On June 12 this year, the European Commission (EC) announced plans to impose temporary anti-subsidy duties on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China starting July 4. On August 20, the EC disclosed a draft decision to impose final anti-subsidy duties on pure EVs from China, with minor adjustments. BYD, Geely, and SAIC Motor would face tariffs of 17.0%, 19.3%, and […]

Insurgencies, ethnic tensions and confrontations between local separatist groups and state security forces have long marred Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The violent attack on 11 October 2024 at the Junaid Coal Company mines in Balochistan’s Duki district, where armed militants killed 20 miners and injured several others, serves as a stark reminder of the region’s ongoing instability. Although no group has […]