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October 2026 12 events
18 October 2026
Markets
India
India and China: Sitharaman points to a trade deficit exceeding 100 billion dollars
India's trade deficit with China exceeded 100 billion dollars in the first nine months. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman denounced this imbalance and market access restrictions. Beijing says it is ready to address India's concerns.
18 October 2026
Markets
China considers new restrictions on technology exports
A Chinese draft announcement provides for a total ban on exporting 14 technologies and restrictions on 26 others, including next-generation solar technologies. Beijing also intends to control the export of its most advanced artificial intelligences.
14 October 2026
Markets
Chinese exports accelerate by 36%
According to Nikkei Asia, the engine of Chinese exports is running at its fastest pace since February, with a 36% increase. European leaders meet Thursday in Brussels to assess their trade relations with China, whose exports of cars and manufactured products threaten their industry. India's trade deficit with China exceeds 100 billion dollars.
13 October 2026
Markets
France
Chinese brands invade the Paris Motor Show
More than a third of manufacturers present at the Paris Motor Show are Chinese. These brands represent 10% of sales in the European Union, while car sales are declining in China.
13 October 2026
Markets
Luxury slows: LVMH falls 5% in third quarter
Fashion and leather goods brands of the LVMH group see their sales fall 5% in the third quarter, due to slowing consumption in China. The slowdown also affects the United States.
10 October 2026
Markets
EU-China agreement on hybrid car exports
The European Union and China concluded an agreement to reduce Chinese exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles to Europe by more than half. Commissioner Šefčovič mentions millions of vehicles avoided over four years. The compromise must prevent a trade escalation but is not enough to reduce the European trade deficit.
10 October 2026
Geopolitics
EU-China agreement to limit hybrid cars
After two days of negotiations in Beijing, the European Union and China concluded an agreement to curb Chinese exports of hybrid vehicles. According to Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, it could prevent millions of vehicles from entering the European market in four years. A compromise deemed fragile.
9 October 2026
Markets
Trade tensions between Brussels and Beijing
European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic is in Beijing to negotiate reducing the European trade deficit against China. The two sides are preparing to avoid an open trade war.
8 October 2026
Geopolitics
Start of EU-China trade negotiations in Beijing
European Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is in Beijing for talks centered on a trade deficit of 1 billion euros per day and Chinese restrictions on rare earth exports. No breakthrough is expected.
6 October 2026
Markets
China slows below its target, despite AI
Chinese growth in the third quarter is estimated at 4.4%, below target, despite the rise of artificial intelligence.
5 October 2026
Markets
United States
G20 fails to agree on overcapacities
China prevented the G20 from reaching agreement on industrial overcapacities, a subject pushed by Washington. Beijing invokes "divergent opinions". The draft text called on all countries to eliminate structural overcapacities in their economies.
2 October 2026
Markets
United States
G20 Commerce ends without agreement on overcapacities
In Milwaukee, the United States failed to rally other countries on industrial overcapacities, a barely veiled criticism of China. The American trade representative states that Washington will not remain passive in the face of Chinese overproduction.
September 2026 11 events
29 September 2026
Markets
United States
Trade agreement between United States and China on tariffs
Washington and Beijing published lists of non-sensitive products worth 60 billion dollars for tariff reductions, a few days after the meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in Washington.
28 September 2026
Markets
United States
Tariff truce extended between Washington and Beijing
The United States and China published the list of products covered by tariff reductions on 60 billion dollars of trade, following the Trump-Xi summit. Beijing also announces it will reduce tariffs on American agricultural products, with the exception of soybeans, and the tariff pause is extended until January 10, 2027.
25 September 2026
Geopolitics
United States
Trump-Xi summit in Washington without major breakthrough
Donald Trump received Xi Jinping at the White House for a lavish state dinner celebrating "strategic stability" between the two countries. Despite the cordial atmosphere, no significant progress was achieved on trade, technology or Taiwan.
24 September 2026
Markets
United States
Extension of trade truce between Washington and Beijing
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the extension until January of the trade truce between the United States and China, on the eve of the Trump-Xi summit.
24 September 2026
Geopolitics
United States
Trump-Xi summit and extension of trade truce
Donald Trump gave an exceptional welcome to Xi Jinping upon his arrival in the United States, and Washington announced the extension until January of the Sino-American trade truce, just before their meeting at the White House.
24 September 2026
World
Scientific breakthrough against strokes in China
Chinese scientists have developed the drug Loberamisal, which extends the treatment window for strokes from 6 hours to 2 days, protecting brain cells and improving chances of full recovery.
23 September 2026
Markets
Hungary
CATL's Hungarian plant starts trial production
Chinese electric vehicle battery giant CATL has cleared all regulatory hurdles for its megafactory in Hungary and has begun trial production, a milestone for the world's largest electric battery producer.
22 September 2026
Markets
United States
Trade tensions between the United States and China ahead of Xi-Trump summit
Negotiations between Washington and Beijing on extending the 2025 Busan trade agreement remain blocked on the issue of rare earths, hours before Xi Jinping's arrival in Washington for a state visit.
21 September 2026
Markets
United States
Preparations for Trump-Xi summit on trade and AI
American and Chinese negotiators met in New York for final discussions before the Trump-Xi summit scheduled for this week, focusing notably on a security notification mechanism for artificial intelligence and on the extension of the trade truce set to expire in November.
20 September 2026
World
Nepal
Floods in Nepal: government makes early warning a priority
After devastating Bhotekoshi floods caused by an avalanche of ice and rock near the border with Tibet, Nepalese Prime Minister Sudarshan Shah made the implementation of early warning systems a national priority.
19 September 2026
World
Nepal
After the floods, a traumatized Nepal seeks its bearings
In several localities in Nepal such as Betrawati and Devighat, survivors of devastating floods find little trace of their former lives. Nepalese youth express growing climate anxiety in the face of these repeated disasters at the border with Tibet.