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Regulators have serious questions about Libra: Bank of France
Jul 11, 2019 (AFP)
Facebook unveiled plans last month for a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, pledging to deliver a stable virtual money that lives on smartphones and could ...
UK unveils draft law to tax tech giants
Jul 11, 2019 (AFP)
The proposed levy, which will be consulted on until September, will target "large digital businesses" and reflect "the value derived from their UK users", accor...
S. Korea warns of 'prolonged' export row with Japan
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
Tokyo last week said it would stop shipment of compounds used by major firms including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in the manufacture of microchips and sma...
US, China negotiators resume trade war talks
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
Talks had broken down in May over US accusations that Beijing had reneged on its commitments, and the dispute escalated with the two sides exchanging steep incr...
China factory price inflation slips as trade war pressure grows
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
At the same time consumer prices managed to meet expectations but the main support came from a surge in food prices owing to the impact of African swine fever o...
US central bank to study Facebook virtual currency
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
At a hearing at the US House Financial Services Committee, Powell told lawmakers that the cryptocurrency plan raises "serious" questions. "Let me start by sayin...
US asks Swiss to extradite accused Chinese pharma spy
Jul 09, 2019 (AFP)
Gongda Xue, a Chinese national living in Switzerland, is the brother of Yu Xue, who last year pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal trade secrets from GSK in or...
US slaps new duties on steel from Mexico and China
Jul 08, 2019 (AFP)
The decision comes two months after President Donald Trump agreed to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada after the three nations agreed on...
Poland urges China to boost investment, drop tariffs
Jul 08, 2019 (AFP)
Poland in January arrested a former executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei suspected of spying, casting doubt over its bid to develop a 5G network in the EU...
India to ease investment rules to catch up China
Jul 05, 2019 (AFP)
India has been leap-frogged by China as the world's fastest-growing major economy, with unemployment in Asia's third-biggest economy at its highest since the 19...
US-China trade officials aim to talk next week, officials say
Jul 05, 2019 (AFP)
Efforts to pencil in a new round of negotiations come a week after President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in Japan and agreed to restart ...
China says US tariffs must be lifted for a trade deal
Jul 04, 2019 (AFP)
Trade teams from the world's top two economies "have maintained communication", ministry spokesman Gao Feng said, days after presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinp...
France casts doubt on giant Mercosur trade deal
Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)
The deal announced Friday by the EU and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay is the largest ever struck by the EU. It covers markets that total approximately...
US-China trade talks 'back on track': White House advisor
Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)
But trade advisor Peter Navarro said Chinese telecoms giant Huawei remains blocked from participating in the development of 5G wireless networks in the United S...
Divisions on show as EU leaders try to end top jobs impasse
Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)
An 18-hour summit session broke up in acrimony on Monday with no agreement on a French-German compromise on who will become the new chief of the European Commis...
US-China dialogue resumes but major hurdles remain
Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)
Striking a bargain with China is "extremely -- I wouldn't even say complicated but very intricate," US President Donald Trump said Saturday on the sidelines of ...
Trump says US-China trade talks 'already begun'
Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)
Trump and Xi agreed Saturday to hold off on new tariff increases as the world's top two economies negotiate a final agreement to resolve their year-long trade w...
Beijing opens more sectors to foreign investment
Jun 30, 2019 (AFP)
Foreign investors in China have long complained of unfair treatment, with restrictions covering sectors including maritime transport, gas pipelines, cinema, ent...
Trump tells China's Xi open to 'historic' trade deal
Jun 29, 2019 (AFP)
"It would be historic if we could do a fair trade deal," Trump said at the start of the high-stakes meeting to thrash out a tariff war between the world's top t...
EU-Mercosur trade deal: what does it entail?
Jun 29, 2019 (AFP)
Here are the main points of an agreement covering some 770 million people who currently exchange 88 billion euros ($100 billion) in goods annually. - Customs ri...
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