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Tech sector frets as US-China trade tensions simmer
Apr 08, 2018 (AFP)
The tech industry is not directly affected by the new tariffs unveiled by the Trump administration which aim to target Beijing for unfair trade practices failur...
Trump sees trade deal with 'friend' Xi
Apr 08, 2018 (AFP)
"China will take down its trade barriers because it is the right thing to do," Trump said in a tweet. "Taxes will become reciprocal & deal will be made on Intel...
White House warns China tariffs are not a bluff
Apr 06, 2018 (AFP)
Indicating a tough stance that escalates the risks of a trade war between the world's two largest economies, Kudlow told reporters that President Donald Trump b...
Trump says WTO is unfair to US
Apr 06, 2018 (AFP)
A day after China asked the WTO to referee a rapidly escalating trade fight with Washington, Trump questioned the organization's impartiality. "China, which is ...
Trump threatens $100 bln more tariffs on China
Apr 06, 2018 (AFP)
Having already asked for $50 billion worth of Chinese goods to be punitively taxed, Trump responded to Beijing's countermeasures by doubling down. "Rather than ...
EU feels heat in China, US trade row
Apr 06, 2018 (AFP)
The European Union is caught in a bind as it too shares many of Washington's grievances with Beijing's trade practices, but is also under a threat of protection...
China calls on world to stand up over trade; Launches WTO challenge
Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)
Addressing a news conference in Moscow, Wang Yi condemned a move by President Donald Trump's administration to slap tariffs on a list of Chinese goods and said ...
China to inject $9.7bn into troubled Anbang
Apr 04, 2018 (AFP)
China's insurance regulator announced an unprecedented commandeering of Anbang in February, and a Shanghai court last week accused former chairman Wu Xiaohui of...
Trade war inches closer as US-China tensions mount
Apr 04, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing unveiled plans for painful import duties targeting politically-sensitive US exports, including soybeans, aircraft and autos, to retaliate against loomin...
China plans to hit US soybeans, planes as trade war looms
Apr 04, 2018 (AFP)
The move came hours after President Donald Trump's administration published its own $50 billion list of Chinese products facing US tariffs because of Beijing's ...
US identifies $50 bn in Chinese imports facing tariffs
Apr 03, 2018 (AFP)
The move came a day after Beijing imposed duties on about $3 billion in US exports such as pork, wine and fruit, a countermeasure to US metal tariffs that was w...
China factory activity drops to four-month low in March: Caixin
Apr 02, 2018 (AFP)
The Caixin Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) -- an indicator of conditions at small manufacturers -- dropped to 51.0 in March, down from 51.6 in February, marking...
US blasts 'unfair' Chinese tariffs on 128 products
Apr 02, 2018 (AFP)
China's action, which was decided by the customs tariff commission of the State Council, followed weeks of rhetoric that has raised fears of a trade war between...
China slaps retaliatory tariffs on 128 US imports
Apr 02, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing's move, which the Xinhua news agency said was decided by the custom tariffs commission of the State Council, follows weeks of heated rhetoric and threat...
China manufacturing activity accelerates in March
Mar 31, 2018 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which is published by the National Bureau of Statistics, rose to 51.5 in March compared with 50.3 in February and 51.3 in ...
Will the WTO survive Trump?
Mar 29, 2018 (AFP)
Now it's time to add the World Trade Organization to the list. The early signs of the US president's intentions towards the Geneva-based trade body all pointed ...
Switzerland at epicentre of cryptocurrency revolution
Mar 29, 2018 (AFP)
The country's largest city, Zurich, set up its first bitcoin ATM four years ago, while the Swiss national rail company has since 2016 provided the possibility o...
Trump's tough trade moves could backfire in Trump country
Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)
After the president this month unveiled tariffs on scores of billions of dollars in global steel and aluminum imports as well as Chinese technological goods, ma...
Trump discusses China trade with Merkel, Macron: White House
Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)
The move comes as Washington and the European Union are at loggerheads over Trump's decision earlier this month to slap steep tariffs on steel and aluminum impo...
China's big banks escape profit doldrums
Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's biggest lender in terms of total assets, said full-year profit grew 2.8 percent to 286.05 billio...
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