China's stock-market revival has barely registered with US traders, underlining its limited role as an engine for America’s economy and skepticism that Beijing policy makers will be able to fix growth woes. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

#BCCCGrove: The world’s largest coffee traders have started to take on an additional risk: selling deforestation-free beans to Europe before the final rules are even laid out. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

#TnTFlash: US business groups warned of economic “paralysis” just weeks before the presidential election as tens of thousands of dockworkers went on strike on Monday, shutting ports along the US east and Gulf coasts. ft.com/content/abd007… via @ft

#TnTFlash: Thousands of unionized dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts could go on strike as early as Tuesday, stranding cargo and sending ripples through supply chains for consumer goods and manufacturing parts. nytimes.com/2024/09/30/bus… via The New York Times

#MAPWave: Chinese and Russian coastguards conducted a joint exercise and patrol in the Arctic earlier in September, with new shipping routes on horizon scmp.com/news/china/dip… via @scmpnews

"Ishiba envisions Japan taking a more active role in regional security...should Ishiba win the election … relations with China are likely to further deteriorate." Zhang Yilun (Yilun Zhang) quoted in South China Morning Post on Shigeru Ishiba's Asian Nato policy: scmp.com/news/china/dip….

#TnTFlash: Google said on Monday it would invest $1 billion in Thailand to build a data center and cloud region to meet growing cloud demand and support artificial intelligence adoption in Southeast Asia. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Techn… via Nikkei Asia

"At the end of the day, the US will, in the long term, hurt itself...The tariffs will isolate the US on trade-related issues." Sourabh Gupta (@icas_gupta) quoted by China Daily on the Section 301 tariffs and impact on the US EV domestic sector: chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/23/WS…

In a break from tradition, the U.S. Department of State has yet to send a formal message to China for China’s National Day (国庆节). #WordOfTheWeek Read More: scmp.com/news/china/dip… South China Morning Post

A suspected Chinese spy ring in Germany was collecting information about U.S. arms shipments to Israel and Germany’s weapon industry, officials said. wsj.com/world/europe/a… via The Wall Street Journal

In Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz said he "misspoke" when he said he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. apnews.com/article/walz-c… AP News

#BCCCGrove, #TnTFlash: Chinese outbound investment surges to record on clean energy ‘tsunami’. ft.com/content/67887a… via @ft

The ICAS Blue Carbon & Climate Change (#ICASBCCC) Program 2024 Q3 Quarterly newsletter has been released! This Quarter's Theme is "Infrastructure and Climate Change" and the Country Profile is on Japan. Learn More: chinaus-icas.org/bccc-quarterly… View as a PDF: chinaus-icas.org/wp-content/upl…

#TnTFlash: Ford Motor is aiming to boost sales of its electric vehicles by addressing potential customer concerns through a new program that includes free home-charging installation and other benefits. cnbc.com/2024/09/30/for… via @cnbc

The #ICASTnT Dispatch is out! This issue covers the Trump and Harris' different China policy and the EU tariffs on Chinese EV. View Online:chinaus-icas.org/tnt-dispatch/v… Read & Share as a PDF:chinaus-icas.org/wp-content/upl…

#TnTFlash: The European Union voted on Friday to impose tariffs as high as 45% on electric vehicles from China, threatening a broader trade conflict with Beijing which has already vowed to protect its companies. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

#TnTFlash: EU members voted on Friday to move ahead with its new tariffs of up to 45% on Chinese-made EVs. wsj.com/business/autos… via The Wall Street Journal

#MAPWave: China’s Liaoning carrier puts jets through paces after skirting Japanese atoll, being spotted in waters southeast of the Philippines as the US and its regional partners prepare for joint military exercises. scmp.com/news/china/mil… via @scmpnews

#BCCCGrove, #TnTFlash: Some analysts say China’s outbound investment push in clean-energy technology is a win for decarbonization, while others fear it is simply flooding the West. wsj.com/articles/chine… via The Wall Street Journal

Tim Walz said Wednesday that “I need to be clearer” after misstatements and exaggerations about his experiences related to the Tiananmen Sqaure protests and his biography have created a distraction for Democrats. wsj.com/politics/elect… via The Wall Street Journal