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Xi pledges to open China's markets wider to an impatient world
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
Xi said China would "step up" efforts to stimulate imports, lower tariffs, ease customs clearance procedures, and implement harsh punishments for intellectual p...
Alibaba's Ma calls trade war 'stupidest thing in the world'
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
Ma, who recently took back an earlier pledge to create a million jobs in the US -- blaming the trade war launched by Donald Trump -- made the comments in a pane...
Trade war's bark turns to bite in Asia
Nov 04, 2018 (AFP)
Manufacturing gauges in several export-reliant Asian countries, as well as China, weakened in October as gloom deepens over the trade outlook. China's official ...
China urged to move 'beyond reform rhetoric' at trade expo
Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping on Monday formally kicks off the week-long China International Import Expo (CIIE), which will gather more than 3,000 foreign businesses fro...
Uruguay's government asks Congress to approve US troops for G20
Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)
Washington wants to send 400 civilian and military personnel as well as eight aircraft for a week, from November 26 to December 3. US President Donald Trump and...
Trump expects 'very good' trade deal with China
Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)
"I think we will make a deal with China," he told journalists at the White House. "I think a very good deal will be made with China." Markets have soared on rep...
Trump, Xi eye G20 talks after 'very good' phone call
Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)
The phone call comes as tensions between the world's two biggest economies are rising on several fronts, including commerce and security. "Just had a long and v...
Chinese premier meets US lawmakers amid tensions
Nov 01, 2018 (AFP)
Relations between Washington and Beijing have grown tense since US President Donald Trump activated new tariffs on roughly half of Chinese imports this summer w...
President Xi admits 'uncertainty' in China's economy
Nov 01, 2018 (AFP)
Xi held the meeting amid signs that the world's second largest economy is losing steam as it faces a trade war with the United States, a massive debt buildup an...
China factory activity slows in October amid trade war woes
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of factory conditions, came in at 50.2 for the month, down from 50.8 in September, the National Bureau of Stat...
Standard Chartered profits up by quarter in January-September
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
The results come as the world's top two economies have imposed a series of tit-for-tat tariffs on each other's goods, fuelling fears of a shock to the global sy...
China battles 'unfair' trader image with import expo
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
But not everyone is buying it. China's trade war adversary, the United States, is pointedly snubbing a gathering that will draw several overseas leaders, and fo...
HSBC profits up 28% at $5.9 bn in third quarter
Oct 29, 2018 (AFP)
Adjusted pre-tax profit rose 16 percent year-on-year to $6.2 billion, reflecting revenue growth that was partly offset by a rise in operating expenses, the bank...
Switzerland's Richemont, China's Alibaba team up
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
Under the deal, Richemont's online unit Yoox-net-a-porter and Alibaba will set up a joint venture with two mobile phone applications -- Net-a-Porter and Mr Port...
Pompeo says US to fight China 'empire' of 'bribes'
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
As tensions led by trade disputes soar between China and President Donald Trump's administration, the United States has increasingly warned developing nations, ...
Deutsche Post sells off Chinese supply chain business
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
The deal will see Chinese firm SF Holding -- a national and international logistics firm -- pay 5.5 billion yuan ($791 million, 697 million euros) for the opera...
China leads the way as world's billionaires get even richer
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
Billionaires' wealth enjoyed its "greatest-ever" increase in 2017, rising 19 percent to $8.9 trillion ($7.8 billion euros) shared among 2,158 individuals, said ...
Trade ministers, without US and China, call for urgent WTO reforms
Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)
The group made a veiled appeal to the United States to stop blocking appointments to WTO dispute resolution panels, warning the system will otherwise collapse s...
Swiss bank UBS says 'business as usual' in China
Oct 23, 2018 (AFP)
The wealth manager, who focuses on China, delayed her return from Beijing to Singapore last week after she was asked to meet with local officials on an unknown ...
Japan PM heads to China looking for economic common ground
Oct 23, 2018 (AFP)
The visit is the first by a Japanese premier since 2011 and is part of a years-long process of repairing ties in the wake of a disastrous falling-out in 2012, w...
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