中国与欧盟宣布采取措施解决汽车关税争端
2026-01-13
| China and the EU announced steps to resolve a longstanding dispute over European import tariffs on China-made electric cars. According to a jointly released "guidance document," the agreement essentially would allow Chinese carmakers to avoid EU tariffs as high as 35 percent by committing to minimum prices for every model earmarked for sale in Europe. Tariff relief would also take into account Chinese auto investments on the continent. Brussels imposed the tariffs in October 2024 to protect the EU auto industry from lower-cost Chinese imports that it said were subsidized by Beijing. Despite tariffs, Chinese automakers captured a record 13 percent of Europe's electric-vehicle market in November, according to researcher Dataforce. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce, which has long called the tariffs unjustified and disproportionate, hailed the agreement with the EU as an important step forward, reflecting "the spirit of dialogue and a willingness to resolve differences through consultation." | |
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美联储主席正接受联邦刑事调查
2026-01-13
| US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he is under federal criminal investigation related to testimony he gave last June to the Senate Banking Committee. He said the legal action is payback from President Donald Trump for his opposition to deeper interest-rate cuts and he won't be intimidated by political pressure. The testimony in question related to information on the Fed's US$2.5 billion project to renovate the historic Fed headquarters building, Powell said. Trump has previously accused Powell of mismanaging the project, which the president described as too costly and ostentatious. Powell's term as Fed chairman expires in May, but his tenure on the Fed board of governors doesn't lapse until the end of 2026. Ironically, it was Trump who appointed Powell as Fed chair in 2019. The S&P 500 stock index in New York shrugged off the news to close at a new record high, but US Treasury bond yields rose on concerns about risk to the Fed's independence, with 10-year debt up 0.01 percentage point at 4.187 percent. | |
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投资者押注中国外卖大战将迎来结束
2026-01-13
| Hong Kong shares of the three big rivals in China's fast food-delivery sector – Alibaba, Meituan and JD.com -- rose after Beijing announced yet another attempt to rein in a price war that has eaten into profits. Although the three companies in the past have said they will comply with directives to cool their intense battle for customers, none has seemed willing to be the first to change its practices. The State Administration for Market Regulation on Friday said it is launching a probe into competition practices in the sector, which have included costly discounting, promotions and merchant incentives. Meituan, the market leader in promising delivery of food within an hour of ordering, admitted last year that "irrational competition" in its fast-food delivery battle led to its first quarterly loss in three years. Its shares in Hong Kong rose 6.6 percent on Tuesday as investors bet that the new clampdown will raise margins. Alibaba gained 5.3 percent, and JD gained 2 percent. | |
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中国学者警告美国不要干预伊朗事务
2026-01-12
| Lu Xiang, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, warned of "significant impact" if the US military intervenes in Iran, the Global Times reported on Sunday. "If strikes were launched against Iran, Iran would certainly retaliate in the most intense manner," he said, adding that it would create serious regional tensions after a period of relative calm. US media said US President Donald Trump has been briefed on options for attacks in Iran, including strikes on nonmilitary sites in Tehran. Trump has been threatening to intervene amid protests in the country triggered by the soaring cost of living.
China's Xinhua news agency, citing Iran state media, said at least 109 members of Iran's security forces have been killed in clashes since the protests began 14 days ago, and noted that human-rights groups outside the country put the number of protesters killed at 200 or more, though this figure could not be independently verified. On Sunday, Trump posted on his social media site: "Iran is looking at freedom perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help." Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei urged Iranian citizens to maintain unity and blamed the US for inciting the demonstrations. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a Sunday televised interview, said his government is prepared to address the economic grievances driving the protests but warned that "rioters" will not be tolerated. |
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美国要求本国公民离开委内瑞拉
2026-01-12
| The US urged any of its citizens living in Venezuela to leave the country immediately, amid reports of armed paramilitary groups setting up roadblocks to search for Americans a week after the US attacked Venezuela, captured its president Nicolas Maduro and took over the oil industry. The volatile situation in the country is among concerns raised by US oil executives who met President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday and were non-committal toward his claim that they will spend US$100 billion to rebuild Venezuela's oil industry, battered by years of decaying infrastructure and mismanagement. Exxon Mobil Chief Executive told Trump Venezuela is currently "uninvestable." Though Maduro is gone, the remainder of his regime remains intact in Caracas.
Separately, Trump turned his sights on Cuba, saying no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to the island and Havana needs to "make a deal with the US before it's too late." Caracas has long been a backbone of support for Cuba, which is under a longstanding embargo by Washington. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel rejected Trump's threat. |
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中国发布稀土价格指数
2026-01-12
| China's first comprehensive rare earth price index was launched on January 9, marking a step toward greater pricing transparency in the strategic materials market. The index, released by the Baotou Rare Earth Products Exchange, is based on transaction data from its own trading platform, combined with verified commercial trade data. It covers major rare earth that include lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium and neodymium, which are widely used in high-tech manufacturing and clean energy applications. The launch comes as rare earth prices continue to edge higher. On Friday, the Baogang Group and China Northern Rare Earth Group both announced plans to raise first-quarter prices for rare earth concentrates by 2.4 percent, the sixth consecutive increase since the third quarter of 2024. | |
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美国将退出气候变化核心协议
2026-01-09
| The Trump administration is pulling the US out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, CNN reported. It would be the first country to withdraw from the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, ratified by almost every nation. The convention doesn't set limits on use of fossil fuels but establishes a common goal of addressing pollutants that affect climate. It set the stage for subsequent years of climate summits that produced the Kyoto Protocol in 1995 and the Paris Agreement in 2015. The White House announced that the US will withdraw from 66 UN and international organizations, identifying them only as major forums related to climate change, peace and democracy. | |
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智谱 AI 领衔三家公司成功上市首日表现亮眼
2026-01-09
| Chinese start-up Zhipu AI led a trio of technology debuts on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Thursday that highlighted continuing investor enthusiasm for the sector. The three IPOs underscore China's push to become self-reliant in technology and encourage companies to raise development funds by going public. Shares of Beijing-based Zhipu, the third-largest player in China's large language model market, closed up 13 percent from its offer price after an IPO that raised HK$4.35 billion (US$550 million). Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor, a maker of graphic processing units, rose 8.4 percent after raising HK$3.7 billion in its share sale, and Edge Medical, a maker of surgical robots, gained 31 percent after a fundraising of HK$1.2 billion. Shanghai-based MiniMax, a developer of AI large language models, starts trading today in Hong Kong. | |
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雀巢部分婴儿配方奶粉的召回范围扩大至中国
2026-01-09
| Swiss-based food giant Nestle's global recall of batches of baby formula powder has stretched to Asia, including China. The recall is related to possible contamination by cereulide, a toxin that can cause nausea and vomiting. Global Times in China reported that the mainland market has joined more than 30 other countries issuing recall notices for specific Nestle formula products. | |
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中国调查日本出口的一种芯片制造关键化学品
2026-01-08
| China's ministry of commerce said it has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports from Japan of a key chemical compound used in integrated-circuit manufacturing. The probe, which will cover the year ended June 30, 2025, was triggered by a complaint filed by domestic producers of dichlorosilane, a chemical used in thin-film deposition processes in chip manufacturing. The ministry said preliminary evidence indicates that imports of the compound rose between 2022 and 2024 while prices fell 31 percent, causing harm to mainland producers. The ministry published an industry document of major dichlorosilane sellers that includes three companies from Japan: Shin-Etsu Chemical, Air Liquide Japan GK and Mitsubishi Chemical Group. The anti-dumping probe has a one-year timeline but could be extended an additional six months, the ministry said. It comes at a time when trade and political relations between Japan and China are strained. | |
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