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Massachusetts-based electrode developer 6K plans to deliver iron-based cathodes to a surprising customer—Chinese battery maker Gotion, which will turn the dark powder into batteries at an Illinois ...

The leaders of Canada and Mexico have held talks with the Trump administration to stave off tariffs, but China has instead embarked on a tit-for-tat approach.

Chinese tariffs on a slew of American farm products have officially come into effect, the latest retaliation in the unfolding trade war between the world’s top two economies.

Operation Nanook, carried out in conjunction with allies, aims to ‘project force’ in a region attracting growing interest from Russia and China
The winter sun hasn’t yet risen above Inuvik’s jagged horizon of black spruce trees, but already, more than 150 nervous soldiers have gathered in a community recreation centre.
Tables clear of their breakfast and fingers fiddle with pens, a giddiness akin to the first day of school settles over the room.

Rare early editions of book by communist party chairman, who shunned the idea of wealth, set to go on sale for £1m
The thoughts of , published in 1964 under the title Quotations, are considered the blueprint for Chinese communism and a guidebook to the . The collected soundbites from his speeches and writings have become known the world over as the .
But the red-covered Quotations of the former Chinese Communist Party chairman, who died in 1976, aged 82, went through many ideological iterations before the official version was settled on. The original cover was also a different colour – in fact, had some of those earlier thought experiments been declared the final draft, we could now be talking about Chairman Mao’s Little Blue Book.

As the US president warns of a ‘a little short-term interruption’, businesses are struggling to make decisions amid heightened uncertainty
Donald Trump declared there to be “no room left” for a deal with Canada and Mexico this week, launching a trade war against his nation’s closest allies that he presented as an effort to protect America’s soul.
Then he pulled back. It wasn’t his first feint and retreat. It probably won’t be the last.

Beijing, which set steep duties on canola, peas and pork, wants Canada and Mexico to resist U.S. pressure to raise tariffs on Chinese goods.

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Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has scrambled to convince Donald Trump to lift tariffs on his country, which together with Mexico and China is one of the US’s largest trading partners.
That effort included a phone call between the two leaders on Wednesday, which appears to have had some effect – on Thursday, Trump exempted Canada from some of the tariffs he had imposed, along with Mexico.
Trudeau responded Tuesday by placing tariffs on the US, and he questioned whether further negotiations would make any difference, accusing Trump of acting in “bad faith.” The two leaders eventually spoke Wednesday morning, an exchange Trump said ended in a “somewhat” friendly manner. A person familiar with the matter said the call grew heated and included profanity.

Worries mount for health of media mogul and pro-democracy activist, 77, as his trial nears end
The son of the jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has called for an urgent meeting with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, saying he was “desperate” as his father’s defence drew to a close in a high-profile trial.
Sebastien Lai said a fresh diplomatic push was now needed to free the 77-year-old pro-democracy activist, who holds British citizenship and has been kept behind bars in Hong Kong since December 2020.

Zhang, a high school student from Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School based in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, recently returned from an exchange visit to the US, where she spent the winter holiday in ...

The leaders of a U.S. House of Representatives panel have called on top Chinese telecom companies to detail any links to the Chinese military and government, citing national security concerns posed by ...

The leaders of a U.S. House of Representatives panel have called on top Chinese telecom companies to detail any links to the Chinese military and government, citing national security concerns posed by ...