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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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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Ralph Jennings |Kandy Wong
A US court order blocking President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs marks a setback for the US leader, but is unlikely to provide China and other American trading partners with more than a temporary reprieve, analysts said. The Trump administration has already filed an appeal to stop the tariff block with a Federal Circuit court, and even if that effort fails he could potentially reinstate the tariffs using other methods, they added.
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Ralph Jennings
Wendy Cutler comes from a three-decade career in shaping US trade policy. She worked in the Office of the US Trade Representative from 1988 to 2015 before moving into the think tank space. Today, she is vice-president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Ralph Jennings
3 hours agoYinchuan, China - January 02, 2025 In the video, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Ningxia, causing the house to shake violently, which is thrilling. The monitor camera records this scene. This footage was filmed by Mr. Zhang, in Yongning, Yinchuan, Ningxia, on January 2, 2025.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Ralph Jennings |Kandy Wong
As China and the United States engage in formal talks for the first time since the resurgence of their trade war, analysts who have closely followed developments in the world’s two biggest economies have made a wide range of predictions as to the outcome – with almost everything seeming to be on the table.
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Ralph Jennings |Xiaofei Xu
As China continues to promote its home-grown C919 passenger plane to overseas markets – and builds a name for the jet in Southeast Asia – it could take longer than expected for the aircraft to receive a coveted endorsement from the European Union’s safety regulator.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang |Ralph Jennings
Growing economic risks and uncertainties pushed first-quarter demand for gold to the highest level since 2016, with prices expected to remain strong for the rest of the year, according to two outlook reports.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Ralph Jennings |Xiaofei Xu
1 hour agoTrump Goes Full Grinch as Tariffs Threaten to Ruin ChristmasOn the same day the U.S. economy shrank for the first time in three years, President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that Americans would pay the …7 hours agoTrump: Maybe the Children Will Have Two Dolls Instead of 30 DollsTaking questions during a cabinet meeting, President Trump addressed concerns about his trade war with China leading to potential shortages for U.S. businesses and consumers.
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2 months ago | 
thestar.com.my | Ralph Jennings
China’s growth could drop by as much as one percentage point this year if soaring US import tariffs hold up, but its increasingly deep ties with Southeast Asia can help offset that loss, a regional economic surveillance body said on Tuesday. US import tariffs of 145 per cent on Chinese shipments will limit expansion of the world’s second-largest economy to a “quite optimistic” 4.8 per cent this year, said Hoe Ee Khor, chief economist with the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).
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2 months ago | 
thestar.com.my | Ralph Jennings
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