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France seeks 'green veto' in EU-Canada trade deal
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
Hailed by the European Union as one of its most ambitious trade deals ever, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement went into force last month despite li...
Brie trade agreement: China lifts soft cheese ban
Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)
From early September, businesses in the country were forbidden from importing cheeses made with certain moulds and bacteria. The ban was lifted following meetin...
Cashing out: The end of Hong Kong's historic trading floor
Oct 22, 2017 (AFP)
But as electronic and internet services burgeoned, brokers drifted away to corporate offices. With just a handful of traders remaining, the historic hall will c...
Studies suggests link between testosterone, stock market instability
Oct 20, 2017 (UPI)
An international team of researchers recruited 140 young males to participate in experimental asset market simulation. Prior to the simulated trading period, th...
China's economic growth slows in Q3 but on course to beat target
Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)
The world's number two economy expanded 6.8 percent in July-September, but while the figures released on Thursday were slightly down from the 6.9 percent of the...
Xi says China 'will not close its doors to the world'
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
"Openness brings progress for ourselves, seclusion leaves one behind. China will not close its doors to the world, we will only become more and more open," Xi t...
China's Xi vows open economy, investors want action
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
Xi made his pledge during a wide-ranging speech to open a week-long Communist Party congress that will hand him a new five-year term as general secretary. "Open...
Cognac craze in US, China prompts Hennessy expansion
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
The venerable distillery, which was bought by LVMH luxury goods group in 1987, sold 83.8 million bottles of drink last year. Half of its output went to the US a...
Hiring not part of Alibaba pledge to create US jobs
Oct 17, 2017 (AFP)
Tsai, speaking at a California tech conference, made the comments to follow up on a headline-grabbing pledge earlier this year by Alibaba founder Jack Ma and US...
As Xi ascends, will economic reforms finally take off?
Oct 17, 2017 (AFP)
Xi will likely lay out his future economic policies on Wednesday, when he opens a five-yearly Communist Party congress that will extend his tenure as general se...
US moves closer to EU position on taxing tech giants
Oct 14, 2017 (AFP)
The evolving attitude in recent days would mark a stark shift from American officials' frustration at previous efforts by European authorities to collect taxes ...
Energy-hungry China takes step to buffer against economic shocks
Oct 13, 2017 (UPI)
The official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday the People's Bank of China injected about $75.6 billion into the financial network through its medium-term lendi...
US inflation jumps in the wake of Hurricane Harvey
Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)
The spike in gasoline costs was likely tied to Hurricane Harvey, which idled much of US energy production in late August and created shortages, officials said. ...
S. Korea, China renew $56 bn currency swap deal despite diplomatic tensions
Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)
There had been fears the diplomatic row would threaten the major economic agreement that expired on Tuesday, but the central Bank of Korea said it has been exte...
China's imports from North Korea fall as trade with world surges
Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)
Speaking at a press conference, Customs administration spokesman Huang Songping said China's imports from North Korea had dropped by almost 38 percent in Septem...
Evergrande boss is wealthiest as China's rich get richer
Oct 12, 2017 (AFP)
An all-time high 2,130 people made the annual ranking of China's richest individuals compiled by Shanghai-based luxury magazine publisher Hurun Report, which li...
With a gilded cage visible from Trump Tower, Ai Weiwei honors pro-migrant New York
Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)
Weiwei's most ambitious outdoor project to date, "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors" -- which takes its name from a line in a poem by Robert Frost -- formally ope...
US, Turkish military relations good amid diplo spat: Mattis
Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)
"We maintain a very close collaboration, very close communication, the military-to-military interaction and integration has not been affected by this," Mattis t...
Russia marks win in bitcoin suspect tussle with US
Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)
Alexander Vinnik, who headed BTC-e, an exchange he operated for the cyber currency, was indicted by a US court in July on 21 charges ranging from identity theft...
IMF raises China growth forecast for 2017 to 6.8 pct
Oct 10, 2017 (AFP)
The fund's latest World Economic Outlook gives President Xi Jinping a boost but also a warning as he prepares to accept a second five-year term as general secre...
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