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An employee holds a full-size prototype LMR battery cell at the General Motors Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center. GM has prototyped approximately 300 full-size LMR cells as it worked with LG Energy Solution to crack the code on the chemistry.

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The great battery race: China and the U.S. compete over the future of EVs

by Camila Domonoske May 21, 2025May 21, 2025

The car you drive years in the future might run off a battery being invented in a lab today. Companies in China and the United States are racing to perfect and scale up next-generation technologies.

A price tag with a dollar sign lies on the sidewalk outside a Walmart store in La Habra, Calif., Wednesday, April 2.

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Why an economist says temporary U.S.-China tariff deal doesn’t ease uncertainty

by Obed Manuel May 13, 2025May 13, 2025

Businesses are rushing to import Chinese goods after the U.S. struck a temporary deal. This “stop-go” nature of trade could still mean higher prices and doesn’t ease uncertainty, an economist warns.

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speak to the press after the second day of a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday, May 11, 2025.

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U.S. and China cite progress in trade talks but release few details

by Willem Marx May 11, 2025May 11, 2025

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said details will be released Monday after a weekend of talks in Switzerland.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leaves his hotel to attend a meeting with China's officials on tariffs in Geneva, on Saturday.

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U.S. and China begin talks amid tensions over Trump’s tariff war

by Willem Marx May 10, 2025May 10, 2025

The meetings between top U.S. and Chinese officials in Geneva represent the first potential efforts to end a trade war that has frazzled financial markets.

A woman passes by a stock index at a brokerage in Beijing, Wednesday.

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Ahead of U.S.- China talks, Trump says 80% tariff on China ‘seems right’

by Emily Feng May 9, 2025May 9, 2025

Trade negotiators from the U.S. and China are starting talks this weekend in Switzerland. These are the first high-level trade talks between the two countries since President Trump returned to the White House.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers conduct a search and rescue operation at one of the two passenger boats capsized in Qianxi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province on Monday, May 5, 2025.

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Tourist boats capsize in sudden storm in southwest China, leaving 10 dead

by The Associated Press May 5, 2025May 5, 2025

More than 80 people fell into a river when strong winds hit the scenic area in Guizhou province late Sunday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV said.

Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China's Guangdong province in April.

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China mulls U.S. overtures on trade talks, but demands tariffs be canceled

by John Ruwitch May 2, 2025May 2, 2025

Exporters, importers and recent government statistics all suggest that trade in both directions is slowing sharply as a result of the tariffs. Neither side appears willing to be seen giving ground.

Vehicles believed to be carrying former pro-democracy lawmaker Gary Fan, who was released after four years for his conviction under the national security law, leaves the Shek Pik Prison in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

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Four freed from prison in Hong Kong after national security convictions

by John Ruwitch April 29, 2025April 29, 2025

The four were part of a group known as the “Hong Kong 47,” and were rounded up for taking part in an unofficial primary poll in 2020 that drew more than 600,000 people.