They also urge govt not to raise gas prices

Net profit for the three months to December jumped 57 percent on-year to NT$374.7 billion (US$11.4 billion).

The consumer price index (CPI) accelerated to 2.9 percent last month from a year ago, up from 2.7 percent in November, the Labor Department said in a statement on Wednesday.

"If the US administration chooses to still implement tariffs, we will respond purposefully, forcefully, resolutely," he said.

Donald Trump’s policies are not likely to cause inflation to reignite as many analysts fear, one of the president-elect’s longtime economic advisers told AFP Tuesday, less than a week before Trump returns to the White House.

11 separate teams will be formed to investigate people, companies of 11 groups

The annual figure was well below 2023 deliveries and less than half the 766 aircraft European rival Airbus brought to customers last year.

"Such actions disrupt economic and commercial cooperation between enterprises... and represent typical protectionism and economic coercion," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said

Exports have historically represented a key engine in the world's number two economy, where authorities will release 2024 growth data on Friday that is expected to be among the lowest in decades.

Musk's role at the social network has been marked by numerous controversies and led to various legal actions on the part of investors, former employees and companies that had contracts with Twitter, now called X.

DCCI president says at meeting with the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry

A record 17.1 million battery electric vehicles (excluding plug-in hybrids) were sold last year across the world, according to figures compiled by the firm.

Even before taking office, Trump has raised the prospect of fresh levies on companies, countries and groups of states as he seeks to implement his agenda

Increased costs of doing business could weaken operational capacity, the chamber said

Under Indian road transport regulations, the limits are set at 18.5 tonnes for two-axle vehicles and 28 tonnes for three-axle vehicles

Indonesia, the world's leading producer of palm oil, in 2019 requested an expert panel review of the EU restrictions.

Long-run inflation expectations soared to 3.3 percent, the highest level since June 2008, from 3.0 percent in December.

Beanpole customs also listed 12 types of imported goods that should go through physical inspection

The US central bank voted 11-to-1 in favor of cutting rates by a quarter of a percentage point at the meeting on December 17 and 18, reducing the bank's key lending rate to between 4.25 and 4.50 percent despite an uptick in inflation

Net revenue rose 33.9 percent to NT$2.9 trillion ($87.8 billion), the company said in a statement, ahead of the release of its complete earnings report next week.