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China revises 2017 GDP growth downward to 6.8%
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
The size of the gross domestic product of the world's second-biggest economy was revised down from 82.7 trillion yuan ($12.1 trillion) to 82.1 trillion yuan, NB...
Davos assembly faces Brazilian populism and Brexit
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump stole the show at last year's World Economic Forum (WEF) with a tax-cutting agenda that harmonised with the corporate priority-list, e...
Minus US govt, Davos faces Brazilian populism and Brexit
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
Trump himself had already pulled out of attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) for a second year, having shut down the US government over his demands for Cong...
China, Germany to boost financial sector cooperation
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
The agreements were signed at the end of a two day visit by German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to Beijing for talks with Vice Premier Liu He, China's top econo...
Is EU competition law outdated in the age of China
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
This is the debate in Brussels as the powerful European commission seems set to veto a blockbuster merger of the train-making businesses of Siemens and Alstom. ...
US officials consider lifting China tariffs: report
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
American and Chinese trade officials have until March 1 to resolve their trade war, to prevent a sharp increase in punitive US duties on $200 billion in Chinese...
World's biggest sovereign fund ejects Chinese company
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
Yarn, fabric and apparel manufacturer Texwinca is the main shareholder in Megawell Industrial, which has been criticised for working conditions at its factories...
China's top trade negotiator to visit US
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
Vice Premier Liu He will visit Washington on January 30-31 for the negotiations, the ministry said, following up on talks between lower-level officials in Beiji...
Chinese premier vows measures to support the economy
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
Growth in the world's second largest economy is flagging, dragged down by the trade dispute with the US, and growth should slip to 6.2 percent this year accordi...
Pound holds its ground after May's Brexit battering
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
Sterling tanked to a near two-year low soon after the government's proposal on leaving the EU was soundly beaten on Tuesday evening, but it soon bounced back as...
China firm completes $1.4bn Sri Lanka land reclamation
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
"Colombo Port City is an important project of the One Belt, One Road initiative in Sri Lanka, which is one of the key countries along the maritime silk route," ...
From sizzle to fizzle: Hong Kong's red-hot property market cools
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
The crammed financial hub regularly tops the list of cities with the least affordable housing in the world, with even cheap apartments out of the reach of most ...
China's growth data may mask economic risks: research group
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
Data due next week is expected to show the world's number-two economy expanded around 6.5 percent last year, its slowest rate in almost three decades as a globa...
Bolsonaro to headline Davos meet in Trump's absence
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
The World Economic Forum on Tuesday unveiled its lineup for the annual meeting at the luxury Swiss ski resort town, where this year's focus is on "Shaping the G...
Trump says trade deal with China likely
Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)
"We are doing very well with China. They're having a hard time with their economy because of the tariffs," Trump told reporters at the White House. "I think tha...
China's trade surplus with the US grew in 2018 but tariffs bite
Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)
The surplus with the US is a major source of anger within the Trump administration, which imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese go...
China will tackle US trade dispute in 2019: minister
Jan 13, 2019 (AFP)
A large US delegation ended a three-day visit to Beijing Wednesday in the first face to face trade talks since President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinp...
Environment, labour concerns delaying China-backed free trade pact
Jan 11, 2019 (AFP)
The 16-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has been hailed as an antidote to Trump-era protectionism, particularly after the US leader pu...
US firm cuts China supplier over forced labour concerns
Jan 10, 2019 (AFP)
Badger Sportswear, a company based in North Carolina, said it would stop sourcing clothing from Hetian Taida in Xinjiang. "Out of an abundance of caution and to...
China factory gate inflation dives as trade war rumbles on
Jan 10, 2019 (AFP)
The producer price index (PPI) -- an important barometer of the industrial sector that measures the cost of goods at the factory gate -- rose 0.9 percent on-yea...
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