TRADE WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Jul 20, 2016 (AFP)

The EU said Wednesday it will no longer debate whether or not China's economy is market driven, but will instead focus on new measures to tackle Chinese dumping...

EU takes China to WTO over export curbs

Jul 19, 2016 (AFP)

The European Union on Tuesday followed the United States to launch a new legal challenge at the World Trade Organization over duties and quotas China imposes on...

Back to Basics: The HK start-up taking on fashion giants

Jul 17, 2016 (AFP)

Luke Grana arrived in Hong Kong with no contacts, cold-calling 'angel investors' he'd found on LinkedIn armed with only his CV, a business plan, and some big id...

Telefonica sells China Unicom stake for 322 million euros

Jul 10, 2016 (AFP)

Spain's heavily indebted Telefonica said Sunday it had sold a 1.51-percent stake in China Unicom, China's second-biggest telecommunications provider, for 322 mi...

EU member states approve US data deal

Jul 08, 2016 (AFP)

EU member states on Friday approved a highly-criticised deal with the US intended to curb government spying on the personal internet data of EU citizens. Washin...

India's Modi heads to Africa with an eye on China

Jul 06, 2016 (AFP)

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Africa on Thursday, seeking to boost his country's economic influence in a region long dominated by rival Asian po...

EU urges swift ratification of Canada trade deal

Jul 05, 2016 (AFP)

The EU Commission on Tuesday urged member states to swiftly ratify the long delayed EU-Canada trade deal, an agreement that is seen by critics as a dangerous mo...

West China Cement shares plunge following deal collapse

Jul 04, 2016 (AFP)

Shares in struggling West China Cement plunged as much as 34 percent Monday after a much-needed merger deal with the country's largest cement maker collapsed la...

China cement deal collapses amid oversupply woes

Jul 01, 2016 (AFP)

A deal for China's largest cement maker to take over a major rival collapsed after failing to gain government approval, the company said Friday, in a blow to Be...

Scotland's tartan and whisky makers hold breath after Brexit

Jun 30, 2016 (AFP)

In the production hall of the world's biggest tartan maker, huge iron spools rotate amid the roar of machines as threads of every colour are pulled together at ...

Airbnb sues over registration of San Francisco homes

Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)

Home sharing site Airbnb is suing San Francisco over a new law requiring that anyone who offers their home through the rental site first register the dwelling w...

Russia, China chart new trade course

Jun 27, 2016 (UPI)

China is ready to emerge as one of the larger trading partners with Russia in a relationship that extends from military to energy, the Chinese government said. ...

China steel giants plan merger in face of global glut

Jun 27, 2016 (AFP)

Two of China's biggest steelmakers are planning to merge, they said, as the industry faces a global glut that has hammered producers worldwide. Baosteel Group, ...

Trudeau to host Obama, Pena Nieto for North Americas summit

Jun 27, 2016 (AFP)

Canada, Mexico and the United States will look to dovetail their climate and other policies into a continental strategy when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts...

Chinese ship inaugurates expanded Panama Canal

Jun 26, 2016 (AFP)

A giant Chinese-chartered freighter nudged its way into the expanded Panama Canal on Sunday to mark the completion of nearly a decade of work forecast to boost ...

China-backed AIIB approves first loans

Jun 24, 2016 (AFP)

The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved its first four loans totalling over half a billion dollars, it announced Friday, as it joi...

US commerce secretary warns of 'digital protectionism'

Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)

A top US official warned Wednesday against a rise of "digital protectionism," which she said threatens access to information and ideas and can hurt economic gro...

China's Xi weaves Poland into 'new silk road' plan

Jun 20, 2016 (AFP)

The presidents of China and Poland greeted a Chinese freight train as it rolled into the Polish capital on Monday, part of a drive to drum up business between t...

Australia taxes foreign home buyers as affordability bites

Jun 19, 2016 (AFP)

Sydney is imposing new taxes on foreigners buying homes as concerns grow that a flood of mostly Chinese investors is crowding out locals and killing the "Great ...

Hackers divert $50mn in blow to virtual currency: NYT

Jun 18, 2016 (AFP)

Hackers have diverted more than $50 million in digital currency from an experimental fund meant to demonstrate that such money is safe for use, according to the...