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12.12 / 12:19

markets IPO Gap Align NVIDIA Research wellness China’s next play in AI race? Faster, easier IPOs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Beijing’s bid for AI supremacy has been hobbled by a reliance on imported semiconductors. To fix that, it is tapping homegrown startups as it looks for the DeepSeek of chip making.

12.12 / 03:17

markets COST Progressive economy Updates India’s carbon market will take time to emerge but its rewards could go beyond climate progress

The feeble outcomes of this year’s UN climate summit, CoP-30, held at Belém in Brazil were a reflection of today’s geopolitical realities. The US does not recognize the threat of global warming, while several other large economies like Russia, China and India are in no mood to embark on a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.

11.12 / 11:29

UPS Manufacturing economy Remark Trade Updates Mint Explainer | What drove China’s trillion-dollar trade surplus—and why it matters

Mint breaks down how Beijing managed this feat and what it means for India and the world economy.China’s outbound shipments have proved remarkably resilient. In the first 11 months of 2025, exports grew 5.7% even with average US tariffs at 47.5%. Sales to the US slumped 18%, but Chinese manufacturers more than made up for it elsewhere: exports to Europe climbed 9%, while shipments to Southeast Asia and Africa surged 15% and 27%, respectively.Largely, yes.

11.12 / 10:03

markets Target Research Cycling cover medicines Pharmaceuticals As Big Pharma faces a 'patent cliff', China’s biotech boom is emerging as the industry’s most critical lifeline

For pharmaceutical firms, watching lucrative patents on their top-selling drugs expire has long been part of the business cycle. There’s enormous pressure to find ways of covering the shortfall. For the first time, China has something to offer.

11.12 / 03:45

markets UPS Provident FIVE BLOCK NVIDIA China’s AI power play: Cheap electricity from world’s biggest grid

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ULANQAB, China—The U.S. invented the most powerful artificial-intelligence models and controls access to the most advanced computer chips, but China has an ace to play in the global AI contest.

10.12 / 13:11

markets Manufacturing economy Trade country social International China is too big to rely on exports for growth, IMF chief warns

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BEIJING—The head of the International Monetary Fund warned China that its dominance over manufacturing risks exacerbating global trade tensions, urging Beijing to take far greater action to shift its economy toward domestic consumption. “As the second largest economy in the world, China is simply too big to generate much growth from exports," said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday.

10.12 / 05:31

Digital security economy country innovations information China is building an entire empire on data

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CHINA’S 1.1BN internet users churn out more data than anyone else on Earth. So does the country’s vast network of facial-recognition cameras.

10.12 / 02:11

markets UPS economy Trade President Updates Malhotra’s first year as RBI governor saw India’s economy break into a Goldilocks run but we can’t take it for granted

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown,” wrote Shakespeare in his play Henry IV. The English playwright was talking about a king by that name, not of any central bank governor.

10.12 / 01:43

markets Manufacturing security NVIDIA Experts country travelers Nvidia AI chips to undergo unusual U.S. security review before export to China

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The artificial-intelligence chips that Nvidia is allowed to ship to China will undergo a special security review in the U.S. before they are exported, according to administration officials.

09.12 / 09:33

markets UPS Waves Platform Fighting BURST Ford and Renault team up in Europe to compete against low-price Chinese cars

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ford is turning to French peer Renault to help reboot its European business, in a fresh sign of the upheaval being caused by Chinese automakers outside the U.S. “We know we’re in a fight for our lives in our industry, and no better example than here in Europe," Ford Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley told journalists in Paris.

09.12 / 07:41

markets UPS Racing Opinion Universities country Who is winning in AI—China or America?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. IN 1995, DURING a golden age for globalisation, a business professor from Berkeley coined a cheering term: “the California effect". When companies in wealthy markets face new competition from foreign rivals, argued David Vogel in his book “Trading Up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy", they do not invariably lower standards, as gloomsters might predict.

09.12 / 07:41

UPS Manufacturing economy Trade show Latin China’s manufacturing is booming despite Trump’s tariffs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump retook the White House almost a year ago promising a manufacturing boom. He got one—in China.

09.12 / 03:37

security economy NVIDIA President performer reports Department U.S. plans to approve export of Nvidia’s H200 chip to China

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to let Nvidia export its H200 chip to China, the latest twist in the artificial-intelligence chip designer’s efforts to maintain access to the world’s second-largest economy, according to people familiar with the matter. The Commerce Department plans to approve licenses to China letting Nvidia sell its H200.

09.12 / 01:59

markets UPS Trade President country Updates Mint Quick Edit | China’s $1 trillion plus trade surplus could worsen global turbulence if Beijing shrugs it off

China’s role as the world’s big factory isn’t weakening in the face of the US’s tariff-policy pushback. Its trade surplus is set for a record high in 2025, with exports exceeding imports by nearly $1.1 trillion in the first 11 months of the year, according to official data released on Monday, topping the trillion-dollar mark for the first time. Sure, its exports to the US slumped about 29% from a year earlier in November, but this was more than offset by export expansion to other markets.

09.12 / 01:59

Target Trade War country consequences International China knows how to punish countries that offend it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China’s diplomatic anger obeys a law of conservation: the total quantity remains constant, but the targets change. Some countries, notably Canada and South Korea, have recently emerged from China’s doghouse.

09.12 / 01:07

Target Manufacturing Mobile Analysis Sustainability President International How a push for easier emission rules drew criticism from global agencies

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : India's auto emissions roadmap is so conservative that it falls short of the industry's own targets for electric vehicle sales, two international agencies said. The US-based International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and the Geneva-based International Road Federation (IRF) have separately urged New Delhi to reconsider further concessions under India's upcoming Corporate Average Fuel-Efficiency (CAFE) norms.

09.12 / 01:07

security Strategy economy Sustainability Enterprise country social After labour codes rollout, Centre to double down on job-intensive sectors in FY27 budget

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Centre is preparing to reinforce and expand its focus on labour-intensive industries in the FY27 Union budget, according to two persons familiar with ongoing discussions.

08.12 / 06:27

markets Manufacturing economy Trade track 2020 A broad slowdown is gipping China’s economy—and the pressure is building

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China remains one of the world’s most powerful economies, with its influence still expanding in critical sectors. Its high-tech industries continue to grow, it is pushing aggressively for leadership in artificial intelligence, and its dominance over rare-earth minerals recently helped it clinch a trade truce with Washington.

08.12 / 02:05

markets UPS Manufacturing wellness President reports China locked onto Japanese military fighters. How that could impact rare earths.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Military tensions are increasing between China and Japan. Investors should take note.

08.12 / 01:23

markets COST UPS economy Election country rights A giant iron-ore mine could bring Guinea riches or ruin

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Underneath a ridge in the southern highlands of Guinea, a west African country of 14m people, lies one of the world’s biggest deposits of iron ore. Mining of the sprawling 3bn-tonne deposit, which would be worth some $315bn at current market prices, has been on hold for nearly 30 years.

07.12 / 10:05

markets UPS Action economy Puzzle wellness President In firing a policy bazooka to support growth, India’s central bank may have overlooked the consequences for its mandate

“Baptism by fire,” is how D. Subbarao had described his initial months as the 22nd governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Subbarao took charge in September 2008 in the shadow of the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers that led to the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis and brought the world economy to its knees.

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