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BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Chinas Jack Ma Ends 20-Year Reign Over Alibaba

Jack Ma is giving up the reins of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. after presiding over one of the most spectacular creations of wealth the world has ever seen.

September 10, 2019
BusinessTechnology

Chinese Auto Giant Invests in Flying-Car Startup Volocopter

Billionaire Li Shufus Zhejiang Geely Holding Group agreed to invest in flying-car developer Volocopter GmbH as the Chinese auto giant diversifies into technologies that eventually could supplant the traditional gas guzzler.

September 9, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

Trade Deal Before Presidential Election May Suit Beijing

President Donald Trump tweeted this week that any trade deal China might secure from America would get much tougher upon his re-election. The insinuation being of course that Beijing should really work something out before November 2020.

September 6, 2019
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

China Says Trade Talks With US to Be Held in October

BEIJING Chinas Commerce Ministry says talks with the United States on ending their tariff war will take place in early October in Washington, later than previously planned.

September 4, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

US Soy Shippers Get Small Perk From Otherwise Horrid Trade War

The trade war between the U.S. and China continues to surprise agricultural markets, even delivering an unexpected reprieve for American farmers who have otherwise been roiled by the conflict.

September 3, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

Sept. 1 Tariffs on China Kick In As Does China's Retaliation

The Trump administration slapped tariffs on roughly $110 billion in Chinese imports on Sept. 1, marking the latest escalation in a trade war thats inflicting damage across the world economy. China retaliated.

September 1, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

US and China Locked in New Tariff Stare-Down

Labor Day picnic products are just a sampling of the more than 3,200 categories of Chinese goods targeted for the new tariff starting Sept. 1, barring a last-minute flinch by President Donald Trump.

August 30, 2019
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Tesla Gets Exemption From Chinas 10% Tax on Car Sales

Tesla Inc. won exemption from a 10% Chinese tax on automotive sales, sidestepping trade tensions with the U.S. following CEO Elon Musks visit to the country.

August 30, 2019
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Teslas Musk and Alibabas Ma to Debate AI in China

From Jack Ma to Pony Ma, the leading lights of Chinas internet industry gather in Shanghai this week to showcase the countrys latest advances in artificial intelligence. But the real headliner could be American entrepreneur Elon Musk.

August 28, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

China Trade War Means US Dairy is Missing Out

Americas dairy farmers, already struggling with falling milk consumption and low prices, are missing out on a rare demand boom thanks to Donald Trumps trade war with China.

August 27, 2019