The newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) announced that Exxon Mobilethe largest US oil company, is focused on extracting lithium – a key ingredient in batteries for electric cars, cell phones and laptop computers – thus preparing for a future less dependent on gasoline. The oil giant, based in Texas, recently bought the drilling rights […]
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Biden assures that relations with China will begin to “thaw”
american president Joe Biden indicated on Sunday that relations between Washington and Beijing should begin to thaw very soon”, after Washington shot down a Chinese balloon, allegedly a spy, this year. Biden explained that relations deteriorated in the months following his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit on the Indonesian island […]
The G7 will reduce trade dependence on China
The Group of Seven (G7) announced last Saturday that it will take steps to invest in its own economies and reduce its “excessive dependencies” on China for “critical” supplies. This without endangering the development of Beijing. In the final declaration of the summit held in the Japanese city of hiroshimathe leaders of the block indicated […]
China expresses its “strong discontent” over G7 statement
China expressed on Saturday his “strong discontent” following the publication of a communiqué from the member countries of the G7 in which they refer to their policy on the sea of southern chinathe respect of human rights or their alleged interference. The summit of the seven most industrialized economies (USA, Canada, Japan, France, United Kingdom, […]
The EU promises in the G7 a “proportionate and precise” economic security strategy
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, promised this Saturday during the G7 summit in Hirosima (Japan) that the strategy on economic security that the institution plans to present in June will be “proportionate” and at the same time “precise” with respect to the challenge of reducing foreign dependencies, especially China. “The […]
Tightening security policies complicates business in China
do business in China it has become more difficult and potentially more dangerous, given the priority the government places national security above all else, despite insisting that the country is open for trade. At the end of March, the authorities received executives in beijing to tell them that “they are not foreign visitors, but family”, […]
Xi Jinping celebrates a “new era” in China’s relations with Central Asia
the chinese president, Xi Jinpingcelebrated on Thursday the beginning of a “new era” in the relations of the Asian power with the countries of Asia Central, by opening an unprecedented summit with five former Soviet republics of that region. “I am convinced that our common commitment will make tomorrow’s summit a great success and usher […]
The G7 will put pressure on Russia and assess the risk of “economic coercion” from China
The leaders of the G7 began to arrive this Thursday at Japan for a summit in Hiroshima focused on discussing a tightening of sanctions against Russia and evaluate protection measures against “economic coercion” of China. The Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishidareceives the rulers of the other six most advanced economies in the world (Germany, Canada, […]
China stands as the new global mediator… in defense of its interests
In recent months, China has launched a diplomatic offensive to establish itself as a new global mediator in an attempt to strengthen its political influence and protect its interests, as demonstrated by the trip to Europe that the special representative of the Chinese government for Eurasian affairs begins this Monday. Li Hui. Whether between Ukrainians […]
Borrell rejects that the EU aspires to be an alternative to China in the Indo-Pacific
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrellassured this Saturday that the European Union does not have the “ambition” to become a alternative to China in the Indo-Pacific, after the meeting that the European countries held today in Stockholm with some thirty leaders of the region, which was not attended by any representative from Beijing. “No, […]