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S. America mulls effect of China slowdown
Sep 21, 2012 (UPI)
China's slowing growth is causing concern in Latin America but the outlook remains stable, new analytical data indicated. SinoLatin Capital equity fund said a w...
Mozambique gets Chinese-funded sea-bridge
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
Mozambique on Thursday kicked off construction of a $980-million-dollar Chinese-funded suspension bridge across Maputo Bay as President Armando Guebuza laid the...
Philippine gold miner may lose $60 mn due to leaks
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
The operator of the Philippines' largest gold mine said the site is set to remain shut until the end of the year due to waste leaks, and the closure would likel...
Taiwan's export orders from China rise
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan said Thursday export orders from China in August rose for the first time in five months, even as most of the trade-dependent island's other markets remai...
Japan logs trade deficit of $9.6bn in August
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
Japan posted its second straight monthly trade deficit in August as exports fell in a sign that slowing overseas growth continues to weigh on the world's third ...
Deadly South Africa miners' strike ends
Sep 19, 2012 (UPI)
A wage deal involving striking miners in South Africa is expected to end a shutdown of the country's gold and platinum fields, a work action in which 45 people ...
China's Wen to meet EU amid debt crisis, trade row
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets Europe's leaders Thursday as the world's second-biggest economy falters in the eurozone debt crisis downdraft and the two sides...
Hong Kong cracks down on parallel Chinese traders
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong has launched a crackdown on the thousands of mainland Chinese who travel across the border every day to buy products to resell at a profit in China, o...
Taiwan boosts airport amid China tourism boom
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan, which is seeing a boom in tourism from China, will spend Tw$463 billion ($15.4 billion) on a new terminal and other facilities at its main airport, the ...
Outside View: Get tough with China
Sep 18, 2012 (UPI)
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is right: The United States must get tough with China to restore growth and good-paying jobs. The idea behind free trade a...
Philippines predicts $15 bln from call centres by 2016
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
The Philippines expects to boost its revenues from call centres to nearly $15 billion by 2016, sustaining its three-year lead over rival India, industry leaders...
Japan Inc. padlocks China factories amid violence
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Some of Japan's biggest corporate names padlocked factories in China Tuesday as violent anti-Japan protests sparked safety fears, and threatened economic ties w...
Deals and ordeals for Chinese tech giant Huawei
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese telecom giant Huawei is perplexed at its treatment in the West, with the United States fearful it is a Trojan horse for cyber warfare even as Europe eag...
Mercosur muddle over Paraguay deepening
Sep 18, 2012 (UPI)
Mercosur divisions are growing as landlocked Paraguay accuses fellow founder members Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay of undermining its small resource-dependent e...
Australia cuts mining forecasts on China drop
Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)
Australia's resources agency slashed its mining export forecasts Tuesday as China's slowdown hits commodity prices, with earnings set to fall for the first time...
Seeking political gain, Obama fires new trade shot at China
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama fired a new trade shot at China Monday, wooing blue collar workers and outmaneuvering his Republican foe Mitt Romney as Beijing took a po...
US, China trade battle heats up at WTO
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
US-China trade tensions heated up Monday as the US lodged a complaint over Beijing's automotive subsidies with the WTO and China countered with a filing over US...
People smugglers get rich, Canberra reacts
Sep 14, 2012 (UPI)
The kingpins of Asia's people smuggling racket have made millions of dollars smuggling everyone from farmers to terrorists, a report by the New Straits Times sa...
Argentine import tariffs hitting exports
Sep 14, 2012 (UPI)
Argentina's increasingly tougher import tariff regime is beginning to hit the country's export potential as manufacturers find they cannot meet production targe...
Australian FM hits back at critics of China investment
Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr Friday hit out at critics of Chinese investment in the country, urging resistance to "nationalistic sloganeering" on the is...
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