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Iraq seeks investment to upgrade transport network
Feb 26, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq's transport minister appealed to foreign firms on Sunday to help restore his country's dilapidated infrastructure by rebuilding airports and constructing a...
Brazil to slap quality control on China goods
Feb 25, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil plans to impose strict quality control on imports from China and other Asian nations to prevent the influx of cheap goods, the daily O Globo reported Sat...
Canada hails no change in New York shipping rules
Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)
Canada on Friday welcomed New York state's reversal on proposed ballast water rules aimed at preventing foreign species from invading the Great Lakes, restricti...
China links EU trade probe with eurozone debt help
Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)
China said Thursday a European investigation into imports of Chinese-made specialised steel products would "undermine" efforts to combat the eurozone crisis. Th...
Patent wars: Microsoft takes Motorola to EU
Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)
Microsoft on Wednesday filed a complaint with the European Commission against Google's Motorola Mobility in the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter patent wa...
Italian fashion designers look to China for salvation
Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)
Italy's top designer brands are looking to China for salvation this year with revenues falling due to a debt crisis that has cast an air of gloom as Milan Fashi...
Taiwan's China Steel to invest in Australia mine
Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)
China Steel Corp, Taiwan's largest steel producer, said Tuesday its board of directors had approved a plan to invest about Aus$102 million ($110 million) in an ...
Clinton pledges support for US business
Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised Tuesday that US diplomats would do more to promote business interests overseas but renewed criticism of what she cal...
Clinton pledges 'Jobs Diplomacy' for economy
Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)
Hillary Clinton promised Tuesday to put the force of her State Department behind US businesses, calling for "jobs diplomacy" to help boost exports and jumpstart...
Hong Kong fights landmark maids residency ruling
Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's government on Tuesday launched an appeal against a landmark court ruling which grants thousands of foreign maids the right to seek permanent residen...
Report: Global trade picking up faster
Feb 21, 2012 (UPI)
Global trade may be picking up faster than originally anticipated and that may be good news for U.S. commerce and business elsewhere. Until recently, hopes were...
Japan logs record trade deficit in January
Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)
Japan posted a record trade deficit in January, data showed Monday, as fuel imports rose following last year's nuclear disaster while exports were hit by a stro...
China's leader-in-waiting wraps up Ireland trade visit
Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)
China's Vice President Xi Jinping bade farewell to Ireland on Monday after a three-day visit during which Dublin sought to provide Beijing with a financial foot...
Chile closes Peru border due to mine hazard
Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)
Chile closed its main border crossing with Peru after torrential rains on Monday washed anti-personnel and anti-tank mines onto a key highway, authorities said....
Xi claims 'success' as US trumpets China film deal
Feb 18, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping declared his US visit a "full success" as he ended it in Hollywood -- and as Washington said he agreed to let more US films...
China sets up fund to spur investment abroad
Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)
China has set up a yuan-denominated fund to help Chinese companies invest overseas, the fund's backer said Friday, as the government encourages domestic firms t...
Purchase expands China's Africa mine holdings
Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)
The Hong Kong-listed unit of China's state-owned China Minmetals Group said Friday it had taken control of copper miner Anvil Mining Ltd., expanding its footpri...
EU trade chief pressures China over procurements
Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)
China is protecting a domestic market for public procurements worth $1.1 trillion, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said Thursday as he appealed to Beijing ...
China's Xi in Los Angeles for trade talks
Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)
China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday for a 36-hour visit including talks on boosting trade and investment, and maybe an NBA g...
Romney drags China policy into US 2012 cauldron
Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)
Republican Mitt Romney dragged delicate US-China ties into explosive campaign politics Thursday, branding President Barack Obama a "supplicant" to a "prosperous...
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