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EU takes China to WTO over steel anti-dumping duties
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
The European Union challenged China, one of its biggest trade partners, at the World Trade Organization on Thursday over tariffs on imports of stainless steel p...
Nicaragua grants bid to build Panama Canal rival
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
Nicaraguan lawmakers on Thursday approved a controversial deal that would allow a Hong Kong company to build a $40 billion oceanic waterway to rival the Panama ...
China miners' African gold rush tarnished by terror
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of men travelled vast distances from a poor part of rural China to seek their fortunes mining gold in west Africa -- but now their dreams are in tatte...
EU to take China to WTO in fresh dispute
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
The European Union raised the stakes in a series of tit-for-tat trade disputes with China, saying it would file a complaint at the World Trade Organization over...
U.S. focus pulls in Pacific nations for wider trade links
Jun 13, 2013 (UPI)
Latin America's Pacific littoral states -- Chile, Colombia and Peru -- will likely be key to cementing U.S. President Barack Obama's Trans Pacific Partnership, ...
China high court talks tough on worker safety
Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)
China's Supreme Court Wednesday ordered that people who neglect workplace safety should be "severely" punished, state media said, after the country's deadliest ...
Capital dilemmas a top risk for miners
Jun 12, 2013 (UPI)
Mining and metals industry executives ranked access to equity and capital allocation as the most critical risk facing their companies, up from eighth place last...
EU set to challenge Chinese steel duties at WTO
Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)
The European Union will raise the pressure in its raft of trade disputes with China, diplomats said Wednesday, with Brussels about to challenge Beijing's steel ...
China, LatAm leads gains in tourists to US
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
Tourists from China and Latin America swarmed to the United States last year, while fewer Europeans came, according to a government report released Monday. A re...
Berlin urges rapid solution to EU-China trade tension
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
Germany called on Monday for a swift solution in tit-for-tat trade tensions between the European Union and China which, according to an unconfirmed press report...
Ghana arrests 57 W. Africans in illegal gold mine raid
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
Ghana has arrested more than 50 West Africans accused of illegal gold mining in a crackdown that has already led to the detention of dozens of Chinese nationals...
Panama won't fret for now about Nicaragua canal
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
Panama Canal administrators on Monday downplayed the competitive threat posed by Nicaragua's plan for a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific. President Daniel...
Japan set to take casino gamble
Jun 09, 2013 (AFP)
A group of Japanese lawmakers are close to hitting the jackpot in their bid to legalise casinos, betting the revenue bonanza could challenge Macau for the title...
China May trade data highlights growth concerns
Jun 08, 2013 (AFP)
China on Saturday reported a sharp slowdown in exports in May compared to the previous month while imports unexpectedly dropped, as the world's second largest e...
Chinese firm get concession for Nicaragua canal
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said a concession to build an inter-oceanic canal across his Central American nation was awarded to an unnamed Chinese consor...
Winemakers sound alarm as EU-China trade war looms
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
Fears of an EU-China trade war mounted on Wednesday after Beijing launched an anti-dumping investigation into European wine imports, a move greeted with alarm i...
France's Hollande pays state visit to Japan
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
Francois Hollande arrived in Japan Thursday for three days of talks, hoping to seal deals on nuclear co-operation and in the aviation sector, on the first state...
China's Xi visits Maya ruins, ending Mexico trip
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping ended his Mexico trip Thursday with a sun-filled tour of the ancient Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, accompanied by his host Enrique P...
Argentina, Brazil head for showdown over rail seizure
Jun 06, 2013 (UPI)
Argentina triggered a new political confrontation with neighbor Brazil as it appropriated two railway concessions from Brazilian freight company America Latina ...
Hundreds fall sick in Bangladesh garment factory
Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)
Hundreds of employees of a Bangladeshi garment plant near the capital fell ill Wednesday after drinking suspected contaminated water at work, police and factory...
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