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EU locked in 'long battle' against Chinese fraud
Sep 03, 2019 (AFP)
"The biggest, most worrying border is between China and your home," said Ernesto Bianchi, head of the investigations directorate in the EU's anti-fraud office O...
China lodges WTO trade complaint against US: govt
Sep 02, 2019 (AFP)
The world's two biggest economies have been embroiled in a bruising year-long trade war which escalated further on Sunday when Washington moved ahead with fresh...
China hints may not retaliate for latest US tariff hike
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
Last week China and the US exchanged the latest blows in the year-long trade dispute, with Beijing announcing it would hit $75 billion worth of US goods in reta...
US, China to talk trade Thursday: Trump
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
"There's a talk scheduled for today at a different level," Trump told Fox News Radio, without elaborating. He rebutted prior news reports skeptical of his claim...
Slow boat to China: cargo ships urged to cut speed and pollution
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
Here, AFP looks at how the debate took shape and is evolving: - Ecological impact - Shipping represents 2.3 percent of carbon dioxide (C02) emissions, according...
New China tariffs a 'job killer,' US industry tells Trump
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
The latest cry for peace in Trump's year-long trade war came just days before the first in series of tariff increases is due to go into effect -- potentially ra...
Thomas Cook agrees to Chinese-led rescue
Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)
The recapitalisation, worth the equivalent of 994 million euros or $1.1 billion, sent Thomas Cook stock crashing by a fifth as analysts warned that shareholders...
US tech industry cool on Trump deal on France digital tax
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) reacted a day after Trump and Macron agreed on a plan that would see France scrap its digital tax once...
Norway says timing of EFTA-Mercosur pact 'awful'
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
Faced with massive criticism for his handling of the blazes in the rainforests, Brazilian President Jose Bolsonaro on Friday announced the agreement between EFT...
Costco cuts short China debut after shoppers swamp store
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
The massive warehouse outlet issued a notice to users of its official app in the early afternoon saying that it would no longer allow more customers through the...
Signs of hope as Trump says US-China trade talks back on
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
The two sides have been embroiled in a bruising year-long dispute that has seen tariffs slapped on billions of dollars worth of goods in two-way trade, with the...
Trump says trade talks 'to start very shortly' as Costco opens first China store
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
"China called last night..., said let's get back to the table. So we'll be getting back to the table," Trump told reporters at the G7 summit in Biarritz. Trump ...
Costco bets on international appetite for first Chinese store
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
The move also comes at a challenging time with Beijing and Washington engaged in a tense trade war that has seen them swap punitive tariffs on hundreds of billi...
Trump aides downplay 'order' to US companies to leave China
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House economics advisor Larry Kudlow took to the airwaves from France, where Trump is participating in the G7 summit...
UK's Johnson opposes blocking EU-LatAm trade deal over Brazil
Aug 24, 2019 (AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron has backed the blocking of the Mercosur Free Trade Agreement with the EU after lashing out at the policies of Brazilian counter...
Tusk says 'hard to imagine' EU-Mercosur trade deal while Amazon burns
Aug 24, 2019 (AFP)
The European Union "stands by the EU-Mercosur agreement", Tusk told reporters at a G7 meeting in Biarritz in southern France on Saturday. "It is hard to imagine...
Pressure mounting on EU to end ivory trade
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
Poaching has decimated the world elephant population, which slumped in Africa from several million at the turn of the 19th century to around 400,000 in 2015. Ac...
Macron says tech giants enjoy 'permanent tax haven status'
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
"The global tech players do not contribute financially to the funding of the common good, it is not sustainable," the president told reporters. He said he had o...
In high-tech Japan, cash is still king
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
Four out of five purchases are still made with cash in Japan, despite its reputation as a futuristic and innovative nation. In South Korea, some 90 percent of t...
US ports brace for surge of imports ahead of new tariffs on China
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
US importers, retailers and shippers are bracing for a new round of punitive duties on Chinese goods set to hit in two steps, September 1 and December 15, likel...
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