The second "Chinese shock" has already begun (but this time it's not cheap products)
ZAP Notícias26 August 2026 at 20:30
A new wave of Chinese technology exports is threatening Western companies, giving rise to the so-called "China Shock 2.0". Unlike the first wave of cheap products like clothing, furniture and consumer electronics, this offensive focuses on high value-added sectors: electric vehicles, semiconductors, industrial robotics and components for artificial intelligence data centers. The chief economist of Apollo Global Management, Torsten Slok, warns that the global economy is entering a new phase of commercial competition with China, with significant implications for Western companies.
Brazilian national airports registered a 2.1% growth in the number of passengers in July, surpassing the Vinci network average. The cumulative growth in the first seven months of the year reached 2.5%.
The Volta deposit and refund system indicates on its website that 16 municipalities have no packaging collection points, but the managing entity SDR Portugal states that only five municipalities — Alcoutim, Mora, Ribeira de Pena, Santa Marta de Penaguião and Corvo — do not have equipment, blaming the website being out of date. Mayors from municipalities such as Oleiros, Mourão and Mora confirm the absence of machines, with populations having to travel dozens of kilometres to neighbouring municipalities to return packaging and recover the 0.10 euro deposit, criticizing the lack of equitable access to the system.
The Cais do Sodré station of the Lisbon Metro reopened this Thursday after 19 days closed for railway signaling works related to the future Circular Line. Green line circulation was resumed between Telheiras and Cais do Sodré, in both directions. The work carried out included preparing the network for the future operational configuration of the Circular Line, which is expected to come into operation in the first quarter of 2027 and will connect Rato to Cais do Sodré through the future Estrela and Santos stations, adding more than two kilometres to the network.
Specialists warned during a seminar in Brasília that organized crime has expanded across the entire fuel chain, involving tax fraud, product adulteration and money laundering, and advocated for greater integration between security forces, regulatory agencies and the private sector to combat the problem. According to the Instituto Combustível Legal, recent operations helped redirect approximately 10 billion liters of fuels that were being sold illegally to the legal market, but the entity's president warned that the gas station is just the tip of the iceberg of a structure involving distributors and transportation companies.
