China

Trump’s new secretary of state met with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan to discuss countering China’s rising power.

Vice President Han Zheng will represent China at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, signalling a potential thaw in Washington-Beijing relations.

ASML shares had a robust start to 2025, outpacing its US semiconductor peers and signalling a shift by investors towards European stock markets. This development comes amid a broad selloff on Wall Street ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The copper price has been on the rise in 2025, reaching a three-week high amid robust demand in China, given Beijing’s ongoing stimulus measures. However, Trump’s tariffs are expected to cap the uptrend later in the year.

European glass fibre producers lodge an anti-dumping complaint calling on the Commission to apply anti-dumping duties on production passing through the Belt and Road Initiative.

Officials said Prime Minister Starmer wants a ‘pragmatic’ approach to working with Beijing on küresel stability, climate change and the transition to clean energy.

TikTok has been ‘on notice’ since 2020, during Trump’s first term, that its sale could be required if it couldn’t satisfy the US government’s national security concerns.