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US, China negotiators hold 'constructive' call on trade deal: ministry
Nov 17, 2019 (AFP)
The long-running trade war between Washington and Beijing has weighed on the global economy and spooked markets, with the two sides imposing punitive tariffs on...
Hanoi struggles to curb fake Made in Vietnam goods
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
Exporters have started shifting production from China to Vietnam to avoid steep tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on hundreds of billions of dollars ...
China's economy shows further signs of weakness
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
The readings are the latest to give a headache to leaders in Beijing, who are battling the tariffs row with the US as well as a weak global outlook, while tryin...
Tariffs' removal a 'condition' for US trade deal: China
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
The Commerce Ministry's remarks showed a sizeable distance still separates the Washington and Beijing dispute Trump's announcement last month that they had reac...
Chinese takeover marks new chapter in history of British Steel
Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)
Despite having an economy dominated by the services sector, steelmaking retains a special place in British hearts, where it is an enduring symbol of a bygone go...
Brazil's Bolsonaro to walk diplomatic tightrope at BRICS
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
Just weeks after his first official visit to China, Bolsonaro will hold talks with Xi Jinping in Brazil's capital Brasilia on the eve of a summit with their BRI...
Quarter of German firms in China planning to leave: survey
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
The German Chamber of Commerce's annual survey of 526 member firms in China found that 23 percent have either already decided to withdraw production capacity in...
Trump hails economic boom, says China trade deal is 'close'
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
While he said the partial trade deal he announced last month with China was "close" he warned he would jack up tariffs even further should the pact fail to mate...
China's Xi holds talks in Greece en route to BRICS summit
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
"Both China and Greece see each other as natural allies in developing the Belt and Road," Xi said at the start of a state visit aimed at deepening cooperation w...
China's Jingye forges rescue deal for British Steel
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
Jingye added separately that it would invest 1.2 billion pounds ($1.5 billion, 1.4 billion euros) over the next decade to place the business, which collapsed in...
What slowdown? Chinese shoppers set new 'Singles' Day' spending record
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
The country's leading e-commerce firm said that by late afternoon the amount of goods bought surpassed the previous record of $30.7 billion spent during the ent...
Greece speeds up 'Golden Visa' scheme for Chinese as Xi visits
Nov 10, 2019 (AFP)
"We chose Greece because of its cultural heritage, its history, the democracy, the freedom. We really like its atmosphere," Jiang says. "Since we got the visa, ...
Chinese inflation hits highest rate since 2012
Nov 09, 2019 (AFP)
The consumer price index (CPI) -- a key gauge of retail inflation -- hit 3.8 percent last month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, up from 3.0 perce...
China export drop beats forecasts in October but more pain tipped
Nov 08, 2019 (AFP)
While tensions between the world's top two economies are beginning to ease, Beijing is struggling to get the engines of growth firing on all cylinders as demand...
China says agreed with US to remove tariffs if trade deal progresses
Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)
The two sides have been embroiled in a bruising trade war for more than a year, and have slapped punitive tariffs on hundreds-of-billions-of-dollars-worth of tw...
China to resume Canada meat imports, but ties still frosty
Nov 06, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing blocked beef and pork shipments from Canada in June, alleging contamination in pork shipments and bogus documents -- claims disputed by Canada. The move...
EU-China deal to protect iconic regional products
Nov 06, 2019 (AFP)
Henceforth, in trade between the global giants, consumers must trust that booze labelled as Scotch whisky comes from Scotland and Moutai liquor comes from Kweic...
Facebook says Libra needs 'decades' to take hold
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
"This is going to be the work not of years but of decades, but it's a journey worth making," Kevin Weil, Vice President of product at Calibra, Libra's digital w...
Xi pledges wider market access, free-trade deals
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
Xi addressed an audience including French President Emmanuel Macron at the import exhibition in Shanghai, staged annually by China to show its willingness to op...
India firms, farmers applaud Modi for rejecting RCEP trade deal
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
New Delhi's 11th-hour rejection of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -- which was meant to account for 30 percent of global GDP and loop in...
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