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Merkel raises 'doubts' over EU-Mercosur trade pact
Aug 21, 2020 (AFP)
The pact between the European Union and the South American free trade bloc -- comprising Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay -- was agreed in principle last...
US, China to hold call on trade in 'near future': official
Aug 20, 2020 (AFP)
The US and China signed the accord in January, bringing a partial truce in their lingering trade war, and obliging Beijing to import an additional $200 billion ...
Asian markets track US losses as Fed raises economy concerns
Aug 20, 2020 (AFP)
World equities have surged from a March bottom thanks to a wall of cash support from the Fed and other central banks, but with the multi-trillion-dollar fiscal ...
Hong Kong slams US decision to end tax, extradition deals
Aug 20, 2020 (AFP)
The United States formally notified the Asian financial hub on Wednesday that it had withdrawn from bilateral deals covering the surrender of fugitives, transfe...
Stocks mixed as stimulus hope offset by China-US, virus worries
Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)
Some upbeat US data helped propel the S&P 500 to its first record since February while the Nasdaq pushed to an all-time high thanks to a surge in demand for tec...
Credit card problems for Hong Kong's Carrie Lam as sanctions bite
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
Chief Executive Carrie Lam was personally targeted, along with 10 other senior city officials, in the toughest US action on Hong Kong since Beijing imposed the ...
China slams US 'abuse' over new Huawei sanctions
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
A US Commerce Department statement Monday barred an additional 38 Huawei affiliates from buying American computer chips and other technology. Tensions were alre...
Asian markets struggle as traders await crucial US stimulus
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
Technology firms continued to lead a rally in New York, sending the Nasdaq to yet another all-time high, while the S&P 500 closed just short of a record finish ...
China launches anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
Relations between Beijing and Canberra have nosedived in recent months after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison joined US calls for an independent inquiry...
European and Wall Street stocks mostly up despite US-China tensions
Aug 17, 2020 (AFP)
The Nasdaq jumped 1.0 percent to another fresh record, leading the major US indices, including the Dow, which closed lower. Earlier, bourses in London, Paris an...
US-China trade talks set for Saturday postponed: media
Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reportedly were scheduled to hold a video conference with China's Vice Premier L...
US, China to discuss trade deal amid COVID-19 disruption
Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing's January deal represented a partial truce in their months-long trade war, and obligated Beijing to import an additional $200 billion in ...
Equities mixed as US stimulus talks drag, UK reimposes quarantine
Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)
Hopes that Democrats and Republicans would cast aside their mutual animosity to stump up much-needed cash for struggling Americans have been key to supporting e...
China's domestic spending sluggish as economy recovers from virus
Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)
Retail sales -- a key indication of consumer sentiment -- shrank by 1.1 percent on-year, falling short of forecasts and suggesting many are still reticent about...
Trump says Hong Kong can 'never succeed' under China control
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
"Hong Kong can never succeed having China as opposed to the thousands of geniuses that ran it, having China run it," Trump told Fox Business news. "The Hong Kon...
Asia markets mostly up after US rally, stimulus woe tempers hope
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
All three main indexes in New York saw more sharp gains fuelled by optimism over the US economic recovery following a forecast-busting jump in inflation that in...
Hong Kong imports to be labelled 'Made in China': US customs
Aug 11, 2020 (AFP)
Last month, President Donald Trump retaliated to Beijing's imposition of a tough new security law in Hong Kong by removing special trading privileges for the fi...
Asian markets extend gains with eyes on trade talks, stimulus
Aug 11, 2020 (AFP)
There was also some relief that China did not include any members of Donald Trump's administration in a group of 11 Americans hit with sanctions in retaliation ...
Tech titans say Trump block on worker visas harms US
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
The brief was filed in federal court Monday in support of a suit by the US Chamber of Commerce and trade groups against a proclamation issued by Trump in June h...
China inflation edges up on the back of food prices
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
The consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of retail inflation, had been pushed up over the past year by livestock prices after China's pig herds were ravaged ...
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