TRADE WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Foreign firms face tough choices over Myanmar unrest

Apr 01, 2021 (AFP)

More than 520 people have died in daily demonstrations since the military overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, halting Myanmar's decade-old ...

Reset to rivalry: China and the West drift further apart

Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)

The mood music ahead of the mid-March meeting in the Alaskan town of Anchorage between the two countries' top diplomats was upbeat, but their meeting quickly co...

China factory activity rises but analysts warn of 'fragile recovery'

Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)

The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of manufacturing activity, grew more than expected to 51.9 -- from 50.6 in February -- according to the Nation...

Biden sets out 'once-in-a-generation' $2 tn infrastructure plan

Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)

Biden compared his "transformational" plan to the ambitious US space program of the 1960s, saying it would boost the livelihoods of poor and middle-class Americ...

IMF sees global economy improving despite uncertainties

Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)

"In January we projected global growth at 5.5 percent in 2021," said IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva in an address ahead of the body's annual spring meeting coho...

Most markets rise in Asia on recovery optimism, worries remain

Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)

With a number of big data announcements coming this week, analysts said traders were largely biding their time awaiting the next catalyst to drive buying, thoug...

Benefits of 'drastic' climate action outweigh costs: economists

Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)

A major international survey found that nearly three-quarters of the economists responding believed that "immediate and drastic" action was needed to limit the ...

Counting begins in vote on first Amazon labor union

Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)

Legal wrangling over whether some ballots should be disqualified was expected to slow the process for days, with Amazon anticipated to seek to prevent unions fr...

Mummified parrots suggest ancient trade routes crossed South American desert

Mar 29, 2021 (UPI)

"Feathers are valued across the Americas and we see them in high-status burials," José M. Capriles , said in a press release. "We don't know how the feathers g...

Washington condemns China's 'baseless sanctions' against US officials over Xinjiang: Blinken

Mar 28, 2021 (AFP)

"Beijing's attempts to intimidate and silence those speaking out for human rights and fundamental freedoms only contribute to the growing international scrutiny...

Biden suggests rival plan to China's 'Belt and Road'

Mar 27, 2021 (AFP)

Biden said late Friday that he floated the proposal in a call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson amid a row over sanctions against abuses targeting the U...

Australia threatens WTO action as China hikes duty on wine

Mar 27, 2021 (AFP)

In the latest salvo between Beijing and Canberra, China's commerce ministry announced levies ranging from 116.2 percent to 218.4 percent would be slapped on Aus...

US condemns Chinese 'campaign' against foreign brands

Mar 26, 2021 (AFP)

"The US condemns the PRC... social media campaign and corporate and consumer boycott against companies, including American, European and Japanese businesses," s...

Biden taps rapping Vietnam ambassador as top Asia envoy

Mar 26, 2021 (AFP)

Daniel Kritenbrink, a career diplomat who speaks Chinese and Japanese, was nominated by Biden to be the assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacif...

China's corporate loyalty drive ensnares international lawyers

Mar 26, 2021 (AFP)

Beijing this week placed tit-for-tat sanctions on individuals and entities from the European Union and Britain who have taken up the cause of China's Uyghur Mus...

France vows 'firm' stance on forced labour in EU-China deal

Mar 25, 2021 (AFP)

The European Union and China agreed on the pact in principle in December but it must be ratified by the EU's 27 states and approved by the EU parliament, which ...

Asian markets edge higher but inflation, virus fears cast shadow

Mar 25, 2021 (AFP)

After a year-long surge, global equities have run out of steam with expectations of a strong growth rebound stoking fear that prices will soar, forcing central ...

China bristles at West over sanctions for Uyghur crackdown

Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)

Rights groups believe at least one million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in camps in the northwestern region, where China is...

Asian markets mixed as inflation spectre hangs

Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)

While Wall Street provided a positive lead with all three main indexes posting healthy gains, there is a reluctance on trading floors to push a year-long rally ...

Sri Lanka secures $1.5 billion Chinese loan

Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)

Colombo had been negotiating for months to secure credit from China -- its largest single source of imports -- as the island's foreign reserves plummet amid the...