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China sets 2018 GDP target at 'around 6.5%'
Mar 05, 2018 (AFP)
The target, which is the same as last year, was presented by Premier Li Keqiang in a report for Monday's opening session of the annual National People's Congres...
China 'won't sit idly by' if US harms trade
Mar 04, 2018 (AFP)
Trump's announcement on Thursday sparked a flurry of counter-threats from other nations. But Washington's main trade rival had avoided any overt warnings of pot...
German economy minister wants tougher foreign investment rules
Mar 03, 2018 (AFP)
Last month it emerged that Chinese billionaire Li Shufu had quietly bought a near 10-percent stake worth around 7.2 billion euros ($8.9 billion) in German car g...
Trump threatens 'reciprocal taxes' on trade partners
Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)
"When a country Taxes our products coming in at, say, 50%, and we Tax the same product coming into our country at ZERO, not fair or smart," Trump said on Twitte...
Defiant Trump welcomes 'easy to win' trade war with 'No exclusions'
Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)
With global stock markets tumbling and allies riled, the president greeted the negative reaction by raising the stakes and vowing even harsher trade policies. I...
Trump defiant as tariffs spark global anger, stock market plunges
Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)
The fighting words came after the billionaire politician's proposal sparked a furious reaction from major steel- and aluminum-producing nations and jitters in s...
Overruling objections, Trump announces steep aluminum, steel 'tariffs'
Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)
Trump ended rumor and counter-rumor about his administration's intentions, by saying that "next week" he would sign off on measures designed to protect US produ...
China factory expansion slows to 19-month low in February
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
The manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI), a gauge of factory conditions, came in at 50.3 in February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, com...
US, China clash on tariffs on Chinese aluminum foil
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
The decision intensified the mounting trade confrontation between Beijing and Washington, which is considering far-reaching duties on Chinese goods in an effort...
$1bn painting 'only matter of time' as art prices surge
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
Driven by the record sale of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" to a Saudi prince for $450 million ($550 million) in November, the market is rising in a way n...
Standard Chartered brings back dividends as profits jump
Feb 27, 2018 (AFP)
The Asia-focused lender said it would pay out a full-year dividend of 11 cents per share, citing "improving financial performance and strong capital". It also s...
Merkel sees 'no violations' in Chinese stake in Daimler
Feb 27, 2018 (AFP)
"We are open to trade partners and at first glance do not see any violations," Merkel told reporters in Berlin, days after Chinese billionaire Li Shufu bought a...
Germany 'watchful' of Chinese investment in Daimler
Feb 26, 2018 (AFP)
"We must keep an especially watchful eye" on auto billionaire Li Shufu's investment, Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries told the Stuttgarter Zeitung. Daimler con...
Trump says China ties 'best ever' but trade a problem
Feb 23, 2018 (AFP)
"I don't think we've ever had a better relationship with China than we do right now," Trump said, using trademark hyperbole. "Other than the fact that they've b...
Funding evaporates for Nicaragua's $50 billion ocean-to-ocean canal
Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)
The project "has remained completely unfinanced because it doesn't meet reliability requirements," said Eliseo Nunez, a former opposition lawmaker who is now a ...
WTO chief urges US to avoid paralysing trade system
Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) is seen as a crucial arm of the Geneva-based WTO, offering nations a forum to work through grievances while avoiding an exchan...
Macau sees future in Portuguese past
Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)
Lei's decades-long love for the language has turned him into a campaigner for its survival in the southern Chinese enclave, a former Portuguese colony now best-...
HSBC profits surge as CEO departs
Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)
Net profit ballooned to $9.7 billion (7.9 billion euros) last year, from $1.3 billion in 2016 when the Asia-focused bank was hit by huge restructuring charges a...
After stunning growth streak, Amazon ambitions seem boundless
Feb 18, 2018 (AFP)
Amazon, launched as an internet bookseller nearly 24 years ago, has branched into offerings including voice-commanded speakers infused with Alexa artificial int...
US eyes heavy tariffs on China, Russia to counter steel, aluminum glut
Feb 16, 2018 (AFP)
The move gives President Donald Trump the opportunity to strike a highly public blow for his "America first" trade policy, but raises the prospect of retaliatio...
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