Semiconductors
Daikin tech helps cut China reliance for chipmaking material
Purifying process developed for mineral used in etching chemical, HCFC refrigerant
Latin America
Opinion
Expect the world's ungoverned places to export instability
Outside actors prove increasingly reluctant to intervene
International relations
China and Ecuador agree to clinch trade deal by end of year
Countries also plan to start debt negotiations
International relations
New Honduran president drops push to ditch Taiwan for China
Castro signals change in plans with eye on all-important ties with U.S.
US-China tensions
Taiwan VP to stop in Los Angeles and San Francisco during trip abroad
China objects to William Lai's U.S. stopovers on his way to Honduras
International relations
Taiwan to send VP Lai to Honduran President Castro's inauguration
Taipei says it will work with new leader to deepen relations
Trade
Ecuador applies for CPTPP membership to diversify trade
South American nation seeks to reduce reliance on oil
Business deals
Rio Tinto's $825m Argentina lithium deal extends battery push
Agreement follows $2.4bn decision to buy Serbian lithium project
Politics
Chile's CPTPP membership in limbo with leftist win
Millennial Boric scores presidency by tapping into frustrations over inequality
Materials
Lithium supply: Posco to build $830m plant in Argentina
South Korean steel group makes its latest investment in battery materials
International relations
Nicaragua severs ties with Taiwan, switches allegiance to China
Taipei now has just 14 formal diplomatic allies; US calls for expanded engagement
Materials
China's Ganfeng Lithium stakes out overseas claims in hot market
Lithium 'supermarket' aims to double production by 2025 as EV demand swells
Opinion
Southeast Asia risks stumbling toward a South American future
Current trajectory suggests region will struggle to escape middle-income trap
Opinion
Why the BRICs nations have not turned the world upside down
Grouping was never ready for today's crop of leaders
Trade
'No special treatment' for China's CPTPP bid: Mexican trade official
Undersecretary de la Mora says Beijing's application will face necessary screening
COP26
Marathon COP26 talks extend into Saturday 'to find right balance'
Rules for carbon offsets prove sticking point at Glasgow conference
Interview
Brazil's central bank eyes bigger rate hike to step up tightening
December increase will exceed 1.5 points if 'necessary,' monetary policy director says
Interview
Colombia invites Japan to be full member of Pacific Alliance
Vice president sees growing interest around Asia in trade pacts with Latin America
International relations
As China campaigns to cut off Taiwan, Honduras poised to flip next
Beijing woos Central America and Caribbean with vaccines and infrastructure
Currencies
From Turkey to South Korea, strong dollar squeezes the energy-poor
Higher U.S. interest rates drive investors to greenback
Materials
Chinese investors jostle over Argentine lithium mines
Gold producer Zijin and battery maker CATL join race for key EV material
COVID vaccines
China's global vaccine gambit: Production, politics and propaganda
How Beijing has shaped the world's COVID immunization drive
Retail
Singapore e-tailer Shopee takes Latin America by storm
Sales and games vault Sea brand to top of Brazil app stores in just 2 years
Afghanistan turmoil
BRICS summit: Putin blasts US over Afghanistan 'crisis'
Leaders urge 'inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue' to ensure stability, law and order