Protectionism

The moves mark the latest escalation in a dispute over comments by PM Takaichi last year, when she suggested Tokyo could deploy its military if China attempts to seize Taiwan.

Global Enterprise

China escalates Takaichi feud by blacklisting more Japan firms

The new restrictions expand on curbs introduced on Feb 24

Even as the world plans for an unreliable US in everything from defence to trade, it now has to cope with a new way of being captive to the world’s biggest economy.

Opinion & Features

THE BROAD VIEW

AI has granted America vast new power

Its government is now the gatekeeper to frontier models – and most compute

“This digital tax, which several European countries have decided on and implemented, is part of our law,” French President Macron said on TF1 television.

International

Macron rebuffs Trump’s threats of wine tariffs as G7 meets

Trump had threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on French wines

Wines and spirits exported to the US from the EU currently face a 15 per cent tariff.

International

Trump threatens 100% tariff on French wine over tech tax as G7 meets: NY Post

Alcohol is among the EU’s top exports to the US

Chinese automaker BYD's presence in the US is focused on electric buses, trucks and forklifts, not cars.

Global Enterprise

Trump might welcome Chinese investment, but America is wary

Chinese investment in the United States has declined sharply in recent years due to increased screening requirements

A steel worker stands amid sparks of raw iron coming from a blast furnace at a ThyssenKrupp steel factory in Duisburg, Germany, Nov 5, 2025.

Global Enterprise

US set to roll out tiered tariffs on steel, aluminum imports

Tariffs will be shifted from content to the full value of the imported product

Some economists and trade lawyers argue the US is not on the cusp of a balance-of-payments crisis, making the new duties vulnerable to a legal challenge.

Global Enterprise

New US tariff starts at 10%, Trump administration working to hike it to 15%

The move added to confusion surrounding US trade policy

The “Made in Europe” package has divided the 27 EU member states, resulting in multiple delays in finalising the package.

Opinion & Features

‘Made in Europe’ plan’s sting in tail for Asia and the wider world

The soon-to-be-finalised initiative will impact industries from cars to manufacturing, steel and defence

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent speaks during an Economic Club of Minnesota event in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Jan 8, 2026.

International

Bessent worried more about loss of leverage than revenue if Trump loses Supreme Court case

[GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota] US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said he was confident in the ability to reconstitute any lost tariff revenue by imposing duties under other legal authorities...

A working paper published in November by economists at Harvard Business School and elsewhere found that tariffs had pushed up the price of imported goods by roughly twice as much as domestic ones.

Global Enterprise

Why haven’t Trump’s tariffs had a bigger impact?

[WASHINGTON] President Donald Trump raised the taxes that the United States charges on imports last year to levels not seen in a century.

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