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Chinese currency steadies after turbulent trading
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
The US accusation on Monday was the second major escalation in the two countries' spiralling trade war in just 24 hours. Both the onshore and offshore yuan brea...
Trump wants trade pact with China but must be 'right deal': W.House advisor
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
Kudlow's remarks came as markets attempted a recovery from Monday's deep sell-off, prompted by a sudden escalation in the US-China trade since last week. "The p...
Tencent set to take stake in Universal Music
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
If a deal is confirmed, Shenzhen-based Tencent is to take 10 percent in Universal Music, with an option to pick up another 10 percent. This would translate into...
US-China trade war in 10 dates
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
- March 8, 2018: tax on steel, aluminium - President Donald Trump announces tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminium from a number of ...
Indonesia economy loses steam in Q2 amid US-China trade war
Aug 05, 2019 (AFP)
Growth weakened to 5.05 percent in the April-June period as exports and investment slipped. That was down from a 5.27 percent expansion in the same period last ...
US designates China a 'currency manipulator' as trade war rages
Aug 05, 2019 (AFP)
Washington's sudden move came the day China allowed the yuan to fall below 7 to the dollar for the first time in about a decade -- provoking US President Donald...
Chinese yuan falls to weakest level against dollar since 2010
Aug 05, 2019 (AFP)
The offshore currency weakened to 7.1085 to the dollar, days after US President Donald Trump announced a plan to impose fresh tariffs on another $300 billion in...
China vows to strike back at US tariffs threat
Aug 02, 2019 (AFP)
President Donald Trump jolted US and Asian stock markets as he issued the threat just a day after US and Chinese trade negotiators revived talks aimed at ending...
Trump targets China with tariffs on $300bn in goods
Aug 02, 2019 (AFP)
The sudden deterioration meant the world's two largest economies have now erected trade barriers covering virtually all of their $660 billion in annual trade in...
US-China trade talks: What next?
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing have so far hit each other with punitive tariffs covering more than $360 billion in two-way trade. Analysts warn the two sides are still ...
China factory activity contracts again amid trade row
Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing have so far hit each other with punitive tariffs covering more than $360 billion in two-way trade, damaging manufacturers in both countri...
Hong Kong growth stalls amid trade war, protests
Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington have already imposed duties on more than $360 billion in two-way trade, roiling global financial markets and weighing heavily on manufact...
US, China wrap up trade talks after Trump tweetstorm
Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing have so far hit each other with punitive tariffs covering more than $360 billion in two-way trade in a row centred on demands for China t...
US-China big power rivalry set for Bangkok staging
Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)
Foreign ministers from 10 Southeast Asian countries are meeting in the Thai capital this week, where free trade will dominate their concerns. They will be joine...
China-US trade talks to restart after G20 tariff truce
Jul 30, 2019 (AFP)
The negotiations in the financial hub will be the first face-to-face discussions since US President Donald Trump agreed to a truce with Chinese President Xi Jin...
China's slams US 'arrogance' on WTO status
Jul 29, 2019 (AFP)
The reaction followed a memo issued on Friday by President Donald Trump to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, stressing that some countries were enjoyin...
Cautious hopes before new round of US-China trade talks
Jul 28, 2019 (AFP)
The meetings in Shanghai on Tuesday and Wednesday will be the first face-to-face discussions since negotiations collapsed in May after President Donald Trump ac...
US 'pressure' tactic on WTO will fail: China state media
Jul 28, 2019 (AFP)
The reaction followed a memo issued on Friday by President Donald Trump to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. It said the WTO, which operates a global s...
France aims for US digital tax deal by late August: minister
Jul 27, 2019 (AFP)
He was responding to US President Donald Trump, who on Friday vowed "substantial" retaliation against France for a law passed this month on taxing digital compa...
Trump threatens not to recognize China's special status at WTO
Jul 26, 2019 (AFP)
The salvo fell the week before top US trade officials are due to return to China to rekindle trade talks that acrimoniously collapsed in May. "The WTO is BROKEN...
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