Finbarr Bermingham
@fbermingham
Irish journalist. Chief Europe Correspondent @SCMPnews. Reporting on Europe-China. Geopolitical flâneur. Fermanagh man.
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China has detained several Japanese nationals, including top executives of companies with offices in China, for allegedly violating export restrictions on dual-use goods, Japanese newspaper The Mainichi said, citing multiple sources.
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The EU has chickened out of two safeguard probes in the chemicals sector because it doesn't want to jeopardise talks with China, @JoannaSopinska (again!) reports
Looks like these probes will be on hold until after October now, despite the industrial emergency
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Spain’s biggest Chinese industrial investment will rely on workers brought in from China during construction, according to a Spanish government report that lays out Madrid’s auto industry blueprint
CATL & Stellantis JV will rely on “expatriate workers” until Q4 of 2028
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A sinking ship? Why the EU and China could be heading for a trade war
Fiery clashes at a conference in Beijing reflect wider tensions that threaten to descend into economic conflict - my report on rapidly worsening EU-China ties for our weekend paper
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