Finance & Business Ties

An observer says Vietnam doesn’t share Beijing’s anti-America agenda despite also being a communist state.

Apple still ranked first in the global smartphone market in 2024 with a market share of 18.7 percent, followed closely by Samsung at 18 percent.

ByteDance’s platform was added while Tencent’s WeChat was dropped from the ‘Notorious Markets’ list.

The yuan is tightly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party via China’s central bank, and analysts predict the currency will continue to fall.

Analysts say the Chinese Communist Party’s tariff reduction on the key raw materials is aimed at increasing its military production and geopolitical influence.

China’s economic figures show weak consumer spending, highlighting vulnerabilities in its economy.

Beijing State-owned Assets Management has said it will auction off its 33 percent stake in UBS Securities.

Analysts told The Epoch Times this could fuel discontent with the regime and create catalysts for social unrest.

Beijing has offered to support a free meals programme for Indonesia’s poor.

China’s sluggish economy is causing ticket prices to fall, hitting airlines’ bottom line.

The new duties will take effect on Oct. 30 and will remain in place for the next five years.

Job applications in the public sector have hit a record high amid China’s unemployment crisis and gloomy economy.

Western experts dismiss the notion of BRICS states ditching the dollar given the greenback’s central role in today’s globalized economy.

BRICS currently accounts for 45 percent of the world’s population and 35 percent of the world’s economy in terms of purchasing power.

Without deep structural reforms, further risks in the financial market could be exacerbated and even trigger a bigger economic crisis, Sun Kuo-hsiang said.

‘I believe that American businesses, American investors, want to do the right thing,’ said Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.).

‘RCEP did not reflect the aspirations of our small and micro medium industries,’ India’s minister of commerce said.