China Economic ReviewThe EU has unveiled further plans to de-couple from reliance on China for rare earths, adding two new measures to a list it made earlier this year. The announcement comes just one day after China approved its first batch of general rare earth export permits, and as economies around the world are looking for ways […]
China has issued the first batch of new rare earth export licences that could accelerate shipments to certain customers, reports Reuters. The approvals come after months of disruption triggered by China’s introduction of rare earth export controls in April at the height of the trade war. The new general licences are designed to ease that […]
Shipments of US crops to China are accelerating after tariffs stalled trade for months, reports Reuters. There are understood to be at least six bulk cargo vessels scheduled to load with soybeans at Gulf Coast terminals through mid-December. A seventh US soybean cargo was loaded over the past weekend and is already en route to China, […]
China logged a record 180 billion express deliveries in the first 11 months of the year, reports the South China Morning Post. The country’s online shopping platforms continue to perform well despite a slowing economy. The parcel deliveries reached as high as 777 million per day from January to November, according to the State Post Bureau, though […]
China has expanded the asset scope of its infrastructure real estate investment trust (REIT) program to include Grade-A office buildings and urban renewal projects, reports Caixin. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) released the 2025 eligibility list on Monday, adding the two new categories and lifting the total number of qualified sectors to 15. […]