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08.09 / 13:01

Provident Digital Валюта CNY China Central Bank Releases Digital CNY Smart Contract Prepaid Fund Management Product

According to the China Financial Association, the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China has launched a digital renminbi smart contract prepaid fund management product — «Yuanguanjia».

07.01 / 11:27

markets COST UPS Racing security Research Updates The next phase of the AI race may well be about power supply more than models and chips

Data-centre investments hint at a shift in the AI race. Soon, reliable and affordable electricity will confer a decisive advantage in this sector.

05.04 / 17:41

markets Provident Trade War country prevention Pharmaceuticals India emerges winner in US reciprocal tariff, sees limited impact of pharma tariffs

reciprocal tariffs imposed by the US and has a first mover advantage as compared to other countries because of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) that the two are negotiating, officials said, adding that Indian exporters are better positioned to deal with the additional US tariffs as compared to their competitors. The country, they said, will take all measures to check dumping of goods from China as Beijing is slapped with steeper tariffs and work within the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework to prevent the dumping of excess capacity into its markets by countries hit by high US tariffs. “The government is there to protect domestic industry from any possibility of dumping of goods in such a situation,” said an official. New Delhi is also exploring measures to protect sensitive sectors like dairy and agriculture amid the trade war. While the reciprocal tariffs on India are 26%, those on China are 34%. India is also likely to gain from the US-China trade war.

03.04 / 03:25

Extreme security Trade President War rights International Gloves are off: Global trade war gets fiercer as Trump's tariffs trigger strong backlash from foes and others

Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs have landed, triggering measured responses from key trading partners who seem unwilling to ignite a full-blown trade war—at least for now. Branded as “reciprocal tariffs” and ranging from 10% to 49%, the new import taxes, according to Trump, are simply the U.S. giving back what it has endured for decades. “Taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years,” he declared, vowing that “it is not going to happen anymore.” Promising a resurgence of jobs and factories, Trump framed the move as more than just economics—he called it a national security necessity that threatens “our very way of life.” Here are the first reactions: China Beijing said it «firmly opposes» the new tariffs on its exports, and vowed «countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests».

26.03 / 12:03

Target Strategy President War testing Arsenal The U.S. missile launcher that is enraging China

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A new U.S. missile system deployed in the Philippines puts key Chinese military and commercial hubs within striking distance and hands President Trump an early test of his commitment to deterring Chinese aggression against American allies in Asia.

25.03 / 01:01

markets UPS Research Trade President rowing Bulls in beast mode, clean up D-Street losses

foreign selling. The rebound on the heels of a prolonged period of gloom has helped the main indices erase all their 2025 losses. The rupee advanced to 85.63, its strongest this year against the dollar, rising for the ninth day in a row. The NSE Nifty rose 307.95 points or 1.32% to close at 23,658.35. The BSE Sensex rose 1,078.87 points or 1.4% to end at 77,984.38. Both indices are up 5.1% in the six trading sessions. «Monday's upside was due to a combination of short covering, and expectations of some relaxation or less punitive tariffs which were supposed to be implemented on April 2,» said Pankaj Pandey, head of retail research at ICICI Direct.

17.03 / 07:17

UPS Digital Google economy ByteDance TikTok Thailand approves $2.7 billion of investments in data centres and cloud services

The projects include data centres from China's Beijing Haoyang Cloud&Data Technology, Singapore-based Empyrion Digital, and Thai company, GSA Data Center 02, it said. Beijing Haoyang's plan in Thailand includes a 300 megawatt data centre, valued at 72.7 billion baht, while the Thai firm has proposed a 13.5 billion baht investment for a 35 MW data centre.

11.03 / 02:17

UPS Action Trade President country Relationships US, China discuss a Trump-Xi summit for June

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Washington and Beijing have begun discussions about a potential “birthday summit" in June in the U.S. between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to people familiar with the matter.

06.03 / 06:59

UPS economy Trade President War isolate Relationships China is secretly worried Trump will win on trade

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Soon after Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, Xi Jinping asked his aides to urgently analyze the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. His concern, according to people who consult with senior Chinese officials, was that as President Trump gears up for a showdown with Beijing, China could get isolated like Moscow during that era.

05.03 / 14:43

UPS economy Trade President War reports rights Trump turns up the heat. China says bring it on.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BEIJING : As President Trump ratchets up the political and economic pressure on China, Beijing has responded with a clear message: China will resist U.S. efforts to constrain its rise.

04.03 / 07:23

Action economy Corning wellness Trade War country China retaliates against US with tariffs, controls on US companies

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China hit back at the U.S. with a slate of retaliatory measures in response to the Trump administration’s latest tariff increase, escalating a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

21.01 / 07:21

Analysis economy TikTok Trade President Experts rights China stocks, yuan cautiously firm after Trump delays tariffs

Trump returned to the White House on Monday with an ambitious agenda spanning trade reform, immigration, tax cuts and deregulation. He did not target China in his inauguration speech nor did he immediately impose tariffs as previously promised, sparking a relief rally in global stocks and a drop in the dollar.

21.01 / 06:39

security TikTok President country reports prevention Courts Donald Trump returns as US President: TikTok ban delayed, AI regulations revoked, other sweeping tech changes

Donald Trump has officially returned as the President of the United States, and his first day in office was packed with a “historic” flurry of big decisions including ones with potential to change the course of technology as we know it.

19.01 / 08:05

Election HANS Trade President travelers strain Relationships Trump told advisers he wants to visit China as president

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—Donald Trump has told advisers he wants to travel to China after he takes office, according to people familiar with the discussions, seeking to deepen a relationship with Xi Jinping strained by the president-elect’s threat to impose steeper tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump visited Beijing in 2017, nearly a year into his first term.

03.01 / 05:51

markets Target security Strategy PAM voice reports China targets 28 US defence firms with sanctions 'in order to safeguard national security'

China, Beijing on Thursday announced new export control measures targeting 28 US companies and placed 10 of them to a list, barring them from conducting business in the country, the Voice of America reported.

03.12 / 14:55

markets UPS Manufacturing economy Trade President country China’s flood of cheap goods is angering its allies, too

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A deluge of cheap Chinese goods washing over the developing world is jacking up tensions between China and the Global South, complicating Beijing’s plans to build alliances as it confronts escalating trade tensions with the U.S. With President-elect Donald Trump saying he plans to significantly increase tariffs on China, Beijing is hoping to unload more of its excess factory production to developing-world countries, from Indonesia to Pakistan to Brazil.

28.11 / 06:29

markets IPO security Strategy Tesla AVP China's robotaxi firm Pony AI valued at $5.25 billion as shares jump in strong Nasdaq debut

Pony AI rose about 15% in their market debut on Wednesday, giving the robotaxi company a valuation of $5.25 billion, in an indication of a positive investor approach to China-based firms. The company's depositary shares opened at $15 in their Nasdaq debut, compared with the IPO price of $13. The IPO comes after nearly two years of uncertainty following Didi Global's delisting amid regulatory backlash in China, with Beijing easing tensions by resolving a long-standing audit dispute with the US accounting watchdog in December 2022.

11.11 / 04:23

markets Analysis Sustainability Trade Experts blues Monday blues! Sensex, Nifty decline for 3rd straight session tracking weak earnings

Sensex and Nifty50, opened lower for the third consecutive session on Monday, as concerns over weak earnings and continued foreign outflows weighed on domestic equities. At 9:35 am, the BSE Sensex was down 34.20 points, or 0.04%, at 79,452, while the Nifty50 lost 8.80 points, or 0.04%, trading at 24,139.40.

10.11 / 11:19

UPS Cooper security President country peace Indonesia's new leader calls for collaboration with China before heading to the US

Indonesia's new leader has called for collaboration rather than confrontation with China

04.09 / 07:55

Reuters security Southern country reports International US to send more senior delegation to China military forum

Taiwan and Mongolia, to China's top annual security forum in mid-September, a U.S. official told Reuters. The choice of Chase has not been previously reported. He is more senior than the U.S. officer who attended the Xiangshan Forum last year, a sign that the U.S. military is hoping for deeper working-level engagement with China amid regional disputes and increased deployments across East Asia. More than 90 countries and international organisations plan to send delegations to the Sept. 12-14 forum in Beijing, Chinese state media reported Wednesday.

11.08 / 16:54

UPS Cooper Trade reports rights Investigations China files WTO complaint against EU over tariffs on electric vehicles

The Chinese government has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over European Union tariffs on electric vehicles made in China

24.07 / 06:56

President War stage reports SOLIDARITY The Palestinian Authority and Hamas strike a deal in Beijing

The Biden Administration has been consistent: The Palestinian Authority must rule Gaza after the war. The White House dismisses Israel’s protests that the PA supports terrorism and is too feeble to resist Hamas as domestic political pandering. The only way to defeat Hamas in Gaza, says the U.S., is to hand the keys to Mahmoud Abbas and a “revitalized" PA.

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