The State Council has approved the imposition of additional tariffs on some US goods; Trump demands the repeal of the CHIPS Act; Europe emphasizes th

This week, the global economic and trade landscape continued to evolve. In terms of policies, the State Council approved additional tariffs on some US goods, effectively responding to the unreasonable measures of the US side. At the enterprise level, BYD entered the Kazakh market, and Tencent Cloud cooperated with UAE enterprises. Leading enterprises are accelerating their penetration into emerging markets. At the industrial level, the EU has stepped up its independent layout of the AI industry, and the artificial intelligence field has become a key arena for international competition.

It is worth noting that in the foreign trade data for the first two months, the imports and exports of general trade decreased by 3.6% year-on-year, while the processing trade increased by 4.9% against the trend, reflecting that Chinese enterprises are hedging geopolitical risks through production capacity coordination and supply chain management.

Let's read this week's overseas expansion news to learn about the latest trends in going global.

Tariff Commission of the State Council: Impose additional tariffs on some imported goods originating from the United States

According to the Ministry of Finance, the Tariff Commission of the State Council issued an announcement on imposing additional tariffs on some imported goods originating from the United States. The announcement shows that on March 3, 2025, the US government announced an additional 10% tariff on all Chinese goods exported to the United States on the grounds of fentanyl. The US unilateral tariff - increasing measures damage the multilateral trading system, exacerbate the burden on US enterprises and consumers, and undermine the foundation of economic and trade cooperation between China and the United States. In accordance with laws and regulations such as the Customs Tariff Law of the People's Republic of China, the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China, the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China, and the basic principles of international law, and with the approval of the State Council, additional tariffs will be imposed on some imported goods originating from the United States starting from March 10, 2025. (36Kr)

Trump calls for the repeal of the CHIPS Act

On March 4, Eastern Time, US President Trump delivered his first speech to the US Congress after taking office and proposed the repeal of the CHIPS Act. Trump believes that the hundreds of billions of dollars the United States has spent on the CHIPS Act are meaningless, and the US Congress should repeal the CHIPS Act and use the remaining funds to reduce the deficit. (Caixin)

General Administration of Customs: In the first two months, China's general trade imports and exports reached 4.2 trillion yuan

The latest data released by the General Administration of Customs on March 7 shows that in the first two months, China's general trade imports and exports reached 4.2 trillion yuan, a year - on - year decrease of 3.6%, accounting for 64.3% of China's total foreign trade value. Among them, exports were 2.55 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.5%; imports were 1.65 trillion yuan, a decrease of 11.7%. During the same period, the imports and exports of processing trade reached 1.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.1%, accounting for 18.3%. Among them, exports were 752.96 billion yuan, an increase of 7.6%; imports were 446.18 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4%.

In addition, China's imports and exports in the form of bonded logistics reached 911.31 billion yuan, an increase of 4%. Among them, exports were 389.16 billion yuan, an increase of 13.6%; imports were 522.15 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.2%. (General Administration of Customs)

Trump: May extend the deadline for the law regarding TikTok's "sell or ban" again

US President Trump said on March 6 local time that if no deal is reached by April 5, he "is very likely" to extend the deadline for the sale of the social video app TikTok. Trump said, "Many people are interested in TikTok," and "now we still have at least one month, so we don't need an extension."

At the same time, Trump said that he is willing to extend the deadline if necessary. In January this year, after being elected President of the United States, Trump signed an executive order, suspending the implementation of the law that requires TikTok to "sell or be banned" for 75 days. This means that the implementation deadline of the "sell or ban" law for TikTok has been postponed to April 5. (Jiemian News)   

Mexican official reveals that Foxconn plans to build an AI server super - factory locally

Pablo Lemus Navarro, the governor of Jalisco state in Mexico, said that Foxconn plans to build an artificial intelligence server super - factory near Guadalajara, which is expected to be completed within a year. When interviewed, Lemus said that Foxconn's investment is about $900 million. After completion, it will become the world's largest AI server assembly plant, and the products will use NVIDIA's advanced GB200 artificial intelligence chips. The project is divided into two phases: expanding the existing Foxconn factory in El Salto and building a new factory nearby. Lemus said that it should be completed within a year and added that the factory is expected to start production at the end of this year or early next year. (Sina Finance)    

Market news: The EU will establish the European Connected and Automated Vehicles Alliance

Market news: The EU will establish the European Connected and Automated Vehicles Alliance. (Sina Finance)    

Emirates Airlines will launch a round - trip route between Dubai and Shenzhen on July 1

On March 3, Emirates Airlines officially announced that the round - trip route between Dubai and Shenzhen will be launched on July 1. The Dubai - Shenzhen route will be operated by the upgraded Boeing 777 - 300ER aircraft (one flight per day: EK328/EK329), and the new premium economy class service will be launched in the Chinese market for the first time. (Jiemian News)

Saudi Aramco CEO: The Chinese market is crucial for Aramco

Amin Nasser, the president and CEO of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), said at the company's 2024 earnings conference call that the Chinese market is crucial for Aramco, and the company is continuously deepening its cooperation with China, especially in expanding investment in the petrochemical and new energy fields. Nasser pointed out that China is not only an important market for Aramco's crude oil exports but also an important cooperation partner for the company's petrochemical strategy. "We can see that China's refining and chemical industry, especially the petrochemical field, has reached the global leading level, which provides important cooperation opportunities for Aramco." (Xinhua News Agency)    

Zhang Tao, a partner of ManusAI, clarifies the invitation code Manus and promotion, focusing on product construction in the short term

According to LanJing News, after the launch of the world's first general AI Agent "Manus" attracted the attention of the technology industry, Zhang Tao, a partner of Manus AI, responded on the social platform that he will focus on product building in the short term. He said that he is grateful for everyone's attention to Manus and hereby clarifies: 1. We have never opened any paid channels to obtain invitation codes; 2. We have never invested any marketing budget; 3. During the internal testing period, the system capacity is limited. We will give priority to ensuring the core experience of existing users and gradually release invitations in an orderly manner. (Caixin Lianhe News Agency)    

OpenAI plans to launch an AI Agent with a monthly fee of 145,000 yuan

It is reported that OpenAI plans to charge $20,000 (about 145,000 yuan) per month for an AI Agent at the doctoral level. (Jiemian News)

BYD officially enters the Kazakh market

According to BYD Auto's official WeChat account, on February 28, BYD joined hands with its partner Astana Motors to hold a product launch conference in Almaty and Astana, Kazakhstan, officially entering the Kazakh market. The first batch of models launched in the market include the flagship pure - electric sedan Han EV and the Song PLUS EV & DM - i. So far, BYD has entered 3 countries in Central Asia. (Jiemian News)    

Zhipu released an open - source text - to - image large - scale model

On March 4, Zhipu, an AI large - scale model company, released the open - source text - to - image large - scale model CogView4. This is the first model in "Zhipu's Open - Source Year 2025" and the first open - source text - to - image model that supports the generation of Chinese characters. It can naturally integrate Chinese and English characters into the picture, making the creation of posters and copy illustrations more convenient, and can meet the creative needs in fields such as advertising and short videos. (Caixin)    

Tencent Cloud joins hands with UAE's national - level app Smiles to build a new digital business hub in the Middle East

At the 2025 Mobile World Congress, Tencent Cloud announced a strategic cooperation with Smiles, an app under the UAE Telecommunications Group (e& UAE). In this cooperation, Smiles will adopt Tencent Cloud's super - app solution to build an open and flexible digital ecosystem, becoming the first telecom operator in the Middle East to deploy this technology. (36Kr)   

Anthropic completed its Series E financing, with a post - financing valuation of $61.5 billion

The artificial intelligence startup Anthropic announced that it has raised $3.5 billion in financing at a post - money valuation of $61.5 billion. This round of financing was led by the venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, Fidelity Investments Group, etc. participated in this round of financing. (Jiemian News)    

Alibaba's stock price soared 7%, and the new model QwQ - 32B sparked market discussions

On March 6, Alibaba's stock price soared during the session, recording the largest single - day increase in weeks. Alibaba's latest open - source QwQ - 32B model sparked market discussions. The performance of this model is comparable to that of DeepSeek R1, but its data parameters are only 5% of the latter, significantly reducing the deployment and use costs, and it can also be deployed locally on consumer - grade graphics cards. (36Kr)   

Europe emphasizes independent development of the AI industry

From March 3 to March 6, the Mobile World Congress was held in Barcelona, Spain. Among them, guests at multiple forums mentioned that the diplomatic and technological policies of US President Trump are causing widespread concerns in Europe, and Europe needs to develop the AI industry more independently. There are voices in Europe saying that under the Trump administration, Europe is bound to rethink the adoption of Chinese technology. (Caixin)

Wang Xing of Meituan: Grocery retail, internationalization, and AI are the "new" directions of concern

According to晚点, on the last day of February, Meituan CEO Wang Xing held an internal communication meeting for directors and above. In addition to the core local business, Wang Xing proposed three "new" directions that he, as the CEO, will focus more on in the second decade - grocery retail, internationalization, and technology. (Jiemian News)

Yang Chaobin of Huawei: By 2030, the traffic driven by token consumption will exceed 3.5 times the current total mobile Internet access traffic

At the product and solution launch event during MWC25 Barcelona, Yang Chaobin, a director of Huawei and the CEO of the ICT BG, released the AI - Centric Network solution. He said: "AI technology is developing at a speed beyond everyone's imagination, and AI applications and innovations are emerging in an explosive manner. Humans are producing tokens on an unprecedented large scale. In the past 8 months, the average daily token usage has increased by 33 times, and the paid tokens have increased by 15 times. It is predicted that by 2030, the traffic driven by token consumption will exceed 3.5 times the current total mobile Internet access traffic. The network architecture technology and capabilities urgently need to be innovated to meet the needs of the AI era." (36Kr)    

Shenzhen: By 2026, the annual average growth of the city's artificial intelligence industry scale will exceed 20%

The Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Action Plan for Shenzhen to Accelerate the Building of an Artificial Intelligence Pioneer City (2025 - 2026)". By 2026, the number of artificial intelligence enterprises in the city will exceed 3,000, the number of unicorn enterprises will exceed 10, and the industrial scale will grow by more than 20% annually. More than 10 innovation incubators for artificial intelligence and embodied intelligent robots with obvious industrial agglomeration effects will be launched to form an industrial development environment of "the most open scenario applications, the most inclusive computing power supply, the most complete industrial ecosystem, and the most convenient innovation and entrepreneurship", and build an internationally influential artificial intelligence pioneer city, accelerating the construction of an industrial and technological innovation center with global influence. (36Kr)    

On March 6, the "Qiantang - Japan Two - way Investment Salon" was successfully held in Qiantang District, Hangzhou

Representatives from the International Department of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Osaka Foreign Investment Promotion Center in Japan interpreted the Japanese market environment and investment opportunities on - site. Japanese - invested enterprises such as Denso (Hangzhou) and many excellent enterprises going to Japan, including Unitree Technology, PIX Moving, Prime Particle, Aisen Intelligence, and Nanochap, also attended the salon, having in - depth interactive exchanges with more than 10 professional service institutions and more than 50 enterprises going overseas. (Qiantang Going Global)    

The world's first half - marathon for humanoid robots will be held in Yizhuang, Beijing on April 13

On March 4, at a press conference held by the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office, the Beijing Economic - Technological Development Area (Beijing Yizhuang) announced that the Beijing Yizhuang Half - Marathon will be held on April 13, and the world's first half - marathon for humanoid robots will be held simultaneously. (36Kr)    

This article is from the WeChat official account "Hangzhou Qiantang Enterprise Overseas Service Base", author: Qiantang Going Global. Republished with authorization.