April 11 (Reuters) - Latin American oil and gas producer GeoPark said on Thursday it had submitted a binding offer to acquire a non-operated working interest in unconventional blocks in the Neuquen Basin in Argentina from an unnamed seller. (Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's VDA auto association has urged the European Commission to drop its planned tariffs on China-made electric vehicles in a last-ditch effort to influence negotiations ahead of the tariffs which take effect on Thursday. The association said in a statement on Wednesday the tariffs would hurt European and U.S. carmakers exporting from China and risked retaliation by China with counter-tariffs, which would hit the German industry hard given its high volume of exports to China.
After the United States passed new subsidies designed to boost domestic electric vehicle production and cut into Beijing’s supply chain dominance, Chinese manufacturers began investing in an unlikely place: Morocco. In the rolling hills near Tangiers and in industrial parks near the Atlantic Ocean, they have announced plans for new factories to make parts for EVs that may qualify for $7,500 credits to car buyers in the United States. Similar investments have been announced in other countries that share free trade agreements with the United States, including South Korea and Mexico.
The European Commission later this month will suggest scrapping a current 150 euros ($161) threshold under which items can be bought duty free, the report said. Under current EU regulations, packages purchased online from a non-EU country are not subject to customs duties if their value is under 150 euros. Two billion parcels with a declared value of less than 150 euros arrived in the EU from outside countries in 2023, according to the Commission, which says "the sheer volumes of e-commerce are testing customs' limits".
BMW has accused the European Union of protectionism as Brussels prepares to hit imported Chinese electric cars with a wave of tariffs.
The two tech firms were among the first to see the commercial potential of AI.
With the clock ticking for the European Commission to impose provisional tariffs on electric vehicles made in China, automakers are bracing for billions of dollars in new costs that analysts expect will slow their European expansion. "The Chinese EV brands' march into Europe will continue on," said Lei Xing, founder of consultancy AutoXing. China and the European Commission have been in negotiations since last week over the curbs that Beijing and some European automakers want scrapped.
The U.S. and EU are imposing tariffs on Chinese clean energy products to boost domestic industries, but experts warn this could slow the global green transition and increase consumer costs.
A new Chinese umbrella company grouping all the state majors will drill for ultradeep oil and gas, and explore shale formations in China.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will block the planned sale of Volkswagen subsidiary MAN Energy Solutions' gas turbine division to a Chinese company, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. GHGT belongs to the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), which dominates the Chinese shipbuilding industry. MAN Energy Solutions said last September that the German government would take a closer look at the planned sale to Chinese state-owned CSIC Longjiang GH Gas Turbine Co (GHGT), which was first announced in June 2023 at an undisclosed price.
China's e-commerce giant JD.com is said to be doubling down on its budget shopping platform Jingxi in its latest move to win consumers in the "sink" market, made up mostly of small towns where shoppers have limited spending power, amid fierce competition with rivals such as PDD Holdings. Borrowing a page from PDD's playbook, JD.com is taking full control over Jingxi's operation, logistics and after-sales services in what is known as a "whole custodian" model, hoping to better serve price-sensiti
Nippon Steel's vice chairman plans to return to the United States next week again to discuss its proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. The planned visit by Takahiro Mori, the Japanese firm's key negotiator for the deal, follows trips to the U.S. in May and June, highlighting the importance of the $15 billion takeover offer to the world's No. 4 steelmaker. U.S. Steel's management has backed the bid but the deal faces resistance from the White House and the powerful United Steelworkers (USW) union.
For months, Philip Matthias tried to convince his father to install solar panels on their company's roof in the eastern German state of Thuringia, aiming to cut electricity costs and carbon emissions at the metal products factory. Since the war in Ukraine and the sudden drop in Russia fossil fuel exports to Germany, Berlin has introduced laws to accelerate solar power expansion, part of its plan to cover 80% of the country's energy from renewables by 2030. Encouraged by a feed-in tariff providing a guaranteed price to renewable energy producers selling their power, as well as reduced solar panel costs, German companies are increasingly turning to solar to get around high energy costs.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) on Wednesday inaugurated Indonesia's first battery cell production plant for electric vehicles with an annual capacity of 10 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of battery cells. The plant is part of a commitment by Hyundai Motor and LGES to invest up to $9.8 billion in Southeast Asia's largest economy to develop an EV supply chain, the Indonesian government said, to benefit from rich resources of nickel and copper.
Hurricane Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm on record. It's increasingly threatening to disrupt the oil market.
In the run up to announcing provisional tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, the European Commission in April released a 712-page report on the many layers of subsidies it argues the Chinese government provides to domestic firms. The report is designed for anti-dumping cases, but trade experts see it as a supporting document for its anti-subsidy investigation into EVs and as a signal to both China and reluctant European Union member states that it means business. The Chinese government funnels both indirect and direct support to state-owned enterprises, or ones it effectively controls even with minority ownership.
BYD Co., Ltd. (OTC:BYDDY) is reportedly poised to significantly increase its market share in the battery electric vehicle (BEV) sector in 2024, surpassing Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) in sales. This highlights the evolving dynamics of the global EV market. According to a Counterpoint Research report, China continues to lead the BEV market, with projections indicating its sales will quadruple those of North America by 2024. BYD reported a 21% increase in electric vehicle sales for the second quarter
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Tesla retained its title as the world's largest pure electric vehicle (EV) maker after beating sales forecasts for the April to June period but its lead over its competitors is narrowing as Chinese manufacturers launch an array of models at cheaper prices. The Austin, Texas-based company delivered 443,956 vehicles to customers during the quarter, beating a median forecast of 439,302 units in a Bloomberg survey of analysts, edging out BYD, backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which chur
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