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South China Morning Post
19-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Ex-Australian PM Morrison to address China's ‘economic coercion' at US House panel hearing
Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will testify at a US House panel hearing on Wednesday about countering China 's 'economic coercion against democracies,' the committee said on Friday. Advertisement Former US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will also testify before the House Select Committee on China. Relations with China , already rocky after Australia banned Huawei from its 5G broadband network in 2018, cooled further after Canberra called for an independent investigation into the origins of Covid-19 China responded by imposing tariffs on Australian commodities, including wine and barley, and limited imports of Australian beef, coal and grapes, moves described by the United States as 'economic coercion.' Morrison was defeated in a bid for re-election in 2022. Advertisement
Wall Street Journal
14-07-2025
- Automotive
- Wall Street Journal
The Benefit of Ebbing EVs
Helping Ukraine against a weakened Russia coincides nicely with the demise of electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels ('Trump Calls Out the Putin Charade,' Review and Outlook, July 9). Freed-up U.S. manufacturing capacity can go to missile systems and ammunition primarily for sale to Europe and use by Ukraine. General Motors has shown such versatility by producing tens of thousands of tanks and armored vehicles in World War II and 30,000 ventilators during the Covid pandemic. It's time to heed Rahm Emanuel's rule: You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. William J. Doyle
