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China allows UBS to control local securities business
Dec 01, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing in April relaxed the rules in the financial industry in a move to open up the economy. "The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) recently appro...
Trump, Xi chew over trade war at high-stakes dinner
Dec 01, 2018 (AFP)
Both leaders expressed optimism as they and top aides sat down at a long hotel table in Buenos Aires, just before Trump was due to board Air Force One for Washi...
Macron vows 'no retreat' on reform
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
Visiting Argentina for the summit of the Group of 20 major economies, Macron said he heard "the legitimate anger, the impatience, the suffering of a part of the...
China factory activity softens amid trade war
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of factory conditions, came in at 50.0 for the month, down from 50.2 in October and below forecast, the Nation...
Trump: China deal 'close' but maybe not desirable
Nov 29, 2018 (AFP)
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet during the Group of 20 summit in Argentina, which begins Friday. "I think we are very close to doing some...
US slams harmful China trade policies, threatens auto tariffs
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
The latest trade threat against China comes days before President Donald Trump is due to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a G20 summit in Argentina to def...
China, Spain pledge 'more balanced' trade ties
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
While Spanish exports to China increased last year by 28.3 percent, it still has a trade deficit of 19.4 billion euros ($22.1 billion), a 2.3 percent increase o...
Spain rejects China's Silk Road plan
Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)
The multi-billion-dollar initiative, unveiled by Xi in 2013, aims to link the continents through a network of ports, railways, roads and industrial parks. Beiji...
Trump believes 'good possibility' of China trade deal: advisor
Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)
As the trade tensions have escalated and engulfed hundreds of billions of products in retaliatory tariffs, Trump is due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Bue...
Trump says China tariff rates very likely to rise: report
Nov 26, 2018 (AFP)
Just days ahead of a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump also vowed to put tariffs on all remaining imports from China if the two sides fai...
APEC host says WTO and trade row scuppered joint declaration
Nov 23, 2018 (AFP)
In a chairman's statement following last weekend's summit, Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill said members had been unable to agree on sections conce...
China hopes for trade war solution at G20 Xi-Trump talks
Nov 23, 2018 (AFP)
The talks in Argentina come as the two countries have failed to reach any agreement to resolve a dispute that escalated after Trump slapped huge tariffs on Chin...
Trump says prepared for G20 meeting with China's Xi
Nov 22, 2018 (AFP)
The president will meet Xi on the sidelines of the summit, which is taking place from November 30 to December 1 in Buenos Aires. "I have been preparing for it a...
China says 'cannot accept' new US trade accusations
Nov 22, 2018 (AFP)
In an update to an earlier investigation into China's trade practices, Washington on Tuesday accused Beijing of failing to change its "unfair" trade practises, ...
WTO to rule in spat over US tariffs
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to establish panels to review US President Donald Trump's decision to hit a long line of countries with tariffs o...
US renews accusations of unfair trade practices against China
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
The renewed accusations from President Donald Trump's administration come as markets grow pessimistic that the world's two largest economies can resolve their b...
Busy US border town worries about impact of Trump's military fence
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
"It's a surprise to some of us, a shock frankly. We're not used to concertina wire," the mayor tells AFP. Laredo, whose population of about 260,000 is more than...
ASEAN may be forced to choose between US, China: Cambodia PM's son
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
Impoverished Cambodia has become an unlikely staging ground for geopolitical influence in Asia. In recent years it has turned into a key China ally, heading off...
US renews unfair trade accusations against China
Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)
The renewed accusations from President Donald Trump's administration come as markets grow pessimistic that the world's two largest economies can resolve their b...
China's former trade negotiator questions tariff strategy
Nov 19, 2018 (AFP)
Long Yongtu, who paved the way for the country's admission to the World Trade Organization, suggested the government erred by immediately retaliating against Wa...
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