TRADE WARS

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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...
Trudeau to Trump: Canada will block backdoor steel shipments
Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)
The prime minster, according to a Canadian readout of the conversation released on Tuesday, "raised the strong measures Canada is taking to address unfair trade...
Quiet business negotiations between China, US: report
Mar 26, 2018 (AFP)
News of the talks follow days rife with tension, raising the specter of a trade war between the world's top economies. The daily paper said the discussions -- l...
US unafraid of trade war, will proceed with China tariffs: Mnuchin
Mar 25, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Mnuchin said unless a deal is reached with China, Trump will implement the tariffs targeting sectors in which Washington says Bei...
Tough talk on global trade escalates as Trump claims results
Mar 24, 2018 (AFP)
In his latest jolt to the prevailing global order, Trump on Thursday authorised tariffs on as much as $60 billion of Chinese imports, targeting sectors in which...
Trump trade gambit tests 'friendship' with China's Xi
Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)
Since taking office in January 2017, the 71-year-old salesman-in-chief has boasted about his "great relationship" with world leaders, from Turkey's Recep Tayyip...
China threatens US with tariffs, says 'not afraid of trade war'
Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing unveiled a hit list that could face duties of up to 25 percent, from fresh fruit to pork and wine, though it stopped short of pulling the trigger as it ...
US launches WTO challenge against China
Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)
"The United States is taking action at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to address China's unfair technology practices that run counter to WTO rules," the sta...
Trump prepares China trade sanctions, Beijing vows retaliation
Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)
White House spokesman Raj Shah told AFP that Trump will announce actions following an "investigation into China's state-led, market-distorting efforts to force,...
China may target Trump-voting states in trade war
Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)
The world's second largest economy warned again on Thursday, hours before Trump's announcement, that it was ready to "take all necessary measures to resolutely ...
US and China: an uneasy economic partnership
Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)
But Washington accuses Beijing of a host of unfair trade practices, including the "theft" US technology. In his latest strike against the trade behemoth, Presid...
Trump to announce China trade sanctions on Thursday
Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)
Spokesman Raj Shah told AFP that Trump will announce actions following an "investigation into China's state-led, market-distorting efforts to force, pressure, a...
China urges US to not act emotionally; US trade groups say same and more
Mar 20, 2018 (AFP)
After announcing tariffs on global steel and aluminium imports, Trump is now mulling new actions against China over its "theft" of US intellectual property. Was...
US, China flex muscles at G20 meeting
Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)
The meeting of the world's leading economies in Buenos Aires comes days before US tariffs on steel and aluminum are due to come into force on Friday for all cou...
US-educated reformist takes over China's central bank
Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)
Yi, who taught at Indiana University before returning to China, was elected by the rubber-stamp National People's Congress with 2,965 votes in favour, two again...
China names reform-minded Yi Gang to lead central bank
Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)
Yi, who taught at Indiana University before returning to China, was the only nominee for the governor post ahead of a vote by the rubber-stamp National People's...
IMF chief warns 'no winners' in trade wars
Mar 18, 2018 (AFP)
"Trade wars leave no winners," she said in the interview with Argentine daily La Nacion, responding to a question about President Donald Trump's decision to sla...
'Superman': Hong Kong's richest tycoon Li Ka-shing
Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)
The billionaire earned the nickname "Superman" for his business acumen and was so influential in Hong Kong that islanders joked he could prevent typhoons from h...
EU readies tax on US tech titans
Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)
The move is aimed at recovering billions from multinationals that divert European earnings to low-tax countries, and opens a new front in an offensive by Brusse...
At G20, US seeks 'like-minded' countries, As Trump eyes China tarrifs
Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)
Talks in Buenos Aires between the world's largest advanced and emerging economies will occur amid raw tensions over President Donald Trump's increasingly confro...
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