Even before Rishi Sunak signaled the end of a ‘golden era’ of relations with China, a growing number of Chinese firms in the UK had identified deteriorating geopolitical relations are their biggest challenge.
(Bloomberg) — Several big solar-panel makers are ramping up production in a boon to clean energy. A key reason: the collapse of material costs that had been elevated for more than a year.
China has asked farmers to avoid large gatherings and send their Lunar New Year greetings virtually to try and curb the impact of a severe wave of Covid-19 in the countryside.
China is vowing to boost domestic prospecting and build strategic reserves to secure supplies of energy and key strategic mineral resources.
China’s equities are poised to claim back a one-third weighting in a benchmark emerging-markets index, following a sharp outperformance sparked by an easing of strict Covid curbs and a pivot to pro-growth policies.
Stellantis NV may idle additional car manufacturing plants as it grapples with higher inflation on top of the cost of electrifying its lineup, Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares said.
Mexico’s military arrested Ovidio Guzman, the alleged leader of a major drug trafficking organization suspected of funneling narcotics to the US, as violence engulfed the city where the operation took place.
(Bloomberg) — China’s trade restrictions on Australian wine, lobsters and other commodities could be the next to ease amid a warming of diplomatic ties and expectations that Beijing will soon resume imports of coal.
The Royal College of Nursing wants the UK government to meet it “halfway” on pay, the union’s chief said, in another sign of softening positions ahead of more planned strikes later this month.
Olam Group Ltd. has picked banks to lead a planned Singapore listing of its agribusiness unit that could raise as much as $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said.
