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EU sees time and space to find Nexperia solution, with worst-case avoided

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Tuesday it welcomed industry indications that China had engaged with EU companies to restore partial flow of chips, preventing a worst-case scenario and creating time and space to find a lasting solution. “We welcome the constructive approach shown by the Netherlands and China,” the EU executive said. It …

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U.S. Steel unveils $11 billion investment plan with Nippon Steel

(Reuters) -United States Steel Corp said on Tuesday it is launching a multi-year growth plan with Nippon Steel that targets approximately $14 billion of U.S. growth capital, with $11 billion to be invested by the end of 2028. (Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru)

China plans events to boost imports, promises ‘win-win cooperation’

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China announced an initiative on Tuesday to increase imports, promoting itself as a super-sized market opportunity even as its trade surpluses with other countries swell amid frictions with the United States. While China’s supply of manufactured goods to the world is growing, its contribution to global demand is much less …

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Taiwan detains 25, seizes $150 million tied to suspected scam-centre operator

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taipei prosecutors said on Tuesday they had detained 25 people and seized T$4.5 billion ($147.09 million) in assets tied to the Prince Group, a multinational network accused of running vast scam-centre operations. The assets include 26 high-end cars, properties as well as bank accounts, tied to the network and the Cambodian businessman Chen …

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Singapore drops 2030 food self-sufficiency goal, minister says

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore has ditched a plan to raise its food self-sufficiency rate to 30% by 2030, Sustainability and Environment Minister Grace Fu said on Tuesday, with local production held back by land constraints as well as high labour and energy costs. The Southeast Asian city-state launched the “30-by-30” policy in 2019 in a bid …

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Shein bans sex dolls from marketplace after France threatens to shut it down

PARIS (Reuters) -Shein imposed a total ban on sex dolls in its marketplace and suspended the “adult products” category after French Finance Minister Roland Lescure threatened on Monday to ban the Chinese online retailer in France if it ever sold childlike sex dolls again. The company said it imposed “strict sanctions” on the merchants and …

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Exclusive-Pakistan cancels Eni LNG cargoes, seeks to renegotiate Qatar supplies

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -Pakistan has struck a deal to cancel 21 liquefied natural gas cargoes under its long-term contract with Italy’s Eni as part of a plan to curb excess imports that have flooded its gas network, according to an official document and two sources. The document from state-owned Pakistan LNG Ltd (PLL) …

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UltraGreen.ai starts pre-marketing of over $300 million Singapore IPO, sources say

By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) -UltraGreen.ai has started pre-marketing for a Singapore initial public offering that could raise between S$300 million and S$400 million ($309 million), valuing the surgical imaging firm at more than S$2 billion, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg first reported the IPO on Tuesday. The planned share …

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Tesla’s China-made EV sales fall 9.9% y/y in October

BEIJING (Reuters) -Tesla’s China-made electric vehicle sales fell 9.9% to 61,497 units in October from a year earlier, reversing a 2.8% increase in September, data from the China Passenger Car Association showed on Tuesday. Sales of the U.S. automaker’s Model 3 and Model Y vehicles made at its Shanghai “gigafactory”, including exports to Europe, India …

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