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China aims to boost exports as economy slows
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
China said Wednesday it has approved a package of measures aimed at boosting exports, as the world's second largest economy grapples with a slowdown. The State ...
Hundreds protest against Myanmar mine
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of Myanmar villagers protesting a Chinese co-owned copper mine vowed to continue their fight against the project despite arrests of demonstrators and o...
Burberry value rocked by profit warning amid China slowdown
Sep 11, 2012 (AFP)
Shares in luxury clothing and accessories group Burberry tumbled by almost 21 percent Tuesday after the British firm issued a surprise profits warning which ana...
Outside View: Trade deficit rises
Sep 11, 2012 (UPI)
The U.S. Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the U.S. deficit on international trade in goods and services was $42.0 billion in July, up slightly from $41...
Chinese company to study Nicaragua canal feasibility
Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese company will conduct a study about the possibility of building a canal that would link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Nicaraguan territory, P...
Putin touts ex-Soviet bloc as Asia-Europe bridge
Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)
President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Russia and a new bloc with ex-Soviet states were well-positioned to become a bridge between Europe and Asia, as he hoste...
US pleased with APEC 'green' products list
Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)
The United States welcomed Friday a deal to cut tariffs on dozens of "green" products in the Asia-Pacific, saying it would boost the region's economies as well ...
Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013
Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong on Thursday announced the first step in a policy aimed to restrict foreigners from buying property, in a move seen to be targeting mainland buyers who...
Brazil says tariff hikes not protectionist
Sep 06, 2012 (UPI)
Brazil is raising import tariffs on 200 commodities but insists it's not pursuing protectionism in the style of neighbor Argentina, which faces punitive action ...
Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation
Sep 06, 2012 (UPI)
Europe's Nordic and Baltic countries are strengthening cooperation to assure they're not left off the European agenda, Lithuania said this week. Lithuanian Fore...
'Green' products trade gains momentum in APEC
Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)
A push to boost Asia Pacific trade in environmentally friendly goods gained momentum Thursday as officials agreed to cut tariffs on bamboo floor panels, solar b...
Chile eyes free trade deals at APEC
Sep 05, 2012 (AFP)
Chile wants to strike new free trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia and Russia at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vladivostok, ...
Chinese 'blind spot' for Western readers
Sep 03, 2012 (AFP)
A potent mix of state censorship, conservative publishing choices and scant translation means international readers are given a narrow view of contemporary Chin...
Finland seeks new cleantech for shipping
Aug 30, 2012 (UPI)
Finland says it will push hard to fund new green technologies as a key way to cope with looming requirements to reduce sulfur emissions from shipping. Finnish M...
Germany's Merkel due in China for eurozone talks
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
German leader Angela Merkel was due to hold top-level talks Thursday on her second visit to China this year, with Europe's debt crisis taking centre stage as it...
Growth in Chinese overseas investment slows
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
China said Thursday growth in overseas direct investment slowed sharply last year as the global economic recovery remained weak and amid financial turmoil in Eu...
China firms to invest $8.6 bln in Indonesia smelters
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
Three Chinese firms will invest up to $8.6 billion in Indonesian smelters, Jakarta's industry minister said Thursday, as a ban on the export of raw minerals fro...
No end for Brazil federal workers' strike
Aug 29, 2012 (UPI)
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's political standing is coming under threat from an unlikely quarter -- more than 400,000 federal workers on a war path to pu...
Egypt's new leader visits China seeking investment
Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's president met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Tuesday, seeking in his first state visit outside the Arab world to win badly needed investment and ...
India invites Chinese companies to invest
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
India on Monday invited China to invest in its new flagship manufacturing zones as part of a push to broaden commercial links and cut a ballooning trade deficit...
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