Insiders report that LGES is in discussions with several Chinese suppliers about producing cost-effective batteries for EVs for the European market. “We are in talks with Chinese companies to develop and produce LFP cathodes for Europe,” said Wonjoon Suh, head of LGES’s advanced automotive battery division. He did not specify which Chinese companies are involved. […]
The Chinese car manufacturer SAIC has criticized the EU Commission’s handling of its investigation into subsidies for Chinese EV manufacturers. In a statement published on its website on Monday, SAIC claimed that the Brussels agency had made mistakes in its investigation and, for instance, erroneously included a foreign joint venture for purchase financing as a […]
Rebecca Spyke Keiser, Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy at the leading US research agency National Science Foundation (NSF), calls for better information for researchers on the risks associated with China. “The biggest security risk is the misuse of research and technology for unethical purposes,” Spyke Keiser told Table.Briefings, adding that there is also […]
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) are working to establish a regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers in the territory as soon as possible. Asset managers and fintech firms are reportedly following the effort very closely. Other governments should do so as well.Stablecoins are a type of cryptoasset that […]
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected to her post on Thursday. The European Parliament confirmed von der Leyen with 401 votes. While the first political manifesto of her first term of office in 2019 did not mention China, von der Leyen’s political guidelines for the next five years, published on Thursday, now […]
According to a survey, the sentiment of German companies in the Asia-Pacific region has improved significantly. The companies surveyed are particularly optimistic about economic development and their business prospects in the area. The exception, however, is Greater China. Optimism there remains subdued, according to a special analysis of the AHK World Business Outlook for the […]
“Everyone in this world is one of three kinds: a good Terminator, a bad Terminator, or neutral,” says Mamaw in “Hillbilly Elegy” – the autobiography by J.D. Vance, a global bestseller. The character Mamaw, based on his grandmother, categorizes the world this way with reference to the action movie featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the killer […]
The WTO has stated that it lacks sufficient reliable data to adequately assess China’s controversial industrial policy. There is a pervasive lack of transparency, particularly in sectors like electric vehicles, aluminum and steel, the WTO reported from Geneva on Wednesday. The USA and the EU accuse the world’s second-largest economy of heavily subsidizing key industries, […]
Kara Němečková is the new Research Fellow at CEIAS (Central European Institute of Asian Studies) in the newly established office in Prague. Němečková was previously External Relations Manager at the think tank CHOICE.Danny Alexander is leaving the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank AIIB. As Vice President, the Briton was one of the highest-ranking Western representatives at […]
In the so-called Third Plenum to be held on July 15-18, China’s senior leadership will have an opportunity to establish the broad outlines of a policy framework that could reshape the country’s course for the next several years. Don’t count on it. There is good reason to think that China watchers in the West have […]