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Chinese firms are becoming increasingly aware of arbitration as a key dispute-resolution mechanism, according to experts. Shutterstock Images

As Chinese firms expand overseas, spotlight turns on cross-border disputes

Beijing urged to consider importance of international arbitration in resolving issues and protecting national interests in global markets.

Beijing urged to consider importance of international arbitration in resolving issues and protecting national interests in global markets

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D-Day looms for China’s exporters as EU moves towards EV tariffs vote

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Inside Out | Multilateralism won’t work with US focused on competition

European Commission rejects Chinese EV price floor offer as tariff vote looms

Powerful EU members now urging commission to rethink punitive import duties, while Beijing continues to push for trade dispute resolution.

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Influential EU members have been wavering on their support for an anti-subsidy inquiry into Chinese electric vehicles. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

China’s EV makers scramble for EU tariff deal, with price floor on the table

Chinese carmakers offering to set minimum prices and volume limits, but insiders say proposals are unlikely to convince Brussels.

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Opinion | How climate-focused EU-China trade relations can create a green future

A green industry agreement between the EU and China can protect both sides’ trade interests and set an example for WTO reforms.

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EU, US should ‘catch up’ in electric vehicles to justify tariffs: Chinese envoy

With green energy high on agenda for China-Africa summit, Beijing’s ambassador to South Africa takes aim at ‘unreasonable’ EV duties.

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Chinese ambassador to South Africa Wu Peng, pictured here in Kenya in 2019, says made-in-China products help reduce carbon dioxide emissions for developed countries by about 570 million tonnes per year. Photo: AFP

Opinion | US-China trade war could be the death knell for advanced economies

As the US steps up support for national industries and expands tariffs on China, its high-income allies could lose their pricing power.

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Opinion | Why both US political parties are relentlessly tough on China

Despite rising bilateral tensions, US and Chinese should know each other’s aims and limitations to avoid economic harm for their people.

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Morocco ‘explodes’ as hotspot for Chinese investment in EVs and new energy

North African country’s free-trade agreements are luring Chinese companies that hope to avoid EU and US trade restrictions, analysts say.

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Morocco, home to the Tanger Med port on the Strait of Gibraltar, is already a major car manufacturing hub for European auto giants such as Renault. Photo: AFP

Editorial | Step back from costly tit-for-tat trade battles

Chinese and EU negotiators must do all they can at an early stage to avoid further aggravating already tense ties.

A woman selects pork products at a supermarket in Beijing. Photo: AFP

EU decision on Chinese EV probe to hold until after June polls: reports

Delay in tariff decision on Chinese EVs is reportedly to keep the politically freighted issue off the campaign trail.

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As trade war brews, EU scrambles to gauge what Chinese retaliation lies ahead

Officials ponder what countermeasures await European resistance against ‘market-distorting’ Chinese subsidies on electric vehicles.

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Chinese companies pull out of solar projects after EU launches subsidy probe

Two Chinese firms withdraw bids for Romanian photovoltaic park contracts after Brussels opens investigations under its foreign subsidies regulation.

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A subsidiary of Longi Green Energy Technology is one of the Chinese solar firms targeted by the EU on suspicion of using state subsidies to undercut rival bids. Photo: Xinhua

As Xi Jinping heads to France, China seeks chance to sway powerful EU member

France is Chinese president’s first stop on Europe trip, and Beijing is pinning its hopes on Paris to push Brussels to adopt more ‘positive and pragmatic’ approach to China-EU ties.

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China urges France to play ‘constructive role’ as trade, Ukraine cloud EU ties

Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi meets French President Emmanuel Macron and his diplomatic adviser for talks in Paris.

Trudeau preparing ‘Team Canada’ approach to possible Trump return

The Canadian PM says the former US president ‘represents a certain amount of unpredictability’; Trump’s White House term was a chaotic time that saw a renegotiation of Nafta.

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Opinion | How overreaching reformers could doom the WTO

Reformers are seeking to advance socioeconomic and climate agendas, but this would only burden trade rules with more hurdles. Any move forward must begin by overhauling the dispute settlement mechanism. With no trustworthy means to resolve disagreements, WTO rules are merely aspirational.

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WTO director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative on September 19, 2022, in New York. Photo: AP

EU firms are reluctant to speak up on China as Brussels tries to de-risk

Fear of threats, raids and other retaliatory measures hamper efforts to find evidence to support Ursula von der Leyen’s economic security strategy.

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China-EU trade disputes on table as Beijing pursues ‘strategic trust’: analysts

With sharp splits on issues like the Ukraine war and Beijing’s EV subsidies, the best that might result is a rebuilding of trust, analysts say.

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Chinese President Xi’s welcome mat may not be enough for US investors

Structural tensions continue to cloud the Sino-US economic relationship as companies look to diversify supply chains to other Asian countries.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets US President Joe Biden at Filoli Estate in Woodside, south of San Francisco, on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE/Xinhua

Peak in Americans concerned China’s rise is threat to US national interest

Chicago Council on Global Affairs poll highlights concerns over American response to intellectual property theft, economic competition and global supply chains.

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China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden are expected to meet at the Apec Summit in San Francisco this week. Photo: AFP

As Biden deepens India ties, possible Trump return looms over US ally

At ‘2+2’ talks in New Delhi, the democratic allies pull closer as an agreement is reached for US and India to co-produce armoured combat vehicles.

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China-US diplomatic flurry sets stage for Apec’s Xi-Biden main event

Working meetings on disputed waterways, arms control and financial governance among the forerunners to summit between presidents.

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‘Ironclad friend’: China-Serbia ties strengthen with landmark trade deal

Despite efforts from the European Union to unite the continent in moving its economies away from China, Serbia has signed a major free-trade agreement and cemented bilateral ties even further.

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China and Serbia have signed a major free trade agreement that eliminates tariffs for nearly all imports. Photo: EPA-EFE

Hopes of smooth US-EU summit hit snag over China-related trade issues

Washington pushing Brussels to slap 25 per cent tariff on steel products from non-market economies, shorthand for Beijing.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is slated to meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on Friday. Photo: AFP

EU to investigate Chinese steel and aluminium sectors, with tariffs looming

Inquiries and possible tariffs are said to be part of an agreement with Washington, which is set to drop its Trump-era tariffs on imports of European steel and aluminium.

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China pushes Yunnan gateway in ‘pivot to South and Southeast Asia’

National Development and Reform Commission pledges to support Yunnan with transport, logistics, energy and digital connection with southern neighbours.

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