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China hypes import show, but not everyone's buying it
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping opened the second annual China International Import Expo (CIIE) on Tuesday in Shanghai with a speech declaring -- as he did last year -- th...
Hong Kong's economic woes deepen with plunging business outlook
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers Index -- which measures the health of the private sector -- dropped to 39.3 in October, its worst reading since 2008 during the global f...
US-China trade war 'hurting both countries': UN
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
In a fresh report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) examined the repercussions of bruising tariff hikes imposed by the world's two largest ec...
World's biggest trade deal to be delayed to 2020: draft ASEAN statement
Nov 03, 2019 (AFP)
The 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) spans from India to New Zealand and includes 30 percent of global GDP and half of the world's p...
SEAsia leaders to push for progress on China-backed trade pact
Nov 01, 2019 (AFP)
If signed, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be the world's largest trade pact and is seen as a way for Beijing to cement trade ties i...
China, US hold 'constructive' call on trade mini-deal
Nov 01, 2019 (AFP)
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Friday spoke by telephone with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a call both sides...
WTO authorises Chinese tariffs on $3.6 bn in US goods in anti-dumping tiff
Nov 01, 2019 (AFP)
China had asked the WTO for permission to hit the US with more than $7 billion in tariffs in the case. But the WTO ruling said it had determined that the illega...
Hong Kong plunges into recession as protests, trade war take toll
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
The semi-autonomous Chinese city has been upended by nearly five months of huge, often violent, pro-democracy demonstrations with little end in sight as Beijing...
China blasts Pompeo for 'vicious' speech against Beijing
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
In the latest hawkish take on China by President Donald Trump's administration, Pompeo Wednesday called Beijing "truly hostile" to the United States, and vowed ...
Trump: new location for US-China trade deal signing to be 'announced soon'
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
The partial trade deal, known as phase one, had been due for signing on the sidelines of the regional APEC summit which Chile cancelled on Wednesday due to viol...
US wants China trade deal in 'same time frame' despite APEC summit cancellation
Oct 30, 2019 (AFP)
"We look forward to finalizing Phase One of the historic trade deal with China within the same time frame, and when we have an announcement, we'll let you know,...
HSBC boss says bank underperforming in Europe, US as profits slip
Oct 28, 2019 (AFP)
The Asia-focused behemoth has been trying to lower costs as it faces the double uncertainties caused by the grinding US-China trade war and Britain's impending ...
US 'close to finalizing' parts of trade deal with China: USTR
Oct 26, 2019 (AFP)
President Donald Trump heralded a major win in his offensive against China two weeks ago, saying the economic powers were close to concluding a "substantial pha...
Xi and Bolsonaro plan increased trade amid US trade war
Oct 25, 2019 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro reaffirmed ties on Friday during the Brazilian leader's first official visit to China. "China is will...
Hong Kong businessman pays almost $1m for parking space
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
The mind-boggling sum paid by Johnny Cheung Shun-yee highlights the gaping inequality that has helped fuel nearly five months of demonstrations in the financial...
World Bank rates China, India as 'most improved' for doing business
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
Despite a bitter trade war, in which the United States is demanding reforms from Beijing to protect intellectual property and open its economy further to Americ...
Austrian railways say night train bookings on increase
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
OeBB, one of Europe's leading operators of night rail services, said in a statement that bookings on both its regular seated and sleeper night trains were up 11...
Facebook's Zuckerberg open to scaling back Libra plan
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
Zuckerberg made the comments as he faced a torrent of criticism on Capitol Hill over the cryptocurrency Facebook is seeking to roll out next year. "We clearly h...
Zuckerberg calls Libra coin a key for American leadership
Oct 22, 2019 (AFP)
In the testimony released a day ahead of Zuckerberg's appearance before a House of Representatives committee, the head of the world's biggest social network des...
Trump says 'phase 1' China trade pact on track for November
Oct 22, 2019 (AFP)
Trump remains upbeat on the chances Beijing and Washington will seal the mini-deal he announced earlier this month -- marking a cooling-off period in the two na...
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