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US Treasury chief: Beijing's rare earths move is 'China vs world'
AFP, Published on 16/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent slammed Beijing's rare earth export curbs Wednesday as "China versus the world," vowing that Washington and its allies would "neither be commanded nor controlled."
President Trump is losing his geo-economic war
News, Published on 16/10/2025
» In an age of shifting geopolitics, many countries' strategic planning includes imaginative exercises in weaponising their positions in the world. While Russia and China have been moderately successful at this game, America's efforts have already boomeranged back on it.
Asian markets rally as Fed cut hopes trump trade war fears
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» HONG KONG - Stocks jumped Wednesday as trade war fears were overshadowed by comments from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell that suggested the bank would cut interest rates again this month.
As gold spikes, traders urge caution
Published on 14/10/2025
» Thai gold traders are warning investors to shop wisely after bullion surged for the eighth consecutive week, buoyed by renewed fears of a US-China trade war, the ongoing US government shutdown and increased prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut.
China accuses US of 'double standards' over new tariffs threat
AFP, Published on 12/10/2025
» BEIJING - China accused the United States of "double standards" on Sunday, after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 100 percent tariff on the world's second-largest economy.
Beijing blames US for raising trade tensions, defends rare earth curbs
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2025
» BEIJING: China called President Donald Trump's latest U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical on Sunday and defended its curbs on exports of rare earths, but stopped short of imposing new levies on U.S. products.
Trump threatens to impose new 100% tariff on Chinese imports
Kyodo News, Published on 11/10/2025
» KYODO — United States President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China and hinted at calling off an upcoming meeting with its leader Xi Jinping after Beijing this week announced export controls on rare earth elements essential for high-tech manufacturing.
North pushes Mekong pollution plan
News, Published on 05/10/2025
» Northern civil networks have called on Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to solve the longstanding Mekong basin pollution, putting forward a 10-point action plan.
China and Malaysia discuss rare earths refinery
Published on 02/10/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR - China and Malaysia are in early talks for a project to process rare earths, with the sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional likely to partner with a Chinese state-owned firm to build a refinery in the Southeast Asian country, people familiar with the matter said.
Old places new menus
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 29/09/2025
» Bored of eating the same thing twice? Fear no more, here's a list of restaurants and bars that have shuffled things up to make sure you're never bored or short of choices while dining out.