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23Jul

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India–China relations under the Modi 3.0 government

On 4 June, Narendra Modi was re-elected as prime minister of India for a third consecutive term – unprecedented in 62 years. By reappointing his foreign minister and national security advisor, Modi has signalled his desire for continuity in India’s statecraft. However, among India’s key bilateral ties, those with China will merit significant attention and possibly adaptation. As the relationship between Asia’s largest nuclear-armed militaries and economies by 2025 appears increasingly distant and tense, where is it headed? Mutually exclusive prosperity and security India–China ties are troubled by an unsettled border, an unequal trade relationship, China’s strategic ties to Pakistan, and a broadening political-strategic disagreement ove...

23Jul

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Mozambique and Malaysia report stable ilmenite prices while China’s market slows.

The Ilmenite market in the initial stages of July 2024 reflects a patchwork of stability and fluctuation driven by regional economic conditions and industry demands. Mozambique and Malaysia are seeing steady or positive developments in production and demand, while China faces challenges due to economic slowdowns and regulatory impacts. In Mozambique, Ilmenite prices have remained stable at USD 300 per metric ton (MT) for IP-3 Grade, (FOB) Moma, during the first half of July. This stability follows consistent pricing from the previous month. Kenmare Resources, the operator of the Moma Titanium Minerals Mine in northern Mozambique, has reported a noteworthy increase in production figures. Heavy Mineral Concentrate (HMC) production reached 342,600 tonnes in the second quarter of 2024, mar...

22Jul

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Economic Survey 2024 Updates: CEA Nageswaran advices more FDI from China to boost India’s exports

Economic Survey 2024 Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2023-2024 on Monday, ahead of the highly anticipated Union Budget 2024-25 set to be unveiled the following day. The Union Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 will be introduced in Parliament this Tuesday by Sitharaman, marking the first budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term. The Monsoon session, which begins today, will feature 19 sittings until August 12. During this session, the government plans to present six bills, including one to replace the 90-year-old Aircraft Act, and seek Parliament's approval for the budget of Jammu and Kashmir, which is currently under central rule. Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran has expressed confidence in achieving the 7 perce...

22Jul

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China’s third plenum – watch what they do, not what they say

When trying to understand China’s economy, it’s worth remembering that the gulf between what Chinese policymakers say and what they do can be vast. Let’s call that a ‘Type 1 problem’. But sometimes they just don’t say very much at all, and this one might call a ‘Type 2 problem’. Last week’s third plenum, a five-yearly top-level meeting which on occasion has delivered important signals of Beijing’s grand economic strategy, served up a Type 2 problem. Unless you attribute a great deal of significance to Beijing’s ‘Five-Sphere Integrated Plan’ or the ‘Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy’, the plenum’s communique was long on slogans and short on substance. A lack of clarity To be fair, many of these slogans do genuinely reflect deep thinking about policy. When Beijing offic...

China economy: Key conference gives scant insights on how to confront the growing crisis.

20Jul

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China economy: Key conference gives scant insights on how to confront the growing crisis.

China’s ruling Communist Party has set ambitious long-term policy goals at its most important political meeting on reform, but offered little detail on how to pull the world’s second-largest economy out of a worsening downturn. In a behind-closed doors meeting known as the third plenum, more than 360 members of the party’s Central Committee — including the most senior political and military leaders and heads of state-owned enterprises — held talks from Monday to Thursday at a hotel in Beijing. According to a communique released Thursday, discussions at the plenum — traditionally held every five years — centered on how to deepen reforms in a wide range of areas and advance “Chinese-style modernization,” a broad ideal for the country’s development backed by Chinese lead...

<strong>Uncertainty and insecurity in job markets contribute to China’s economic slowdown</strong>

18Jul

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Uncertainty and insecurity in job markets contribute to China’s economic slowdown

Unemployment and growing job insecurity in China have seen a sharp increase, becoming a major contributor to the ongoing slowdown in the Chinese economy. The real estate crisis is another factor that is being cited for the dip in China’s GDP, which is however a fallout of declining confidence among property buyers amid the disturbing unemployment situation in the country. In the previous financial quarter, the growth rate of the Chinese economy shrunk to 4.1 percent, missing the expectations of 5.1 percent. While the fresh graduates are struggling to find jobs, those already employed are scared of being sacked anytime or forced to work at lower salaries. Joblessness in China is still high, with the youth unemployment rate remaining at 13.2 percent in June. The Chinese job market is ...

China’s Communist Party plans to revive the economy by focusing on technology and security.

18Jul

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China’s Communist Party plans to revive the economy by focusing on technology and security.

BANGKOK (AP) — In a year of major elections that will determine the destinies of many countries, China’s ruling Communist Party is holding closed, top-level meetings in Beijing to set strategies for reviving its slowing economy. State media likened the meetings that end Thursday to reforms started in the late 1970s that opened China’s economy to foreign investment and private enterprise. State broadcaster CCTV said the agenda for this year’s meetings is to study and endorse “all-around deepening reforms.” Nearly a half-century after the late leader Deng Xiaoping launched China’s ascent as a manufacturing powerhouse, the party is doubling down on leader Xi Jinping’s blueprint for technology- and national security-focused development. Economists say it’s unclear if that will...

15Jul

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Will China ever overtake the US economy?

The idea of China's outstripping the United States to become the world's largest economy has been a fixation for policymakers and economists for decades. What will happen, they argue, when the US — one of the most dynamic, productive economies — is usurped by an authoritarian regime with a workforce of 750 million? Predictions of when exactly China would steal the US's crown have come thick and fast ever since the 2008/9 financial crisis, which hampered growth in the United States and Europe for many years. Before what became known as the Great Recession, China saw double-digit annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth for at least five years. In the decade following the crisis, China's economy continued to expand by 6%-9% annually. That is, until COVID-1...

<strong>EU, US retaliate against Chinese attempts to dump electrical vehicles</strong>

15Jul

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China, USA

EU, US retaliate against Chinese attempts to dump electrical vehicles

The move of the European Union to impose duties of up to 87.6 percent on import of electrical vehicles made in China has thwarted the plan of Beijing to flood the markets in Europe with cheap electrical vehicles manufactured with subsidy from the state. Studies have found that China has been using subsidies extensively to take a leading role in the global markets for green-tech products such as battery electoral vehicles and wind turbines. The World Trade Organization has stipulated under the WTO Subsidies Agreement that: “A subsidy granted by a WTO member government is prohibited by the Subsidies Agreement if it is contingent, in law or in fact, on export performance, or on the use of domestic over imported goods. Those prohibited subsidies are commonly referred to as export subsidies...

13Jul

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Chinese lithium companies warn of losses amid ‘downturn in the lithium sector’

Lithium prices have fallen dramatically over the past 18 months amid weaker demand and improved availability of material. In the spot market lithium hydroxide prices on a CIF China, Japan, and South Korea basis have fallen by 73% year on year, while lithium carbonate prices have lost 69% in the same period. Fastmarkets’ assessment of lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price cif China, Japan & Korea was at $11.20-12.50 per kg on Thursday, unchanged from the previous day. The assessment for lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot prices cif China, Japan & Korea was at $12.50-13.00 per kg on the same day, also unchanged. In their respective filings to the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX), both compa...

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