Tag Archives: China

Canada is Considering Imposing Tariffs on Chinese EVs

Canada may follow the example of the EU and the U.S., and impose import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, Reuters has reported, citing finance minister Chrystia Freeland. “Chinese producers are quite intentionally generating a global oversupply that undermines EV producers around the world, including here in Canada,” Freeland said, adding …

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China’s Secret Weapon in the Global Copper War

Copper demand continues to surge globally. And as the rest of the world struggles with the rising price of copper and the ever-changing copper market, guess who is sitting pretty? Hint: it’s China. Despite fears of a worldwide copper shortage driving copper prices to new highs, the world’s largest producer …

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China’s Decades-Long Oil Boom may Falter this Year

China’s decades-long boom in oil processing could falter this year in a blow to global demand and the aspirations of OPEC+ producers seeking to return supply to the market, reports Bloomberg. Oil refining in the world’s top crude importer is expected to be flat or fall for the first time …

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Is OPEC too Bullish on China’s Oil Demand?

Chinese crude oil imports over the first five months of the year were down by 130,000 bpd from a year earlier. In any other country, this would have been business as usual. In China, it may spell doom for prices. The world’s biggest importer of crude is the logical focus …

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