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Ashley J. Tellis — long regarded as one of the most influential voices on South Asia and US foreign policy — is now at the centre of a sensational national security scandal. But before his arrest on charges of unlawfully retaining classified defence documents, Tellis was known less as a suspect and more as a…
Apple will increase investment in China, the company’s CEO Tim Cook said during a meeting with the country’s industry minister in Beijing on Wednesday (October 15), news agency Reuters reported, citing an official summary of their exchange. The reported announcement comes weeks after Apple said that it will spend an additional $100 billion in the…
China hit back at the US on Wednesday, warning that trade conflicts create “no winners” after President Donald Trump raised the possibility of halting cooking oil imports from China.When asked about Trump’s threat, China’s foreign ministry said trade disagreements were “not in the interests of any party.” The product in question is used in biofuels,…
China broke its silence on the American technology giant Qualcomm that had faced action from Chinese authorities hours before the US President announced his threat to impose 100% extra tariff on China, starting November 1. On October 10, China’s market regulator State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) launched an anti-monopoly investigation into US semiconductor giant…
Photo used for representational purpose only The United States appears ready to fast‑track a bilateral trade deal with India, driven by the need to diversify supply chains away from China and secure access to critical inputs. According to GTRI director Ajay Srivastava, tightening Chinese controls on rare‑earth exports and an intensifying US–China trade conflict have…
FILE – President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka. AP/PTI(AP10_13_2025_000160B) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has accused China of attempting to undermine the global economy by imposing export controls on critical rare earth minerals and resources essential for technology…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that China is “purposefully” not buying the soybeans from their farmers, and this is the reason they are considering terminating the business with Beijing.Calling China’s deliberate work an “economically hostile act,” Trump said that they can make the cooking oil themselves and don’t need China for that. In…
The US-China trade war took a sharper turn this week, with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accusing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime of making “provocative,” economic moves after Beijing tightened export controls on rare earth minerals.Speaking to Fox Business on Monday, Bessent said the move was a direct challenge to the global economy, “This is…
The US Department of Justice building in Washington, July 26, 2025. (Photo/NYT News Service) TOI correspondent from Washington:Washington DC think-tank community was rocked on Tuesday after the US Justice Department accused Ashley Tellis, prominent US analyst of Indian-origin, of illegally possessing classified documents and meeting with Chinese officials. In court filings, the Justice Department said…
There are signs that some downsides of the higher tariffs are starting to emerge, the IMF outlook said. (AI image) Beijing has fired its latest salvo in the simmering US-China trade war-not through semiconductors or soybeans, but through ships. China imposed sanctions on the US subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilding giant Hanwha Ocean Co, citing…
