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Sarkozy wants tax on US products if Trump scraps Paris pact
Nov 14, 2016 (AFP)
French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed that Europe apply a carbon tax on American imports if Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the...
Pakistan, China launch new trade route
Nov 13, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Sunday inaugurated a trade route linking southwestern Gwadar port to the Chinese city of Kashgar as part of a joint multi...
Copper hammers above $6,000 on Trump, China
Nov 11, 2016 (AFP)
Base metal prices soared this week, with copper forging above $6,000 per tonne as Donald Trump's election victory sparked hopes of booming demand to meet the pr...
EU nears tougher rules on China dumping
Nov 11, 2016 (AFP)
European Union trade ministers said Friday they must not be "naive" in the face of alleged China price dumping, as they tried to agree tougher measures to fight...
Trump win casts pall of uncertainty over Asia
Nov 11, 2016 (AFP)
President-elect Donald Trump's vague and ambiguous foreign policy positions have cast a pall of uncertainty over whether American influence will decline in Asia...
Bashed on trade, Beijing may benefit from President Trump
Nov 10, 2016 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy is US president-elect Donald Trump's designated bogeyman, threatening it on the campaign trail with tariffs for stealing Amer...
China producer prices rise for second straight month
Nov 09, 2016 (AFP)
Price for goods at the factory gate rose in China for the second straight month in October, officials said Wednesday, in a sign of strengthening demand in the w...
China exports drop for 7th straight month in October
Nov 08, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese exports sank for a seventh consecutive month in October, data showed Tuesday, as weak global demand dealt a blow to the world's number two economy follo...
Vatican rejects Chinese priest's self-ordination as bishop
Nov 07, 2016 (AFP)
The Vatican on Monday denounced the self-ordination of a bishop from China's underground church without papal approval, in a sign some view as an attempt to imp...
China replaces finance minister Lou Jiwei: Xinhua
Nov 07, 2016 (AFP)
China Monday replaced finance minister Lou Jiwei, state media reported, with some analysts predicting more fiscal stimulus in the world's second-largest economy...
Eastern Europe gets 10 bln euro Chinese investment fund
Nov 06, 2016 (AFP)
China on Sunday announced a 10 billion euro ($11 bln) investment fund aimed at drumming up business between the Asian giant and central and eastern Europe. The ...
New York fines Chinese bank $215 mn for money laundering violations
Nov 04, 2016 (AFP)
New York's state bank regulator fined the giant Agricultural Bank of China $215 million on Friday for violating anti-money laundering laws and obscuring suspici...
Samsung to recall 2.8 million washing machines in US
Nov 04, 2016 (AFP)
Samsung is recalling 2.8 million washing machines with a potential for a dangerous detachment of its top lid, the South Korean company and US safety officials a...
White House warns China will take export markets without TPP
Nov 03, 2016 (AFP)
The White House warned Thursday that failure to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact will put billions of dollars in US exports at risk to competiti...
Lawmakers push to block Chinese takeover of US aluminum firm
Nov 03, 2016 (AFP)
A group of US senators called on the government Wednesday to block the Chinese metals giant Zhongwang's takeover of a US aluminum processor for the auto and aer...
Germany takes aim at China on trade on eve of key visit
Nov 01, 2016 (AFP)
Germany's economy minister Sigmar Gabriel on Monday launched a fresh attack on "unfair and aggressive trade practices" by China ahead of a visit to the country....
Risking Beijing's ire, Germany gets tough on Chinese takeovers
Oct 30, 2016 (AFP)
Alarmed by a raft of Chinese takeovers, Germany is putting the brakes on the Asian giant's shopping spree as it sends out the message that not everything is for...
Belgian leaders near consensus for EU-Canada trade deal
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
Belgium's political leaders edged closer to resolving differences that have blocked a landmark EU-Canada free trade deal but time was running short for holding ...
EU-Canada trade summit 'still possible' despite holdout Belgium
Oct 24, 2016 (AFP)
A Brussels summit to seal a landmark EU-Canada trade deal is "still possible" this week, European Council President Donald Tusk said Monday, even though Belgium...
China firm to buy US insurance giant Genworth for $2.7 bn
Oct 24, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese conglomerate has agreed to buy New York-listed US insurance firm Genworth Financials for $2.7 billion, the latest in a Chinese buying spree of foreign...
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