Exporters Scrambling

China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies

Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.

The New York Times - 1d

For Taiwan’s Small Exporters, the Uncertainty’s as Bad as the Tariffs

The island’s many small factories have thrived by being frugal — and flexible. But President Trump’s unpredictability is testing their limits.

The New York Times - 2d

Monday Briefing: China Pauses Crucial Exports

Plus, an art forest in Thailand.

The New York Times - 1d

What Some Chinese Exporters Say About Trump’s Trade War

At the world’s largest wholesale market, in Yiwu, on China’s east coast, business owners aren’t getting orders from the U.S., and many don’t understand the purpose of the current 145 percent tariffs.

Inc. - 3d

China’s exporters defy US ‘paper tiger’ as Beijing invokes Mao

Stoic defiance in ‘trinket town’ echoes Beijing’s insistence that nation can prevail against Donald Trump’s tariff blitz

Financial Times - 3d

UK and G7 allies look at lowering ‘meaningless’ cap on Russian oil exports

Limit of $100 a barrel said to be ineffective with the price of crude having crashed in response to Trump’s trade war. The UK and its G7 allies are considering tightening the “meaningless” cap on ...

The Guardian - 2d

China says ‘sky won’t fall’ as exports surge ahead of Trump’s tariffs

Rush of shipments preceded escalation of trade war between world’s two biggest economies

Financial Times - 1d

China is well positioned to weather Trump’s trade war

Five years of export controls have helped it get very good at making things without American technology

Financial Times - 2d

Xi warns ‘no winners’ from Trump trade war as he heads to Vietnam

Chinese leader seeks to strengthen ties with export-dependent economies facing high US levies

Financial Times - 1d

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s Congo deal: mineral riches for protection | Editorial

Faced with regional chaos and shrinking options, Kinshasa seeks terms of trade that echo the old extractive order in modern disguise. “The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the ...

The Guardian - 1d

China exports skyrocket over 12% in March as trade war drives businesses to frontload shipments

China has set an ambitious growth target of "around 5%" — a goal seen harder to achieve given the prospects of an escalating trade war and weak domestic consumption

CNBC - 1d

Stock markets rise on signs of Trump tariff retreat; British Steel races to keep furnaces burning – business live

Chinese exports jump as official says ‘the sky won’t fall,’ despite warning from US officials that smartphone and laptop exemption from import tariffs on China will be short-lived. Here’s our story ...