday. Photo: Yonhap/dpa
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong exporters ‘relieved’ over extended US-China truce, but worries linger

Shipments for Thanksgiving, Christmas likely to proceed unaffected, but longer-term uncertainty has dampened business confidence and cash flow.

Kwai Tsing Container Terminals at dusk. Hong Kong exporters say business confidence has been dampened despite the recent extension of the US-China tariff truce. Photo: Eugene Lee
Mainland China

Editorial | US-China trade truce a test of both countries’ stamina

Both sides are trying to buy time, and there is an element of wishful thinking in each nation on the erosion of the other’s position.

Human rights

US’ annual China human rights review shorter, remains sharply critical

At 42 pages, assessment is less than half the length of recent years, as State Department seeks more ‘readable’ and ‘objective’ reports.

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Scott Bessent

US and Chinese trade teams to meet in 2 to 3 months: Trump’s Treasury chief

Scott Bessent added that China’s Xi Jinping had invited the US president to a meeting, but Trump had not accepted yet.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is seen on August 6. Photo: EPA
US-China trade war

‘Far from a walk in the park’: what’s next after another US-China tariff truce?

Analysts say ‘piecemeal’ trade agreements could precede Trump-Xi meeting, but China will not be pressured into a one-sided agreement.

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China trade

China launches anti-dumping investigation into imports of Canadian pea starch

The latest tit-for-tat trade move comes after Canada imposed tariffs targeting Chinese steel last month.

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US-China trade war

Trump shows weak hand with China trade-war truce renewal

US President Donald Trump extended a tariff pause with China for another 90 days after failing to win a quick trade deal.

Illustration: Craig Stephens
Hutchison’s Panama ports deal

China accuses US of ‘lies as pretext for seeking control’ of Panama Canal

US envoy tells UN meeting that Beijing’s influence is a ‘risk to Panama and the US’ and a ‘potential threat to global trade and security’.

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China’s ambassador to the UN Fu Cong said China had always respected the neutrality of the Panama Canal. US envoy Dorothy Shea, however, spoke about concerns over China’s “outsized influence” over the canal region. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

Trump shifts stance on Intel CEO Tan Lip-bu after White House talks

The US President says Tan has an ‘amazing story’, days after calling for his resignation and accusing him of having conflicts of interest.

Taiwan

Opinion | Why Taiwan doesn’t need to panic over Trump just yet

The US’ decision not to allow Taiwan’s leader to transit through the country has sparked worry in Taipei, but there have been reassuring developments too.

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Crime

Chinese man pleads guilty in US to smuggling protected turtles

Wei Qiang Lin of Brooklyn faces 5 years in prison for exporting more than 220 parcels containing 850 turtles from the US to Hong Kong.

Eastern box turtles intercepted during a border inspection. A Chinese man pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle protected turtles from the US to Hong Kong. Photo: United States Fish and Wildlife Service / AFP / Handout
US-China trade war

Citing China’s ‘significant steps’, Trump extends US tariff truce

Extension follows two weeks of mixed signals from Washington, after negotiators finished a third round of trade talks in Stockholm, Sweden.

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Monday. Photo: AP
US-China tech war

Trump confirms ‘unprecedented’ deal to let Nvidia sell lower-end chips to China

Tech giant agrees to provide US government part of H20 chip sales income; deals for other less-advanced semiconductors are not ruled out.

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US-China trade war

Some relief, some worry - how did the world react to Trump’s new chip tariffs?

A 100 per cent tariff on US chip imports received a range of responses, as some firms stand to see little impact while others would be hit harder.

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