South China Morning Post - Global Economy

While rising trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels continue to dominate headlines, Chinese exporters face a far more immediate and concrete threat: the boxes, wraps, and plastic bags protecting their goods. On Wednesday, the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) became applicable across the bloc. Replacing a 1994 directive, the regulation sets re...

China’s top court recently highlighted the first judicial ruling establishing the mandatory nature of its Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, which experts say could provide legal precedent and guide Chinese companies facing increasingly frequent overseas sanctions amid intensifying geopolitical tensions. The case, heard by the Shanghai Maritime Court, centred on a dispute that involved...

Chinese carmakers are gaining ground in Germany, Europe’s biggest car market. But Nio, the Chinese brand known for its battery-swapping system and premium electric-vehicle image, has registered just 18 cars there so far this year. In July, Nio registered three cars in Germany, down 93.6 per cent from a year earlier. It was the third consecutive month at that level, leaving its r...

Western narratives alleging state subsidies caused China’s industrial overcapacity are a deliberate attempt to smear the country and not tenable in face of solid data and facts, a Chinese scholar said. Writing in a commentary published on Tuesday in the Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily, Cui Fan, an international trade professor at the University of International Busines...

China’s civil aviation authority has dialled up its safety-focused communications with some foreign carriers from Southeast Asia in recent months to enhance ties, communication and oversight. An aviation analyst said the move was made in light of changing operational practices, adding that air travel in the country remained safe. In one recent interaction, the Civil Aviation Adm...