It’s D-Day for Europe’s trade relationship with China
Opinion
Trade wars

It’s D-Day for Europe’s trade relationship with China

The European Union is on the verge of announcing whether it will significantly raise tariffs on imported Chinese electric cars - and China is threatening to retaliate.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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It’s defend yourself,or get crushed by China’s export tsunami

It’s defend yourself,or get crushed by China’s export tsunami

An open world economy cannot exist with a deformed Chinese economy that accounts for 13 per cent of global consumption but produces 31 per cent of all manufactured goods.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard
The US sends the world a China warning

The US sends the world a China warning

The US wants a united front with Europe to respond to a flood of cheap imports from China,arguing the consequences of not doing so will be damaging.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The US is tightening the screws on China
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Trade wars

The US is tightening the screws on China

Joe Biden is throwing the kitchen sink at a key part of China’s economy.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
It’s not easy being green for UK and European oil giants
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Energy

It’s not easy being green for UK and European oil giants

The oil super majors are eyeing shifting their primary stock exchange listings to New York as a stronger push to reduce fossil fuels in their home markets weighs on their share prices.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The $23 billion deal that shines a light on a big threat to China

The $23 billion deal that shines a light on a big threat to China

The takeover of US Steel is turning into a political nightmare,and the effects could be widespread.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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Europe must prepare to send troops to defend Ukraine,Macron says

Europe must prepare to send troops to defend Ukraine,Macron says

The French president told The Economist that governments will need to act if Vladimir Putin makes a significant breakthrough in the coming months.

  • byRob Harris
Dozens honour Benito Mussolini at site of Italian fascist leader’s arrest,execution

Dozens honour Benito Mussolini at site of Italian fascist leader’s arrest,execution

The anniversary fell on the same day that PM Giorgia Meloni led her far-right Brothers of Italy party in an election rally in the city of Pescara.

  • byNicole Winfield
‘Slave-like’:Solar panels may be great for the environment but at what human cost?

‘Slave-like’:Solar panels may be great for the environment but at what human cost?

Modern-day abolitionist Grace Forrest is now at the same level as Nelson Mandela,Malala Yousafzai,Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Her cause is to curb forced and child labour while there’s time.

  • byRob Harris
EU approves new laws to address illegal migration – few admit to being happy with them

EU approves new laws to address illegal migration – few admit to being happy with them

The plan was drawn up after 1.3 million people,mostly those fleeing war in Syria and Iraq,sought refuge in Europe in 2015,overwhelming the EU’s asylum system to collapse.

  • byLorne Cook
Europe’s energy chief wants Australia to help break China’s high-tech supremacy
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Europe’s energy chief wants Australia to help break China’s high-tech supremacy

EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson learnt the pitfalls of relying on one country for key commodities when Russia turned off the gas tap.

  • byMike Foley