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EU gives Britain two months to pay 2.7 bn euros over China fraud
Sep 24, 2018 (AFP)
The demand, part of a so-called infringement action launched by Brussels, threatens to further inflame tensions amid fraught Brexit negotiations just days after...
Trump's tariffs on $200 bn of Chinese imports kick in
Sep 24, 2018 (AFP)
The latest volley against Beijing brings the amount of goods hit by duties to more than $250 billion, roughly half of China's US exports, with American consumer...
Ether cryptocurrency, a victim of blockchain success
Sep 23, 2018 (AFP)
Virtual currencies have struggled across the board this month after US investment banking giant Goldman Sachs pulled back from its plans to open a trading desk ...
US ports fear they will be big losers in trade war
Sep 23, 2018 (AFP)
The anxiety is that tit-for-tat tariffs between the two economic superpowers will crimp shipments, denting port revenues. Kurt Nagle, head of the American Assoc...
Pompeo on China trade war: 'We are going to win'
Sep 23, 2018 (AFP)
"We are going to win it," Pompeo said in an interview on Fox News broadcast Sunday. "We're going to get an outcome which forces China to behave in a way that if...
WTO eyes China bid to slap stiff trade sanctions on US
Sep 21, 2018 (AFP)
The decision to appoint an arbitrator was reached during a special meeting of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body convened to discuss developments in a five-year-ol...
International study suggests ancient globalization
Sep 21, 2018 (SPX)
This archaeological research is the first of its kind, because instead of focusing on specific regions or cultures, it used radiocarbon dating to examine human ...
Alibaba's Ma says 1m US jobs pledge thwarted by trade row
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
The billionaire owner of China's largest online shopping portal made the headline-grabbing promise to Donald Trump last year, as Beijing courted the then-newly ...
'High uncertainty' hurting global growth, OECD says
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
"If this goes on, we may face the risk of slowing growth," OECD chief economist Laurence Boone told reporters after the group published a report titled "High Un...
Pakistan invites Saudi to invest in China economic corridor
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an ambitious plan to build energy and transport links connecting the western Chinese region of Xinjiang with the ...
China shrugs off trade war 'obstacles'
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
Donald Trump this week announced another $200 billion worth of goods on which to foist levies for his latest volley in the stand-off between the world's top two...
IMF warns tariffs could come at 'significant economic cost'
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
The global lender is still assessing the impact of the duties imposed so far but the economic costs "will quickly add up," IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporte...
Chinese premier slams 'unilateralism' in trade disputes
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking at the summer session of the World Economic Forum in the eastern city of Tianjin, Li said problems must be worked out through consultations, a day afte...
US consumers may bear brunt of Trump's tariffs
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
Shampoo and furniture. Vacuum cleaners, handbags and mobile phones. Half of everything Americans buy from China will by Monday be subject to 10 percent levies, ...
EU business group laments China's 'reform deficit'
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
Despite four decades of booming growth, Beijing has fallen behind on pledges to implement reforms and liberalise its economy, the EU Chamber of Commerce in Chin...
Trump's many trade wars: a summary
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
His trade war with China escalated on Monday to cover nearly half of all US imports from that country. It is by far the largest and broadest of several fights p...
China's arsenal in US tariff row shrinks but it has other weapons
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
Trump said Monday he would impose 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from September 24, adding to levies already put on $50 billion of products...
China vows to hit back as Trump targets $200bn in goods
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
Trump ratcheted up pressure on Beijing as the new round of levies will bring the amount of goods hit by duties to roughly half of Chinese exports to the US. He ...
Resilient China is firewall in emerging currency crisis
Sep 16, 2018 (AFP)
Emerging countries -- loosely defined as having fast growing but volatile economies -- have seen their currencies battered in recent weeks, plunging their finan...
Bezos unfazed by antitrust concerns on Amazon
Sep 14, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking at a Washington business gathering, Bezos said it was normal to draw scrutiny but he did not anticipate any actions that would prevent the internet gia...
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