Police officers, customs officials and spies are reinforcing China’s embargo on the critical minerals that it overwhelmingly controls.

Some European auto parts plants have suspended output and Mercedes-Benz is considering ways to protect against shortages of rare earths, as concerns about the damage from China's restrictions on critical mineral exports deepen.

At the center of the latest trade storm between the U.S. and China is He Lifeng. Since He became vice premier in early 2023, China's leader Xi Jinping has essentially put him in charge of fortifying the nation’s economy against the effects of U.

China said Monday that the Trump administration is undermining the temporary May 12 trade agreement between the two nations by issuing AI chip export control guidelines, stopping the sale of chip design software to China and by planning to revoke Chinese student visas.

China has accused the United States of “provoking new economic and trade frictions” as it responded to US President Donald Trump’s claims that Beijing had violated a trade truce agreed by the two nations last month,

U.S.-China trade talks are up in the air today amid mixed signals from both sides. A call between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is still possible — which would be their first since he took office again.

A decline in Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales extended to an eighth month in May, as the U.S. automaker's sales woes were compounded by brutal price wars in the world's largest auto market. Deliveries of China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles,

China-made electric vehicle sales fell 15% Y/Y in May 2025, totaling 61,662 units, Reuters reported, citing data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). This figure includes both domestic sales and exports of the Model 3 and Model Y vehicles manufactured at its Shanghai plant.

China shipments fell 15% year-over-year in May to 61,662 units, according to a preliminary report from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Despite a year-over-year decline, the electric vehicle maker reported a 5.