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3 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Luna Sun |Kandy Wong |Frank Chen |Ralph Jennings
As two of the world’s most powerful leaders – President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump – exchanged rare conciliatory words in a phone call that signalled a potential thaw in China-US tensions, the mood on factory floors in China remained far more restrained. Exhausted by continual policy shifts and disillusioned by Trump’s volatility, many manufacturers are delaying major moves until clearer signals emerge.
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3 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Frank Chen |Ralph Jennings
Washington’s recent ban on Chinese labs deemed security risks over their testing of consumer electronics bound for the US has observers wondering about law enforcement while saying the ban may leave American consumers with fewer, more expensive choices. Analysts also say the impact on Chinese makers of phones, PCs and the like could be limited, even though Washington appears to be trying to curtail China, a country the US Federal Communications Commission calls an adversary.
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3 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Kandy Wong |Frank Chen
US President Donald Trump’s attempts to force Beijing back to the negotiating table by piling “extreme pressure” on the Chinese economy through a barrage of export controls are doomed to fail, analysts said. Washington has unveiled new curbs on the sale of jet engine and chip design technologies to China in recent days, as Trump insisted in a social media post that he would no longer be “Mr Nice Guy” on trade.
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4 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Ralph Jennings |Frank Chen
Washington’s technology-export restrictions targeting Chinese plane makers this week will delay China’s jet engine indigenisation process in the near term, but any setback will only harden resolve in Beijing for tech self-reliance to test and launch a home-grown engine, analysts said on Friday.
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4 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Ralph Jennings |Frank Chen
US export controls: a delay, but not a grounding, for China’s aircraft enginesWashington’s technology-export restrictions targeting Chinese plane makers this week will delay China’s jet engine indigenisation process in the near …
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4 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Kandy Wong |Frank Chen
American retail giants are now demanding that their Chinese suppliers shoulder half to 66 per cent of the cost of US import duties, as the ongoing US-China trade war ramps up pressure on businesses’ bottom lines, industry sources told the Post. US retailers have been locked in talks with Chinese producers for weeks over how to handle the additional costs caused by the trade war, with the firms facing intense political pressure at home to “eat the tariffs” and keep prices stable.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Leopold Chen |Kandy Wong |Frank Chen
China’s escalating protests against new US restrictions targeting Chinese-made microchips are a sign of Beijing’s determination not to cede any more ground in its stand-off with Washington over a basket of tech and trade issues, analysts said. The United States last week announced a global ban on the use of advanced artificial intelligence-powered chips made by Chinese companies – the latest in a string of export curbs targeting China’s semiconductor industry.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Frank Chen |Alice Li
Beijing appears to be planning for a protracted battle with Washington for economic supremacy, with China’s latest five-year development blueprint being drafted to sharpen its competitive edge and address weak links laid bare by the trade war with the United States. President Xi Jinping this week called for public feedback for the nation’s 2026-30 national economic development plan, with an emphasis on science and modernisation, reflecting the strategic thinking of Chinese leaders.
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2 months ago | 
scmp.com | Alice Li |Frank Chen
China’s Ministry of Commerce said both the country’s domestic airlines and American aerospace firm Boeing were victims of US President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, a move analysts said was tacit confirmation Beijing does not blame the company for the White House’s actions.
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2 months ago | 
scmp.com | Frank Chen |Kandy Wong
Some manufacturers in China’s Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces – export powerhouses that have been hit hard by the US-China trade war – have been told by Walmart and other major US retailers to resume shipments in recent days, the Post has learned.
