TRADE WARS

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China's Xi holding up deal to resolve trade dispute: Trump adviser
Jul 18, 2018 (AFP)
"I think Xi is holding the game up," said Larry Kudlow, director of the White House National Economic Council. "I don't think President Xi has any intention of ...
S. Korea minister warns of fallout of US-China trade war
Jul 18, 2018 (AFP)
The world's 11th largest economy is expected to grow 2.9 percent this year, lower than an earlier estimate of three percent, Kim Dong-yeon said, citing slowing ...
US to respond to concerns over trade policy at G20: official
Jul 17, 2018 (AFP)
However, the official said Mnuchin has no plans for a separate meeting with Chinese officials to try to resolve the trade conflict that has led to an exchange o...
EU urges big powers to avert trade 'conflict and chaos'
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
The comments from EU Council President Donald Tusk come as Washington and Beijing stand on the brink of a trade war which many fear could hammer the global econ...
As trade war rages, Trump flags fly out of China factory
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
The US and China have slapped tariffs on billions of dollars worth of each other's goods, but there is little evidence of the dispute at the Jiahao Flag Company...
China economic growth slows in second quarter, warns on trade war
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
The world's second-biggest economy expanded 6.7 percent in April-June, down from 6.8 percent in the first quarter and in line with a forecasts in an AFP survey ...
EU takes anti-Trump trade show to China and Japan
Jul 14, 2018 (AFP)
The trip by EU Council President Donald Tusk and Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker includes the signing of a free trade deal with Japan, which was moved from ...
China pledges more BRICS cooperation as US trade tensions rise
Jul 13, 2018 (AFP)
China will enhance coordination on macroeconomic policies with fellow BRICS members Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa in response to the "challenges posed ...
China's trade surplus with US swells in June
Jul 13, 2018 (AFP)
The figures come after the two sides exchanged tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars worth of goods and US President Donald Trump threatened to up the ante...
China, US not talking on trade: ministry
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing blamed Washington for expanding the scope of the trade conflict with its latest tariff threats and repeated that China would not back down from a trade ...
Dubai warns of action against China on Djibouti trade zone
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
The warning came one week after Djibouti launched the first phase of Africa's biggest free trade zone, developed by China, months after scrapping a concession a...
California stands to suffer if US-China trade war worsens
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
Billions of dollars and many jobs are at risk in the richest and most populous US state -- a world-class economy and bastion of opposition to President Donald T...
Time for 'reckoning' over China's WTO membership: US
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
China's WTO "trade policy review" -- scheduled before Washington lit the fuse on a tariff battle with Beijing -- served as a new front in the widening economic ...
Canada coffee chain Tim Hortons to open 1,500 stores in China
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
"China's population and vibrant economy represent an excellent growth opportunity for Tim Hortons in the coming years," said Alex Macedo, president of the compa...
Shippers respond to U.S. steel needs in the face of tariffs
Jul 11, 2018 (UPI)
"The global shipping industry is ready to service the U.S. demand for steel, be it pipelines or any other product," Peter Sand, the chief shipping analyst for i...
Trade war ramps up as US threatens $200bn in Chinese goods
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
The latest moves in the ballooning trade conflict between the world's top two economies came just days after tit-for-tat duties on $34 billion in goods came int...
Trump pursues hardline trade policies, despite costs
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
And as Trump's attacks on Germany at the NATO summit this week demonstrate, that aggressive strategy extends to allies as well as traditional rivals and to secu...
EU's Tusk tells Trump: 'Appreciate your allies'
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
Trump has ramped up criticism of European defence spending in recent days, stressing how many EU members are failing to meet agreed targets for investments, whi...
Hong Kong activists celebrate after Liu Xia 'leaves China'
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
Liu Xia, 57, had faced no charges but endured heavy restrictions on her movements since 2010 when her husband won the Nobel Peace Prize, infuriating Beijing. Fr...
China's factory-gate prices rise in June
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
The producer price index (PPI) rose 4.7 percent year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), a notch above the 4.5-percent gain forecast ...
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