Raw materials are the great overlooked in the global technological competition. In 1992 the father of China’s economic revolution, Deng Xiaoping, said that ‘the Middle East has the oil, but China has the rare earths’. […]
The refloat and transit of the stricken Dali containership from its current location to a terminal in Baltimore is slated for Monday morning. Optimum conditions call for the transit of the 9,962 teu ship to […]
A fact sheet posted on the White House website this week announced that U.S. President Joe Biden is directing his trade representative to increase tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on […]
“We are very concerned,” says WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. It is now well-known that Beijing has distorted certain markets in part by introducing massive subsidies. For example, China now produces electric vehicles that are widely […]
The dramatic escalation between Israel and Iran has sidelined the most significant disruption of global energy trade over the last year. Since mid-November 2023, the Houthi have launched dozens of attacks to commercial vessels, firing […]
The Biden administration moved Tuesday to block China’s access to the American market for clean energy technology by doubling duties on solar cells and effectively quadrupling the price of electric vehicles from China. The actions […]
Biden’s tariffs, targeting China’s “new three” green goods, are expected to be announced next week, escalating trade tensions between the US and China. The move is anticipated to impact various sectors, leading to market turbulence […]
China’s solar capacity is nearly double that of the EU and triple that of the US. China controls approximately 80% of the world’s solar panel supply chain. China is expected to account for almost 60% […]
The EU’s climate agenda is in trouble. The Green Deal, which aims to slash the bloc’s carbon emissions by 55% by 2030, had started off promisingly after several major pieces of legislation were adopted, including its […]
The Shahid Mahdavi vessel crossed the equator and entered the Southern Hemisphere on May 4, 2024, Dryad Global highlighted in its latest Maritime Security Threat Advisory (MSTA), which was published this week. Iran’s Islamic Revolution […]
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