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China manufacturing activity eases in July
Jul 31, 2018 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of factory conditions, came in at 51.2 for the month, down from 51.5 in June, the National Bureau of Statistic...
UK's Hunt welcomes China's offer of talks on post-Brexit trade deal
Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)
Hunt, appointed earlier this month, was in the Chinese capital to meet Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other top officials, on a trip that will also include stops ...
UK's chief diplomat begins Brexit bargaining tour
Jul 29, 2018 (AFP)
"The UK and China are both major powers with a global perspective", said foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt in a statement issued ahead of the visit. "As the UK leav...
IMF warns China against aggressive economic stimulus
Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)
The IMF warning, contained in a policy report, comes after Chinese leaders earlier this week signalled a shift toward looser fiscal policy to help barricade the...
Germany preparing first veto against Chinese takeover: report
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
Business weekly Wirtschaftswoche reported the economy ministry will prevent Chinese investor Yantai Taihai Corporation from buying Leifeld Metal Spinning. The 2...
BRICS nations pledge unity as trade war threatens
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
The heads of the BRICS group -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- met in Johannesburg for an annual summit dominated by the risk of a US-led trad...
US says China is increasing state's economic control
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
In a blistering attack delivered to the World Trade Organization's top body, US Ambassador Dennis Shea rejected Chinese assertions that it had satisfied the con...
China's Xi says 'no winner' in any trade war
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
"A trade war should be rejected because there will be no winner," Xi said at the opening of a BRICS summit of emerging economies in Johannesburg. "Unilateralism...
Trump set for tense trade talks with EU's Juncker
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking ahead of the White House talks, Juncker admitted he was "not very optimistic," while Trump kicked off the day with a combative series of tweets vowing ...
BRICS emerging economies meet as US trade war looms
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's hardening stance has compounded fears of an all-out trade war after he slapped levies on goods from China worth tens of billions of ...
Trade war risk to dominate BRICS summit in S.Africa
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's hardening stance has compounded fears of an all-out trade war after he slapped levies on goods from China worth tens of billions of ...
IMF warns excess trade surpluses aggravate tensions
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
But in a message that seemed directed largely at US President Donald Trump, the IMF once again warned against using protectionist trade measures, calling this a...
IMF official says 'no evidence' China manipulating currency
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
The comments by IMF chief economist Maury Obstfeld came after US President Donald Trump accused China and the European Union of keeping their currencies artific...
Stimulus measures push Chinese shares higher
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
After more than a year of pushing a crackdown on dangerous debt levels in the financial system, Premier Li Keqiang said the government's "fiscal policy should b...
China launches steel dumping probe against EU, Japan, S. Korea, Indonesia
Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)
This spring Washington slapped steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from major producers, including China, citing concerns that a glut of the metals was...
China increasingly seduced by Brazilian market
Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)
Before 2010, Chinese funds flowing into Brazil were primarily focused on assuring food and energy supplies for the Asian giant. But in recent years, that strate...
Mnuchin pushes for EU, China concessions amid trade stalemate
Jul 22, 2018 (AFP)
In his opening salvo at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, Mnuchin urged China and the EU to respect "free, fair and reciprocal trade" amid talk of an esca...
Trump accuses China, EU of currency manipulation
Jul 20, 2018 (AFP)
The comments also signaled an undiminished appetite for battle on multiple fronts after a week dominated by coverage of the fallout from his dealings with Russi...
Trump threatens tariffs on all $505bn of Chinese imports
Jul 20, 2018 (AFP)
"I'm ready to go 500," the Republican leader told the US network CNBC, referring to the $505.5 billion in Chinese imports accepted into the United States in 201...
Europe seeks steel safeguards against U.S. tariffs
Jul 18, 2018 (UPI)
"The U.S. tariffs on steel products are causing trade diversion, which may result in serious harm to EU steelmakers and workers in this industry," Commissioner ...
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