Indonesia to ban bauxite exports starting mid 2023
The country was in 2020 the world's fifth biggest producer of bauxite, which is used in making aluminum, with close to 21 million tons, according to a US geological survey.
Nepal makes over Rs11 billion selling power to India
Nepal’s earning from electricity was the third largest from the export of a single commodity in the last fiscal year 2021-22.
Elevated Korea-Vietnam ties invite century-long perspective
According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Vietnam, Korea is the country to have made the most foreign direct investment in Vietnam in the first 11 months of this…
US efforts to erect ‘silicon fence’ against China run into resistance
America’s chip allies – the Netherlands, Japan and South Korea – have varying degrees of concern over the approach taken, its costs and its long-term efficacy.
China’s Qingdao reaping lucrative harvest with kimchi exports
This year, total output of cabbage in Qingdao is expected to reach 1.33 million tons, up 13 percent year-on-year.
US to add over 30 Chinese companies to trade blacklist
Once a company is added to the entity list, its US suppliers must seek a special licence to ship even low-tech items to it.
Bhutan opens two formal trade routes with India
The Minister for Foreign Affairs said the opening of these routes would greatly benefit the traders in the country, who in the past had to export at a very high cost.
China’s chip suit at WTO aims to safeguard supply chains
In the lawsuit, China has challenged a move by the United States to block sales of advanced computer chips and chip-making equipment to Chinese companies.
Premier Li Keqiang urges China-Korea free trade progress
Working-level talks have been underway between Beijing and Seoul on expanding the FTA to include the opening up of markets to the service and investment sectors.
WTO ruling against US tariffs lauded
The ruling held that tariffs imposed by the US on steel and aluminium imports do not qualify as a national security measure under WTO rules.