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French mistrustful of government in EU-US trade deal talks
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
Nearly two thirds of French people say they don't trust the government to defend the country's interests in negotiations on a vast new EU-US trade deal, a poll ...
Amazon steps up air game with new cargo deal
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
Online retail colossus Amazon on Thursday boosted its fledgling air cargo service as it moves to gain more independence from freight firms for delivery of onlin...
Obama faces looming trade row with China
May 04, 2016 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama is facing a fresh trade row with Beijing that could inflame the 2016 election race and complicate his farewell visit to China in Septe...
TTIP: a proposed trade treaty in troubled waters
May 03, 2016 (AFP)
Will the ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the world's largest trade pact, ever see the light of day? After leaks from the closed-door n...
Australian Craig Wright says he created Bitcoin
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright on Monday identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin following years of speculation about who invented the pioneering dig...
US-EU trade deal 'risks' emerge in leak
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
A massive US-EU trade deal would harm the environment and consumer safety, Greenpeace said Monday citing secret documents it leaked, as Brussels dismissed the r...
Greenpeace leaks US-EU trade papers, fears for consumers
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
Greenpeace charged Monday that a massive US-EU trade deal would place corporate interests above the environment and consumer safety, as it released classified d...
Chinese ship set to be first through expanded Panama Canal
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese-owned freighter will be the first vessel to pass through Panama's newly expanded canal, to be inaugurated with great pomp in June after nine years of ...
US Steel files complaint against Chinese steel imports
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
US Steel Corporation filed a trade complaint Tuesday against big Chinese steel makers and distributors, seeking to bar allegedly unfairly traded Chinese product...
Steel producers to urge China to cut output
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
Key players in the world's struggling steel industry gathered in Brussels on Monday to try to push China to scale back overproduction blamed for causing plant c...
China defends ground in steel crisis talks
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
China firmly defended its efforts to address the steel crisis on Monday, rebutting accusations that its cheap exports were causing plant closures and job losses...
Panama Canal restricts ship depth due to drought
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
Officials running the Panama Canal on Monday started imposing restrictions on the depth of ships passing through because of lower water levels caused by a sever...
New BRICS-supported bank approves first set of loans
Apr 16, 2016 (AFP)
A new multilateral lender set up by the BRICS nations has approved its first set of loans valued at $811 million for renewable energy projects in four of its me...
Aerospace, defense sector largest contributor to U.S. exports
Apr 14, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. aerospace and defense sector's gross exports increased by $5 billion in 2015 and are expected to rise this year, according to a Deloitte report. The re...
Australia to grant 10-year visas for Chinese
Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)
Australia is granting 10-year visas to some Chinese nationals, its prime minister said on Thursday, seeking to boost visits to a country that already attracted ...
China exports rise for first time in nine months
Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese exports surged in March, the first gain in nine months and the latest positive data out of the world's number two economy, but analysts warned Wednesday...
Sri Lanka hopes to raise $1 bn in Chinese bonds
Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)
Sri Lanka will start issuing bonds in China in the coming months in a bid to raise up to $1 billion, the central bank governor said Tuesday, as the country face...
Israel received Saudi pledge over strategic Red Sea strait
Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)
Israel received pledges that Egypt's move to give Saudi Arabia strategic Red Sea islands would not affect the freedom of passage of its ships, media quoted Defe...
Europe 'negligent' over Chinese steel dumping: US boss
Apr 11, 2016 (AFP)
The head of US Steel has accused Britain and the wider European Union of negligence over China dumping cheep steel on world markets. "The Europeans have been mo...
Britain urges China to cut steel production
Apr 09, 2016 (AFP)
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Saturday urged China to reduce its steel production levels as the UK grapples with an industry crisis that could see...
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