China waives African import duties to lock in strategic ores
Beijing’s tariff exemption across 53 countries accelerated imports of copper, lithium and farm produce through July, insulating supply chains from Western trade barriers.
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China export pause on rare earths nears Nov. 10 expiration
A one-year waiver on Chinese export controls covering heavy rare earths and battery materials is scheduled to lapse on Nov.
Xi Jinping plans business delegation for Donald Trump summit
Beijing aims to ease trade friction and protect cross-border commerce as U.S.
Wacker Chemie keeps Tennessee plant open despite US tariffs
A Section 232 tariff order designed to shield domestic polysilicon is eroding orders at the German group's Charleston site by…
Japan offers U.S. chip investment to win semiconductor tariff relief
Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa met Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to protect Japanese chip suppliers using Tokyo's $550…
US 100% drone tariffs take effect as Chinese hardware faces border wallMembers
The Section 232 duties penalize heavy and thermal-equipped unmanned aircraft while granting a 15% rate to allied suppliers in…
Japan bids to host permanent CPTPP secretariat to steer Asia-Pacific trade rules
The trade ministry requested initial funding in its fiscal 2027 budget ahead of a formal proposal to member economies in Vietnam…
US and China open talks on $30 billion reciprocal tariff reduction
Negotiators review public filings on non-sensitive industrial goods and farm products to build exclusion lists under a bilateral…
Japan accelerates grants for rare-earth-reduced robot motor magnets under economic security act
METI enforces tightened supply-plan standards for heavy-rare-earth substitution and drive-motor manufacturing lines across…
China tightens dual-use export screening on aerospace titanium powders and tooling
Prior licensing rules covering spherical alloy powders and bonding equipment force Western aerospace contractors to audit Tier 2…
Korea tightens cross-border M&A reviews on core industrial technologies
Revisions to the industrial technology act and updated national core technology rosters give regulators direct injunction powers…
Korea tightens export licensing rules on robotics actuator technologyMembers
South Korea mandates end-user vetting for precision motion blueprints, raising compliance duties for robotics ventures seeking…
Korea FTC Targets NXP and Analog Devices Over Chip Distribution Pricing Controls
Antitrust examiners initiate formal proceedings over Ship and Debit margin caps and client allocation in non-memory component…
China Customs tightens origin documentation for graphite transit shipments
New administrative guidelines mandate verified origin certificates and technical assays for bonded graphite transshipments across…
Japan Tightens Laser Micromachining Screening Under Revised Dual-Use Export Rules
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry updated technical thresholds for pulse duration and beam wavelength, altering…
Korea expands tax credits for artificial intelligence compute infrastructure
Revisions to the Restriction of Special Taxation Act grant up to 25 percent facility credits for high-performance computing…
KFTC opens supply contract probe into tier-one robotics and battery parts
South Korea's antitrust regulator targets unfair price cuts and compulsory technical data disclosures between manufacturing…
China Tightens Connected Vehicle Data Rules With Mandatory Local Sensor Scrubbing
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requires automakers to sanitize autonomous driving telemetry and…
Japan METI allocates clean power grid grants to anchor Hokkaido semiconductor hub
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will fund dedicated renewable transmission and substation assets to guarantee…
Japan tenders economic security subsidies for synthetic graphite anode substitutes
METI opens dedicated funding rounds for silicon-dominant and hard-carbon anode projects to insulate domestic battery lines from…
China Antimonopoly Review Imposes Harsher Operational Remedies on Automation Mergers
State regulators use conditional merger approvals to secure domestic supply guarantees and intellectual property access across…
China Tightens Dual-Use Graphite Export Licensing for Anode Supply Chains
Ministry of Commerce reviews stretch to 75 days as overseas battery makers face granular end-user documentation rules for…