trade

Algeria orders halt to urea exports to France, sources say

Algeria has told its urea producers to stop exporting the fertiliser to France, five diplomatic and industry sources told Reuters on Friday, October 23. It is the latest trade restriction to come out of a long diplomatic dispute between Algiers…

China car exports soar as home sales fall for 12th month

China's passenger car exports grew sharply in September, and automakers are leaning harder on overseas buyers as sales at home fall for a 12th month in a row. The Associated Press reported that exports rose 64% from a year earlier…

ASEAN’s Chinese clean-tech spending tops $20B, up 50% from 2025

Southeast Asian nations have collectively spent more than $20 billion on Chinese-made clean technology products so far in 2026, a 50% increase from the same period last year, according to data from energy think tank Ember. The spending surge has…

South Korea, Taiwan surpass Japan in exports for first time, driven by AI chip demand

Asian technology stocks surged on Thursday, August 6, after a powerful Wall Street rally driven by strong corporate earnings and easing oil prices pushed major U.S. indexes to fresh record highs. The gains underscored how deeply Asian chipmakers are intertwined…

Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ reframes Trojan War as trade conflict

Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's epic, which opened in theaters on July 17, has introduced a striking reinterpretation of the Trojan War: rather than a conflict sparked by the abduction of Helen, the film presents it as a trade war…

China becomes net olefins exporter as Iran war reshapes trade

The conflict in Iran has upended Asia's petrochemicals supply chains, turning China from the world's largest importer of plastics and olefins into a regional supplier as Southeast Asian buyers scramble for alternatives to disrupted Persian Gulf feedstocks.

Rare iron weights and Roman scale found in ancient Turkish city

Archaeologists have unearthed a rare set of five iron weights shaped like ancient Greek letters alongside a complete Roman balance scale, estimated to be around 1,600 years old, during excavations at the ancient city of Uzuncaburç in southern Türkiye's Mersin…