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Nike ditches shoe design after Panama's indigenous Guna protest
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
Lawyers for the Guna said the special-edition Air Force 1 model shoe sports a traditional "mola" design without their permission, flouting their intellectual pr...
Huawei sees US 'bullying' as threat to rules-based trade
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
Abraham Liu, Huawei's envoy in Brussels, played up what he said were his firm's common interests with Europe and pledged to go the "extra mile" to ease EU secur...
Nepal bans Chinese digital wallets
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
Over 150,000 Chinese holidaymakers visited Nepal last year, many using digital wallets to pay in hotels, restaurants and shops in tourist areas -- especially in...
Adidas, Nike, PUMA say new tariffs on China would be 'catastrophic'
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
In a letter to Trump, those big name manufacturers joined forces with more than 170 other American shoe manufacturers and retailers calling for footwear to be e...
Canada lawmakers in China to press for detainees' release
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
"China is making stronger moves than it has before to try to get its own way on the world stage and Western countries and democracies around the world are point...
OECD cuts global growth forecast as US-China tensions rise
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
"Governments must act urgently to reinvigorate growth that benefits all," the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said as it pared back its f...
Fears as Chinese investment in Australia falls
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
After hitting a peak of Aus$15.8 billion (US$10.4 billion) in 2016, Chinese firms invested Aus$4.8 billion in the country last year, the Australian National Uni...
Huawei ban a salvo in widening US-China standoff
May 20, 2019 (AFP)
The Trump administration has waged an intense global campaign against Huawei and last week hit it hard with orders that restrict the company's US sales and make...
EU firms 'caught in crossfire' of US-China trade war
May 20, 2019 (AFP)
The clash between Beijing and Washington does not benefit European companies, contrary to what some might have hoped at the beginning of the dispute last year, ...
China's Luckin raises $561 mln as it hopes to topple Starbucks
May 17, 2019 (AFP)
The Chinese company, which will debut on the Nasdaq Friday, set its share price at $17, at the high end of the range it announced in May. It sold 33 million Ame...
China's US Treasury holdings lowest since 2017
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
However, the modest decline came before this month's sudden crack-up in negotiations aimed at resolving the trade dispute. In March, China's Treasury holdings f...
China says 'no information' on US trade trip to Beijing
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
In Washington on Wednesday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the senate appropriations committee he would likely travel to Beijing in the near future t...
US nears metal tariffs deal with Canada, Mexico: official
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
The steep US tariffs imposed last year on national security grounds have become a major stumbling block to ratifying a new North American trade pact negotiated ...
Xi says 'no clash' of civilisations amid US trade war
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
His remarks came after a top-level US official last month described the rivalry between China and the US as "a fight with a really different civilisation and a ...
China's economy shows further weakness as retail sales struggle
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
Authorities have for years been attempting to transition the world's number two economy from being reliant on state investment and exports to a more stable one ...
Trump tells farmers victory awaits in trade war ; Just a little squabble
May 14, 2019 (AFP)
And farmers along with the industries that support them, are also key voters. So with 18 months to go before the presidential election, Trump is hoping to put t...
US-China trade battle knocks German investor confidence
May 14, 2019 (AFP)
Expectations for economic performance in the coming months dropped 5.2 points compared with April, to -2.1, according to the ZEW institute's regular sounding of...
China's state media hits back at US on trade
May 14, 2019 (AFP)
The spree of editorials and commentaries in China's state media Monday and Tuesday ramped up attacks on Washington and its trade tactics, with Beijing rolling o...
China says 'no information' on Xi-Trump meeting
May 14, 2019 (AFP)
As trade tensions escalated between the two countries, Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that he expects to meet with the president of China and Russia next...
Pompeo to visit Brussels as Europe meets on Iran
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
The EU reiterated its determination to save the 2015 agreement to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions in return for sanctions relief, as tensions between the US and...
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