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Beijing ups trade tensions with new measures on key US chemical
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
China's Ministry of Commerce announced Tuesday it had found dumping of styrene imports from the US, Taiwan and South Korea in an initial ruling of an ongoing tr...
Trump threatens China sanctions, vows to rework S.Korea trade deal
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
Accusing Beijing of decimating American steel and aluminum industries, Trump said he was "considering all options," including tariffs and quotas. Trump recently...
Chinese bank lending surges to record high in January
Feb 12, 2018 (AFP)
Banks in the world's second largest economy approved new loans worth a record 2.9 trillion yuan (around $458 billion) in January, the People's Bank of China (PB...
Trade on agenda as China's top envoy visits US
Feb 09, 2018 (AFP)
Yang is in Washington for two days at a time when relations between the top powers are dominated by the North Korean nuclear stand-off and President Donald Trum...
China 'worried' over US trade relations as surplus narrows
Feb 08, 2018 (AFP)
This week China announced an investigation into imports of a US agricultural product after President Donald Trump's administration launched a spate of new trade...
China looks to stamp out cryptocurrency trading
Feb 05, 2018 (AFP)
The moves were outlined in a report Sunday by Financial News, a publication under the People's Bank of China, which said the aim was to snuff out the "dying cin...
Xi wants 'new level' of China-Britain ties as May visits
Feb 01, 2018 (AFP)
Hounded by Brexit rows at home, May is seeking to deepen trade relations with the world's second largest economy as Britain prepares to leave the European Union...
Microsoft reports loss due to tax charge
Jan 31, 2018 (AFP)
The technology giant said its loss for the quarter to December 31 was $6.3 billion -- as it took a charge of $13.8 billion to pay its taxes. Revenue for Microso...
May arrives in China eyeing post-Brexit trade links
Jan 31, 2018 (AFP)
May began her visit in the central industrial city of Wuhan and will be in China until Friday in what the Chinese foreign ministry has touted as a "historic vis...
China factory expansion slows again in January
Jan 31, 2018 (AFP)
The manufacturing purchasing manager's index (PMI), a gauge of factory conditions, stood at 51.3 in January, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, compa...
Brexit dogs May as she eyes 'golden era' with China
Jan 31, 2018 (AFP)
As she embarked on a three-day visit to the Asian giant, May batted away critics of her leadership on Brexit and domestic issues, including within her Conservat...
American companies see a booming China that may not want them
Jan 30, 2018 (AFP)
Three-quarters of US companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in China reported feeling less welcome than in the past, the business lobby said Tue...
Wanda stock skyrockets after $5.4bn Tencent tie-up
Jan 30, 2018 (AFP)
It is the latest move by Wanda boss Wang Jianlin -- once China's richest man -- to sell off parts of his real estate empire following a rapid diversification th...
Foreign reporters say China work conditions worsen
Jan 30, 2018 (AFP)
Almost half of more than 100 correspondents were subjected to some form of interference in 2017 while trying to gather information, according to the report by t...
Xinhua: 'America First' puts U.S. behind the curve
Jan 29, 2018 (UPI)
Speaking at the World Economic Forum last week at the Swiss resort at Davos, U.S. President Trump put his "America First" trade policy, one that emphasizes bila...
British PM to visit China as Brexit looms
Jan 25, 2018 (AFP)
The relationship between the two countries has grown in importance as London contemplates its economic future after it officially leaves the EU in March 2019. M...
Trump trade crackdown gathering steam, China a target
Jan 23, 2018 (AFP)
As he prepares to mingle this week with global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a traditional cheerleader of free trade, Trump has aga...
Trump angers China, South Korea with new trade tariffs
Jan 23, 2018 (AFP)
Seoul said Tuesday it planned to take the issue to the World Trade Organization while Beijing expressed "strong dissatisfaction". "Together with other WTO membe...
US 'erred' in supporting WTO membership for China, Russia: USTR
Jan 19, 2018 (AFP)
In strongly worded reports to Congress, the US Trade Representative delivered a laundry list of grievances over unfair trade practices by Beijing and Moscow it ...
China economy rebounds in 2017 with 6.9% growth
Jan 18, 2018 (AFP)
The world's number two economy eclipsed the official target of about 6.5 percent and picked up pace from the 6.7 percent growth seen in 2016, which was the slow...
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