TRADE WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Five on trial linked to $7.6 billion China 'Ponzi scheme'

Nov 25, 2016 (AFP)

Five people linked to a collapsed Chinese peer-to-peer lender have gone on trial for gold smuggling, state media said Friday, the first court case in a scandal ...

Dollar rally plugs on, Tokyo boosted by soft yen

Nov 24, 2016 (AFP)

The dollar barrelled ever higher against most currencies Thursday, sitting at an eight-month high against the yen and hitting a record high against the Indian r...

Chinese Coca-Cola workers strike over asset sale

Nov 24, 2016 (AFP)

Coca-Cola workers in three Chinese cities have gone on strike after the US soft drinks giant announced it was selling its bottling interests in the country. Str...

Trump's TPP withdrawal gives China chance to redraw trade map

Nov 24, 2016 (AFP)

China will be handed the opportunity to reshape the rules for global trade and profit from a more isolated US if President-elect Donald Trump carries out his pl...

China watching Trump policies, will defend trade rights

Nov 23, 2016 (AFP)

China will pay close attention to trade policies implemented by US President-elect Donald Trump, and will defend its rights in the World Trade Organization, a s...

New Christie's sale taps Asian quest for Western art

Nov 23, 2016 (AFP)

Auction house Christie's is holding its first ever sale of Western art masterpieces in Hong Kong this week in response to a surge in interest from wealthy Asian...

Flesh-and-blood Ken exposes Chinese labour conditions

Nov 23, 2016 (AFP)

A flesh-and-blood figure of Barbie's beau Ken stood in a giant pink box on a Lausanne street on Wednesday to highlight dire working conditions in Chinese toy fa...

Ex-Ericsson executives tell of massive bribery: report

Nov 23, 2016 (AFP)

Former executives with Swedish telecoms equipment giant Ericsson say the firm shelled out tens of millions of dollars in bribes between 1998 and 2001, the Swedi...

Chile vows to strengthen trade with China

Nov 22, 2016 (AFP)

Chile vowed Tuesday to strengthen trade with China in the face of protectionist threats from US President-elect Donald Trump, as it prepared to host the Asian g...

Dow breaks record as global equities rise

Nov 22, 2016 (AFP)

Wall Street's post-election rally forged ever higher Tuesday, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing above 19,000 for the first time while st...

China signs new trade deals with Peru

Nov 21, 2016 (AFP)

China's President Xi Jinping signed new trade deals on Monday with Peru, one of its partners in its drive to boost world trade in the face of protectionist stir...

Obama defends free trade at Asia-Pacific summit rattled by Trump

Nov 21, 2016 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama on Sunday defended free trade as fellow Asia-Pacific leaders vowed to fight protectionism after Donald Trump's shock election victory ...

China doubles down on free trade as Trump leaves a void

Nov 20, 2016 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping touted his country as a leader on free trade at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders Saturday, stepping up to fill a void left by US Pr...

JP Morgan Chase to pay $264 mn to settle China bribe scandal

Nov 17, 2016 (AFP)

JP Morgan Chase has agreed to pay $264 million to settle a foreign bribery case dubbed the "princelings case" in which the bank gave prized jobs to friends and ...

Asia-Pacific leaders talk trade in a Trump world

Nov 17, 2016 (AFP)

Top world leaders meet from Thursday to try to save their cherished free trade accords from feared extinction under US President-elect Donald Trump. Here are th...

Italy cracks down on illegal Chinese immigration as Xi visits

Nov 16, 2016 (AFP)

Italian police on Wednesday launched a crackdown on illegal immigration from China, just hours before President Xi Jinping arrived on a flying visit that Rome h...

Finland pining for post-Nokia economic champion

Nov 16, 2016 (AFP)

Nokia was once the motor of Finland's economy, but since the demise of the company's mobile phone business the Nordic country has struggled to find a new engine...

China weakens yuan to eight-year low

Nov 15, 2016 (AFP)

China on Tuesday weakened the yuan's fix against the dollar to a nearly eight-year low as the surging dollar put further pressure on the unit, complicating Beij...

Taiwan to punish fraudsters abroad after China deportations

Nov 15, 2016 (AFP)

Taiwan passed a bill Tuesday to crack down on swindlers committing crimes overseas following a spate of deportations of Taiwanese fraud suspects to China from c...

China says retail sales growth slows in October

Nov 14, 2016 (AFP)

China's retail sales growth slowed last month, government data showed Monday, in a worrying sign for domestic demand in the world's second-largest economy. Reta...