Ben Chu
Policy & Analysis Correspondent BBC Verify | Twitter pic by @stan_chow I
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Ben Chu |Lucy Gilder
Ben Chu & Lucy GilderBBC VerifyThe fate of the Scunthorpe steel works has shone a fresh spotlight on Chinese investment in the UK economy with critics raising questions over potential security risks. The British Steel plant had been owned by China's Jingye Steel. But the UK government has now taken control of the Scunthorpe site, amid claims the Chinese owners were planning to permanently decommission its two blast furnaces and use its rolling mills to process imported Chinese-made metal instead.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Ben Chu
There has been a historic upheaval in American trade policy. The announcement of Donald Trump's so-called "reciprocal tariffs" on 2 April - what he called "liberation day" - sent a shockwave through the global trading system and financial markets. And the President's 90-day pause on some of these tariffs on 9 April set off a relief rally in stock markets. But where has the rollercoaster of new US tariff announcements - and partial reversals - actually left the situation?
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2 weeks ago |
namibian.com.na | Ben Chu
A full-scale trade war with China and the US is in prospect after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of more than 100% on Chinese goods imports. China has said it will “fight to the end” rather than capitulate to what it sees as US coercion, and will hike its own tariffs on American goods from 34% to 84% in response to the White House’s latest move. What does this escalating trade conflict mean for the world economy?
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2 weeks ago |
g1.globo.com | Ben Chu
Uma guerra comercial em grande escala entre a China e os Estados Unidos está no horizonte, depois que o presidente americano, Donald Trump, impôs tarifas de mais de 100% sobre as importações de produtos chineses a partir desta quarta-feira (9). A China afirmou que "vai lutar até o fim" em vez de se render ao que considera coerção americana, e já levantou suas próprias barreiras comerciais contra os EUA em resposta.
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2 weeks ago |
opovo.com.br | Ben Chu
Donald Trump diz que vai impor mais tarifas a Pequim, enquanto os mercados globais continuam em queda. Uma guerra comercial em grande escala entre a China e os Estados Unidos está no horizonte, depois que o presidente americano, Donald Trump, impôs tarifas de mais de 100% sobre as importações de produtos chineses a partir desta quarta-feira (09/04).
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