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Copper nails 9.5-month high on China GDP growth
Apr 17, 2019 (AFP)
The price of the commodity -- used in plumbing, heating, electrical and telecommunications wiring -- hammered as high as $6,575 per tonne. Copped has "responded...
US, Japan to open trade talks amid China deal optimism
Apr 15, 2019 (AFP)
After launching blistering tariffs on allies and rivals alike, Trump's trade team has completed a new North American trade pact with Canada and Mexico -- the US...
EU green lights trade talks with Washington to defuse tension
Apr 15, 2019 (AFP)
The EU's 28 member states had struggled for months to agree on a mandate to open the talks, with some fearing the delay would restart a trade war with US Presid...
Indonesia polls bring battle over China's Belt and Road push
Apr 14, 2019 (AFP)
Business links with top trade partner China have been thrust into the spotlight by ex-general Prabowo Subianto who is challenging Indonesian leader Joko Widodo ...
China's economic growth cools to 6.3 percent: AFP poll
Apr 14, 2019 (AFP)
The world's second largest economy expanded by 6.3 percent in the January to March period, the poll of 13 economists found ahead of the official release of gros...
US, Japan kick off trade talks amid China deal optimism
Apr 14, 2019 (AFP)
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Japan's Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi are set to embark on two days of talks in Washington. In Tokyo last wee...
Malaysia revives massive Chinese rail project
Apr 12, 2019 (AFP)
The railway was among several infrastructure projects in Malaysia supported by Beijing but put on hold after the shock defeat of a coalition that had ruled the ...
Regional Asian exporters could be 'crowded out' in US-China trade pact
Apr 12, 2019 (AFP)
"In the case of an agreement involving managed trade, with China committed to import more from the US, reducing imports from elsewhere can be an issue," Changyo...
China's imports plummet in March
Apr 12, 2019 (AFP)
Total imports sank 7.6 percent on-year last month while exports rose 14.2 percent, the data from China's customs administration showed, producing a trade surplu...
China courts eastern Europe, pledging respect of EU standards
Apr 12, 2019 (AFP)
The coastal city of Dubrovnik hosted the eighth annual "16+1" cooperation, which became "17+1" as Greece joined the economic platform for Beijing's investments ...
IMF, World Bank urge caution with China loans
Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)
The global development lenders, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, are calling for more transparency about loan amounts and terms, and cautioning g...
China's consumer and producer prices tick up in March
Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing has struggled to get prices to pick up in recent months, with both measures staying stubbornly low as the global growth cools leading to weak demand whi...
No 'arbitrary deadline' in US-China trade talks: Mnuchin
Apr 10, 2019 (AFP)
"We're not going to set an arbitrary deadline," Mnuchin told CNBC, adding that the details of an enforcement mechanism for the agreement had now been "pretty mu...
China pledges open economy at EU summit
Apr 09, 2019 (AFP)
EU Council president Donald Tusk hailed Beijing's new commitments at an EU-China summit in Brussels as a "breakthrough" with both sides committed to globalisati...
China, US could win big on no-deal Brexit: UN
Apr 09, 2019 (AFP)
In a fresh report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) examined what repercussions it would have for Britain's trading partners if the country c...
EU's Juncker demands fair trade from China ahead of summit
Apr 09, 2019 (AFP)
The EU-China summit every year brings Beijing's number two leader the EU's top officials together and serves as a litmus test on the state of ties between Europ...
China lowers tariffs on computers, bikes, other goods
Apr 08, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington have slapped tariffs on more than $360 billion in two-way trade in their simmering trade spat while Europe has recently indicated it will...
No breakthrough expected in EU-China summit
Apr 07, 2019 (AFP)
Brussels is trying to beef up its approach to the Asian giant as it shows little willingness to listen to longstanding complaints about industrial subsidies and...
Trump sees progress in China talks but doesn't predict success
Apr 05, 2019 (AFP)
"The China meeting was a big success," Trump told reporters, discussing the latest round of shuttle diplomacy conducted this week in Washington. "I don't want t...
Trump gives US-China trade talks another four weeks
Apr 05, 2019 (AFP)
But, nine months into the two countries' trade war, the announcement was anti-climactic, as the White House had earlier stoked anticipation that Trump could ann...
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