The Latest Breaking News from China

In a tense context for European companies, European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič held a phone call on Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart Commerce Minister Wang Wentao over rare earth export restrictions.

Krane Funds Advisors added a new single-stock leveraged ETF following one of China’s largest online retailers. KraneShares 2X Long JD Daily ETF (NASDAQ:KJD) began trading on Oct. 15, providing investors with double (200%) daily exposure to JD.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ:JD) stock, before expenses and fees.

China is one of the key markets for Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) moving forward. With fears of tariff pressure from China and the United States, the technology giant now faces a new antitrust suit in China that could slow down its progress in the region.

The iPhone 17 is selling well, research suggests, while the iPhone Air isn’t nearly as popular.

Chinese automaker Chery is gearing up for a fight with CATL and BYD in the solid-state battery race.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.30% at a four-session high. The dollar is moving higher today on weakness in the yen, which has fallen to a one-week low against the dollar, as expectations rise that new Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi will maintain an expansionary fiscal policy....

“Higher business uncertainty in the U.S. is also pushing gold prices up,” according to Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok.

China is tightening its grip on rare-earth exports in a high-stakes economic play, threatening global supply chains in sectors like technology, defense and semiconductors, yet analysts warn the move could backfire by accelerating diversification efforts and provoking harsher U.S. tariff retaliation.

Though the dollar benefits may not outweigh the cost on Australia’s new mining agreement with the US, experts say it couldn’t have gone any better