The United Auto Workers union said on Friday that 97 percent of its members had voted to authorize strikes against General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis if the union and […]
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Back to news homeHow Geopolitics Is Complicating the Move to Clean Energy
He is known as the Minister for Everything. From the government offices of Indonesia’s capital to dusty mines on remote islands, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan commands authority as the nation’s essential […]
China’s Nickel Plants in Indonesia Created Needed Jobs, Plus Pollution
For most of his 57 years on the island of Sulawesi, Jamal was accustomed to scarcity, modest expectations and a grim shortage of jobs. People mined sand, caught fish and […]
First Solar Finds That Forced Labor Was Used in Its Malaysian Ops
First Solar, a leading U.S. solar panel manufacturer, said on Tuesday that an audit had found that migrant workers in its operations in Malaysia were victims of forced labor.The independent […]
China’s Economy Battles Debt, Slowing Trade and Specter of Deflation
For more than a quarter-century, China has been synonymous with relentless development and upward mobility. As its 1.4 billion people gained an appetite for the wares of the world — […]
Deflation Becomes a Threat to China’s Economy
The United States has spent much of the past 18 months struggling to control inflation. China is experiencing the opposite problem: People and businesses are not spending, pushing the economy […]
Schumer Wields Political Heft in Bid for New York Chips Funds
In a darkened hotel ballroom in San Jose, Calif., last November, the most powerful players in the semiconductor industry received a familiar sales pitch.Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, appeared […]
Indiana Tests if the Heartland Can Transform Into a Chip Hub
Over the past 14 months, Indiana began converting 10,000 acres of corn and bean fields into an innovation park. State leaders met with the chief executives of semiconductor giants in […]
Automakers Face a Labor Showdown as the E.V. Era Looms
Detroit may be headed for a tumultuous labor showdown.The United Auto Workers union has made a bold opening bid in negotiations for new four-year collective bargaining agreements with General Motors, […]
TSMC Chairman Mark Liu Says Company Will Keep Its Roots in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which is manufacturing the world’s most advanced microchips, conducts business on the island of Taiwan, dead center in one of the most geopolitically volatile places on […]