TRADE WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

China to surpass India as top gold buyer: industry

Feb 16, 2012 (AFP)

China is set to overtake India as the world's largest gold buyer this year as demand for the metal for jewellery and as a safe-haven investment surges, the Worl...

Obama celebrates return of jobs from China

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

A day after telling China's next leader his country must play by global economic rules, President Barack Obama Wednesday celebrated the return of US jobs from t...

Steel industry slams emissions 'set-aside'

Feb 15, 2012 (UPI)

Europe's steel industry this week stepped up its opposition to a proposal that would take more than 1 billion EU carbon emissions tax credits off the market. Th...

India outsourcing sector eyes emerging markets for growth

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

Business from emerging markets will help India's flagship information technology sector counter slowing demand in Western nations, the country's technology mini...

Obama presses next China leader on 'rules'

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged China to play by the "same rules" in the global economy but voiced hope for cooperation in a key introductory meeting...

Philippines says to deport eight Chinese miners

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

Eight Chinese nationals will be deported from the Philippines after they were caught working illegally for a mining firm, an immigration official said Tuesday. ...

China leader-in-waiting on key US visit

Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)

China's Vice President Xi Jinping on Monday started a week-long tour of the United States in a key test of relations with the man on course to lead the rising A...

Novelists open new chapter for booming China film industry

Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)

Acclaimed Chinese novelist Geling Yan has become accustomed to reaching a wide audience both at home and abroad. But nothing could have prepared her for the att...

China vows to pursue balanced trade with US

Feb 12, 2012 (AFP)

A top Chinese official on Sunday vowed Beijing would pursue more balanced trade with the United States, as the country's Vice President Xi Jinping prepares for ...

Eight arrested in bribery probe at Murdoch's Sun

Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)

British police widened a probe into alleged bribery by Rupert Murdoch's media empire Saturday, arresting five staff at The Sun tabloid, a member of the armed fo...

Some Brazilian police cancel strike, others press on

Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)

Brazilian authorities claimed Saturday to have broken up strikes by police in two states after arresting labor leaders, but other police and firefighters had no...

US visit marks 11th-hour test for China's heir apparent

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has travelled extensively in the last two years as vice-president, but next week's US visit will provide the greatest test ...

Iran, free trade pact top EU-India summit agenda

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

The European Union looks set to push India at a summit Friday to use its commercial and diplomatic influence to try to bring Iran back to the negotiating table ...

Detained China artist unaware of New York success

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

Dark, bare photos of modern Chinese society by Liu Xia, detained wife of China's best known dissident, went on show in New York without her knowledge after they...

New Rio strike threatens Brazil carnival

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

Rio police planned to strike for better pay on Friday, warning people to stay off the streets and close shops a week before the famed Carnival festival, expecte...

China says exports, imports fall in January

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

China's trade activity fell in January from a year earlier, data showed Friday, as a domestic slowdown, overseas turmoil and factory closures during the Lunar N...

Argentina cuts foreign currency outflows

Feb 09, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina is slashing foreign currency outflows in expectation of tougher economic times, a likely result of the drought-related drop in commodities harvests an...

Canada to close many US consulates: report

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Canada is considering closing up to eight consulates and trade offices in the United States, public broadcaster CBC reported Thursday as the prime minister was ...

China says January exports expected to have dropped

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

China's commerce minister said Thursday that exports were expected to have fallen in January, as Europe's sovereign debt crisis and weakness in the United State...

Canada's Harper secures billions in trade with China

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper oversaw the signing of nearly 3 billion Canadian dollars (US$3 billion) in trade agreements with China on Thursday after ...