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China's Anbang in huge US hotel buying spree
Mar 14, 2016 (AFP)
China's Anbang Insurance is on a shopping spree in the US hotel sector, with a nearly $13 billion offer for Starwood and the $6.5 billion purchase of 16 luxury ...
China's next bubble? Iron ore surges as speculators weigh in
Mar 13, 2016 (AFP)
With a huge global steel glut and slowing demand in China, an enormous recent spike in the price of iron ore has left analysts scratching their heads, with some...
China behind global trade slowdown in 2015: World Bank
Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)
The slump in Chinese growth and its nascent economic transition was the key factor in a sharp slowdown last year in global trade, the World Bank said Wednesday....
US election shouldn't slow Atlantic trade talks: EU official
Mar 09, 2016 (AFP)
Europe's top trade official said Wednesday that talks with Washington on an ambitious trans-Atlantic trade treaty continue despite US elections which have put s...
Australian miner Fortescue to team up with Brazil's Vale
Mar 08, 2016 (AFP)
Australia's Fortescue Metals on Tuesday opened the door to joint ventures and other investment deals with the world's biggest iron ore producer Vale under an ag...
China exports slump more than a quarter in February: Customs
Mar 08, 2016 (AFP)
China's exports saw their heaviest fall in nearly seven years in February, diving more than a quarter as feeble global trade offset the weaker yuan and raised p...
New bank another BRICS in Beijing's diplomatic wall
Feb 26, 2016 (AFP)
A new $100 billion bank for major emerging nations will sign agreements to establish its headquarters in China on Saturday, the latest step in Beijing's efforts...
Turkey suspends contested gold mine project after protests
Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)
The Turkish government on Wednesday ordered a halt to construction work on a gold mine in a town near the Black Sea until the legal process is exhausted, in a r...
Chinese firm aims to start production at flashpoint Myanmar mine
Feb 18, 2016 (AFP)
The Chinese firm behind a controversial Myanmar copper mine on Thursday said it plans to start operations in May, a move expected to pose an early challenge to ...
Bolivia alleges US plot against China trade deals
Feb 16, 2016 (AFP)
Bolivia blamed the United States on Tuesday for cooking up an influence-peddling scandal that has embarrassed the president by disrupting multimillion-dollar tr...
Ride and home sharing painted as old ideas made new
Feb 16, 2016 (AFP)
Ride- and home-sharing startups shaking up the world are old concepts getting new life, founders of two prominent ventures told an "ideas conference" Tuesday. "...
Thousands march in Brussels against cheap Chinese steel imports
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of European steelmakers descended on the EU capital Brussels on Monday demanding that officials do more to stop the flood of cheap imports from China....
China exports, imports slump in January: Customs
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese trade slumped in January, authorities said Monday, as both exports and imports tumbled with feeble domestic and global demand dragging on the world's se...
First 'Silk Road' train arrives in Tehran from China
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
The first train to connect China and Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday loaded with Chinese goods, reviving the ancient Silk Road, the Iranian railway company sai...
EU hits China with new steel anti-dumping probes
Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)
The EU launched new probes on Friday into imports of Chinese steel, warning it would not allow "unfair competition" to threaten Europe's industry already crumbl...
China-backed AIIB taps former British minister
Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)
The China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), viewed by some as a rival to the World Bank, on Friday announced executive appointments includi...
Georgia to build $2.5-bln Black Sea port on China's Silk Road
Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)
Georgia on Monday announced plans to build a new deep-water Black Sea port in a $2.5-billion project that aims to boost trade between China and Europe along the...
EU urges China to cut steel output
Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem has urged China to scale back rampant overproduction in its steel industry that is punishing European companies through...
Biggest ever trade deal signed as US seeks to counter China
Feb 04, 2016 (AFP)
The biggest trade deal in history was signed Thursday, yoking 12 Pacific rim countries in a US-led initiative aimed at wresting influence from booming China. Th...
Russian tourism in Turkey crumbles after plane downing
Jan 29, 2016 (AFP)
The number of Russians visiting Turkey almost halved in December from the same period a year earlier as the crisis in relations over the shooting down of a Russ...
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