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03.09.18China, Europe Slam Trump’s Tariffs as U.S. Metalworkers Cheer
Wall Street Journal
China and Europe lashed out against new U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, while officials and executives from several American allies caught in the crossfire reacted more cautiously, embracing what the White House promised would be some flexibility...
Conversation
03.02.18
How Will Trump’s Tariffs Affect U.S.-China Relations?
Arguing that America is harmed by other countries’ trade practices, President Donald Trump said on March 1 that the U.S. will impose a new 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum. “People have no idea how badly...
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09.27.17Chinese Cities Order Steel Output Cuts Earlier Than Expected to Fend off Smog
South China Morning Post
The city of Handan in the top steelmaking province of Hebei has ordered steel mills to halve output a month earlier than expected, according to media reports, the latest city to ramp up efforts to reduce the smog that blankets northern China during...
Conversation
07.20.17
Should the U.S. Play Hardball with China on Trade?
Last week, United States President Donald Trump suggested that he is considering leveraging tariffs on Chinese steel imports. Trump’s aggressive posture has left diplomatic experts uneasy amid an already divided U.S. diplomatic house in Beijing, and...
Environment
07.06.17
Industrial Energy Efficiency Can Improve Air Quality
from chinadialogue
Despite extensive efforts by the Chinese government to improve air quality, including the introduction of the State Council’s “Ten Measures” Action Plan and implementation of regional air quality control measures, air pollution recently worsened in...
Features
07.05.17
China is Driving a Boom in Brazilian Mining, but at What Cost?
In the middle of northern Brazil’s Amazon jungle, Chinese-made digging equipment rasps at the bottom of a giant iron ore mine. Here in the municipality of Canaã dos Carajás in the Serra dos Carajás in Brazil’s Pará state, some 1,600 miles northwest...
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03.01.17Trump Promises More Coal and Steel Jobs. China Is cutting 500,000
CNN
As President Trump talked up his plans to help American coal and steel workers in his address to Congress, a top official thousands of miles away in Beijing was detailing China’s plans to cut half a million jobs in heavy industries this year.
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02.13.17China Accused of Undermining Drive to Cut Steel Capacity
Financial Times
China’s cuts in steel capacity last year primarily targeted mills that were already idle, doing little to reduce the exports that have fueled trade tensions or address the blight of toxic smog, a study has found.
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01.19.17China Is America’s “Vendor,” and Needs to Treat Its Biggest Customer Better, Trump’s Commerce Pick Says
Quartz
China loomed large in the US senate’s confirmation hearing today of Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary.
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12.21.16Step Inside China’s Hellish, Illicit Steel Factories
Wired
Kevin Frayer's photographs of illegal Chinese steel factories look like postcards from the dawn of the Industrial Revolution
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09.21.16China State Steel Merger Taps Old Theme: Bigger is Better
Wall Street Journal
Beijing revives push to consolidate heavy industry
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09.06.16China’s Hunger for Steelmaking Coal Fuels Price Rally
Wall Street Journal
China is increasingly relying on coking-coal shipments from abroad due to a local shortage.
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07.18.16U.S., China Clash Over Market Economy Status at WTO
Reuters
The United States warned China on Thursday that it had not done enough to qualify for market economy status.
Depth of Field
04.29.16
April’s Best Chinese Photojournalism
from Yuanjin Photo
Over the past few weeks, the publications Sina, Tencent, Caixin, China Youth Daily, and the publishing duo Sixth Tone/The Paper published photo stories on the intimate, the industrial, the private, and the political. Journalists Yan Cong and Ye Ming...
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04.27.16U.S. Steel Accuses China of Stealing Trade Secrets
CNN
U.S. Steel Corp has accused Chinese steel producers of breaking trade rules, and it wants the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate.
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03.09.16China's Smog-Choked Steel City Readies For Six-Month Flower Show Shutdown
Guardian
Steel mills in Tangshan sent prices rocketing by nearly 20%, ahead of an enforced shutdown later this year.
The China Africa Project
01.09.15
From ‘Made in China’ to ‘Made in Africa’
A growing number of Chinese companies are looking to outsource production overseas in a bid to lower costs and meet Beijing’s increasingly stringent environmental laws. Ethiopia and South Africa are among the beneficiaries of this new trend as...
Environment
08.14.13
Beijing’s Neighbors Hesitate at Pollution Cuts
from chinadialogue
The recent announcement of plans to lower air pollution levels in the next five years are far greater than any proposed before, some being several times tougher than those included in the Twelfth Five Year Plan (FYP) period, which was only finalized...