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China downplays failure to reach APEC joint statement
Nov 19, 2018 (AFP)
Clashes between the world's top two economies over the rules of global trade blocked agreement on a formal written declaration by the 21 nations represented at ...
APEC leaders divided after US, China spat
Nov 18, 2018 (AFP)
For the first time, APEC leaders were unable to agree on a formal written declaration amid sharp differences between the world's top two economies over the rule...
Protectionism 'doomed to failure': China's Xi says in swipe at US
Nov 17, 2018 (AFP)
In a major speech, Xi also stressed that there would be no winners from a trade war or a new cold war amid increasing rivalry between the world's top two econom...
US, China clash over WTO at Asia-Pacific meeting
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
The United States insistence that members of APEC agree to publicly criticise the WTO -- saying the organisation is not working and needs major reform -- has pr...
'Substantial progress' made on massive China trade deal that excludes US
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
World leaders gathered in the tropical city state this week for a summit where a massive Beijing-backed agreement covering half the world's population has domin...
APEC summit: the Xi show by the sea shore
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's decision to skip the summit in Papua New Guinea has allowed the Chinese leader to take centre stage, an opportunity that Beijing is ...
As US retreats, China touts its trade deal wares to Asia
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
World leaders gathered in Singapore this week for a summit where a massive Beijing-backed agreement covering half the world's population has dominated discussio...
Chinese consumers pull back, but other indicators stabilise
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
Concerns about China have increased in recent months after third-quarter growth came in at its slowest pace in nine years, and as trade frictions with the US ha...
Timeline for massive China-backed trade deal slips
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), covering half the world's population, is billed as an antidote to President Donald Trump's "America Firs...
Trump to discuss trade war with Xi at G20 summit
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
Top White House economic aide Larry Kudlow said the high-level efforts continue to resolve the US-China trade war, and follow Trump's recent telephone call with...
Trump advisor's Wall St criticism 'way off base': official
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
Top White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said trade advisor Peter Navarro was "way off base" in his comments, and were not authorized. In an address to a W...
China-backed trade deal pushed back to 2019
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), covering half the world's population, is billed as an antidote to Donald Trump's "America First" agenda,...
China-backed trade deal centre stage at summit as US retreats
Nov 11, 2018 (AFP)
China, Japan, India and other Asia-Pacific countries could announce a broad agreement on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which covers ha...
China's factory gate inflation slips
Nov 09, 2018 (AFP)
The producer price index -- an important barometer of the industrial sector that measures the cost of goods at the factory gate -- decelerated to a 3.3 percent ...
US, China meet to explore path forward from tensions
Nov 09, 2018 (AFP)
Friday's delayed meeting in Washington comes weeks before US leader Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the ...
China's exports hold up despite US tariffs
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
Relations between the world's top two economies have soured sharply this year as US President Donald Trump slapped higher taxes on roughly half of Chinese impor...
Hermes keeps firm grip on China luxury market as sales soar
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
The company said sales in the third quarter climbed 9.4 percent to 1.46 billion euros ($1.68 billion), racking up higher sales in all the regions where it opera...
With US absent, world's exporters turn attention to China
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
The China International Import Expo opened Monday with thousands of foreign companies wooing Chinese buyers with products including Italian helicopters, Canadia...
Ex-US Treasury chief warns of 'economic iron curtain'
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing have been locked for months in a stand-off over US President Donald Trump's move to end what he describes as years of unfair trade practi...
EU business lobby dismisses China's latest opening pledge
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
Xi vowed at the opening of a new import fair in Shanghai on Monday that China had a "sincere commitment" to open its markets, despite foreign accusations that i...
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