The United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is a blow to global cooperation on climate change, but other countries are marching ahead and stepping up leadership on the issue. China is dominating the clean energy race,

China Asset Management Company, the country's second-largest fund manager, plans to launch funds in the U.S. and Brazil this year, its chief executive said, betting on a revival of investor interest in Chinese markets.

In late December inspectors rescued 163 Chinese workers from the construction site of a plant owned by the electric car manufacturer that has come to symbolize Beijing’s growing influence in the South

STORY: Electric vehicle producer BYD brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to build a factory in Brazil, according to a key labor inspector.They told Reuters that the company has pledged to comply with local labor laws for the workers remaining in the country.

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened tariffs of 60% against all Chinese goods, igniting fears of retaliatory tariffs from China.

That is nearly double the amount for the second-largest borrower, Brazil. Additionally, China is a nonborrowing, voting member of the Inter-American Development Bank and the Caribbean Development ...