TRADE WARS

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Berlin allotment holders dig in against property developers
Jun 28, 2019 (AFP)
"Schrebergaerten", or allotments, offer city dwellers a chance to grow plants and vegetables in small, private gardens and provide a green-leafed retreat from t...
High-stakes G20 opens with trade tensions looming
Jun 28, 2019 (AFP)
The two-day summit in the city of Osaka will be dominated by trade issues, with all eyes on whether US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping c...
China warns of 'severe threats' to global order at G20
Jun 28, 2019 (AFP)
Xi met three of his African counterparts Friday morning on the sidelines of the G20 summit of major world economies, which opened in Osaka amid the US-China tra...
Facebook's cryptocurrency faces pre-G20 examination
Jun 26, 2019 (AFP)
The Libra coin is endorsed by a heavyweight consortium of companies, and could see Facebook leverage its two billion-plus users to bring virtual money out of th...
FedEx sues US government over shipment restrictions
Jun 25, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement of the lawsuit comes as Beijing and Washington face off in a trade war that has seen both sides exchange steep tariffs on hundreds of billions ...
Trade negotiators hold talks ahead of Xi-Trump meeting
Jun 25, 2019 (AFP)
Vice Premier Liu He -- Xi's pointman in the trade war -- spoke with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday an...
China eyes front against protectionism at G20
Jun 24, 2019 (AFP)
A meeting between Xi Jinping and his Donald Trump on the sidelines of the gathering in Osaka, Japan has fuelled hopes for a truce in the increasingly damaging s...
Virtual Facebook currency faces real-world resistance
Jun 21, 2019 (AFP)
Many Indians are shut out of banking and face punitive fees for simple transactions, like transferring money to their loved ones. But in India as elsewhere, the...
Pompeo to assure India on tech visas
Jun 21, 2019 (AFP)
The United States has backed internet behemoths and major corporations in opposing India's orders that all online data be stored within the country, a move to e...
Trade disputes to dominate as ASEAN meets in Bangkok
Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)
Disputes in the flashpoint South China Sea and Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims are also likely to make the agenda at the two-day Association of Southeas...
China tells top global CEOs it will 'further open up'
Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)
Washington and other trade partners have long complained about the uneven playing field foreign companies encounter in China, theft of intellectual property and...
Sri Lanka in talks with China for $1.0 billion loan
Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)
Talks are underway with China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to raise the new loan in addition to the $1.2 billion obtained from international ag...
Chinese worker killed in Bangladesh construction site clash
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
Police said the violence was triggered by the death of a Bangladeshi worker at the site of a China-funded 1,320-megawatt plant, prompting locals to accuse the C...
Reforms and transparency needed for Belt and Road success: World Bank
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy aims to reinvent the ancient Silk Road to connect Asia to Europe and Africa through massive investments in marit...
US-Japan trade deal progress likely in 'months': US official
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
The testimony by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer comes a week before US officials are due to meet Japanese counterparts on the sidelines of the Group ...
Trump-Xi meeting at G20 raises hope for trade truce
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
The two leaders spoke on the phone on Tuesday, weeks after negotiations broke down when Trump accused Beijing of reneging on its commitments, hiked tariffs on $...
In China's Chongqing, high-rises buck property slowdown
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
The most audacious evidence is one of the newest additions to the city's skyline, a mega project of eight futuristic high-rises, six of which are connected by a...
With 'Libra,' Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
The Libra coin plan, backed by financial and nonprofit partners, represents an ambitious new initiative for the world's biggest social network with the potentia...
Trump-Xi meeting planned for G20 raises hope for trade truce
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
Trump said the leaders had a "good" conversation, while Xi said the countries have more to gain by cooperating than by engaging in a protracted battle. The comm...
With virtual money, Facebook bets on disrupting the world, again
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
The Libra cryptocurrency unveiled Tuesday by Facebook with two dozen partners aims to bring financial services and online commerce to more than a billion "unban...
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