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Apple's Tim Cook urges China to continue to open up its economy
Mar 23, 2019 (AFP)
"We have seen China continue to change and evolve... We encourage China to continue to open up," he said during a speech at the annual China Development Forum i...
Italy, China sign new 'Silk Road' protocol
Mar 23, 2019 (AFP)
In doing so, Italy became the first G7 country to sign up for the massive project, which has sparked unease in the US and the European Union as China aspires to...
China's new Silk Road gets bumpy as Xi visits Italy
Mar 22, 2019 (AFP)
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is to sign a memorandum of understanding with Xi on Saturday for Italy to join the $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative, the first...
China's Xi insists new Silk Road runs both ways as Italy signs up
Mar 22, 2019 (AFP)
Italy has rolled out the red carpet for Xi, who will on Saturday sign a memorandum of understanding for Rome to join the $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative de...
China's Xi arrives in Italy amid Silk Road unease
Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)
Xi descended from his Air China Boeing 747 with first lady Peng Liyuan at Rome's Fiumicino airport before being whisked off to their hotel in the Italian capita...
US trade negotiators to visit China on March 28-29
Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)
The back-to-back trips come as Washington and Beijing battle over the final shape of a trade deal, with American officials demanding profound changes to Chinese...
Trump: China tariffs may remain for 'substantial period'
Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)
Top American trade negotiators are due to travel to Beijing next week for a fresh round of talks, and officials have said they were in the final stages of negot...
Singapore hopeful for China-backed Asia trade pact this year
Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)
On a visit to Washington, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said that a clearer picture would emerge on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership...
US negotiators to return to China next week: official
Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)
The renewed shuttle diplomacy is a sign of progress in the talks after several weeks in which momentum toward a resolution appeared to have slowed. Following th...
China's Xi to visit Europe amid disquiet over Silk Road, Huawei
Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)
Xi will start his trip in Italy before heading to Monaco -- the first visit by a Chinese president to the posh principality -- and cap his five-day journey in F...
US fintech giant FIS acquires payment firm Worldpay
Mar 18, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement was billed as a merger but will see FIS shareholders take a 53 percent stake in the combined group, while Worldpay investors will have 47 perce...
China's Xi to visit Italy, France as Rome joins 'new Silk Road'
Mar 18, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing has financed infrastructure, maritime, rail and road projects in Asia, Africa and Europe, but critics warn that it mainly benefits Chinese firms while s...
China approves foreign investment law, possible US olive branch
Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)
The legislation aims to address long-running grievances from foreign firms including stronger protections for intellectual property, but the US and European cha...
China ready to help economy under 'pressure': premier
Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)
Leaders are ready to cut interest rate cuts and further open up the vast economy, he said, after data showed industrial output softened during the first two mon...
US at UN takes aim at China's Belt and Road initiative
Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)
The US-China spat soured negotiations on a resolution on Afghanistan, forcing the council to adopt a temporary rollover of the UN mission there for six months i...
Economists sound warning over India data ahead of poll
Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)
Modi is vulnerable over his economic record in the polls starting on April 11, in particular a failure to meet promises to create enough jobs for the million In...
In San Francisco, tech boom has left people priced out of housing
Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)
The figures are mind-boggling: average monthly rent for a two-room apartment in the city by the bay now runs to $3,700, the highest in the United States. And a ...
Trump expects China trade war decision within four weeks
Mar 14, 2019 (AFP)
"We are doing very well with China talks," he told reporters. "We are getting what we have to get." Later, at a Saint Patrick's Day celebration in the White Hou...
China's industrial output slows, unemployment rises
Mar 14, 2019 (AFP)
The figures from the National Bureau of Statistics come as Beijing and Washington appear to be nearing a deal to resolve their painful trade spat, and Chinese l...
China to vote on foreign investment law
Mar 14, 2019 (AFP)
The legislation aims to address long-running grievances from foreign businesses, but the US and European chambers of commerce have voiced concerns that they wer...
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