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US tech tariffs: a bull in France's china shop
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
President Donald Trump has threatened to tax $2.4 billion in such imports by as much as 100 percent, retaliating against a French tax on tech companies, which U...
China starts lifting restrictions on foreign investment
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
From the start of 2020, foreign banks can now set up wholly-owned branches in China without a local partner holding the majority stake, the banking regulatory a...
China to cut reserve requirement for banks as economy slows
Jan 01, 2020 (AFP)
The People's Bank of China will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on January 6 by 50 basis points, it said in a statement, reducing the amount of cash ban...
Panama marks 20 years in charge of canal, faces climate threat
Dec 31, 2019 (AFP)
On December 31, 1999 at midday sharp, then-president Mireya Moscoso hoisted Panama's red, blue and white flag over the Canal administration building for the fir...
Chinese factory activity remains steady in December
Dec 31, 2019 (AFP)
The closely watched Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of activity in the country's factories, was at 50.2 in December, posting the same gain as the ...
US-China 'phase one' trade deal to be signed January 15
Dec 31, 2019 (AFP)
"I will be signing our very large and comprehensive Phase One Trade Deal with China on January 15," Trump tweeted moments before Wall Street was due to open. "T...
US, China biggest WTO winners: study
Dec 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Bertelsmann Foundation research showed WTO membership has boosted the US's gross domestic product by $87 billion in the 25 years since the country joined. C...
Road to riches for China's rag trade runs through Paris
Dec 27, 2019 (AFP)
As Paris gears up for its next run of shows early in the new year, it is clear that Chinese designers have made it into the rarefied world of fashion. Think Guo...
Facing US trade uncertainty, China seeks closer ties with neighbours
Dec 25, 2019 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Beijing was willing to strengthen economic cooperation with ...
China signals stepping up economic support in 2020
Dec 24, 2019 (AFP)
Li flagged a fresh cut to the amount of cash lenders must keep in reserve, according to state news agency Xinhua, in the latest move to ramp up stuttering growt...
China to lower import tariffs from January
Dec 23, 2019 (AFP)
China's pig industry has been hammered by African swine fever, which has led to the culling of more than a million animals, according to official statistics, an...
Trump touts 'very good' Xi phone call
Dec 20, 2019 (AFP)
Trump tweeted that China "already started large scale" increases in purchases of US farm goods, in line with the deal. However, he did not give a date for when ...
China cancels Sweden business trips after prize for dissident
Dec 20, 2019 (AFP)
Tensions between the two countries have been strained since Gui, who is known for publishing gossipy titles about Chinese political leaders out of a Hong Kong b...
China exempts more US goods from tariffs after trade deal
Dec 19, 2019 (AFP)
The world's biggest economies have exchanged blows for more than a year, on Friday announced a mini-agreement to reduce some levies in a bruising trade war that...
China sees strong industrial, retail growth in November
Dec 16, 2019 (AFP)
The readings come at the end of a tough year for the world's number two economy, which is expanding at its weakest rate for three decades as it is buffeted by t...
China deal lifts US stocks into record territory
Dec 16, 2019 (AFP)
US and Chinese officials on Friday announced a partial trade deal, with Washington cancelling and reducing tariffs in exchange for Chinese pledges to increase p...
Investors in cryptocurrency exchange demand founder's body be exhumed
Dec 16, 2019 (AFP)
The case focuses on the sudden death of QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten, who passed away aged 30 from Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel condition, in Dece...
Chinese borrowers drown in online lending's 'bottomless pit'
Dec 15, 2019 (AFP)
An initial 300-yuan ($42) loan began a downward spiral that dragged Peng, 22, into a 100,000 yuan debt borrowed from more than 20 "peer-to-peer" (P2P) lending p...
China suspends planned tariffs on US goods
Dec 15, 2019 (AFP)
China will suspend the planned addition of 10 percent and 5 percent tariffs on some US imports, and "continue to suspend additional tariffs on US-made autos and...
US, China mini-deal offers 'breathing space' for Chinese economy
Dec 15, 2019 (AFP)
The pared-down "phase one" deal announced Friday includes a reduction in US tariffs on China, in exchange for an increase in Chinese purchases of US goods and b...
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