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Bangladesh, China firms ink multi-bln deals as Xi ends tour
Oct 15, 2016 (AFP)
Bangladeshi and Chinese firms have signed $13.6 billion in trade and investment deals on the sidelines of President Xi Jinping's brief tour to the South Asian n...
Rights group urges Nicaragua to scrap canal project
Oct 14, 2016 (AFP)
A leading human rights group urged Nicaragua on Friday to abandon plans for a massive interoceanic canal, saying it poses a threat to people, forests and Centra...
Belgium's Wallonia region blocks EU-Canada trade deal
Oct 14, 2016 (AFP)
Lawmakers in the small Belgian region of Wallonia on Friday voted to block an EU-Canada free trade deal, a move which could seriously complicate future talks wi...
China exports dive in September on weak global demand
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
China's exports plummeted in September, data showed Thursday, as anaemic global demand dealt another blow to the world's second-largest economy, while weak impo...
US seeks WTO panel on China trade barriers for raw materials
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday said it was calling for a World Trade Organization arbitration panel to resolve an escalating trade dispute on Chinese export barr...
Paypal founder raises $100 mn for new payments startup
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
Affirm, a startup led by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, said Thursday it secured $100 million in financing to expand its consumer lending business that aims to ...
EU hits China with fresh steel anti-dumping duties
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
The European Union on Friday hit China with anti-dumping duties on two types of steel imports as Europe tries to cope with a global steel glut largely driven by...
Trump factory jobs sent to China may never come back
Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged to bring long lost American manufacturing jobs back from China. But he may be too late -- even for products t...
IMF warns of protectionist threat to global growth
Oct 04, 2016 (AFP)
The IMF on Tuesday left its global economic forecasts unchanged into 2017 but called on governments to take action against the threats of low growth and protect...
Canada, China aim to strike free-trade deal
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
Canada and China have agreed to begin talks for a possible free-trade accord with an aim of doubling bilateral commerce by 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Justin ...
China to unveil steel merger plans this week: reports
Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)
China is expected to announce plans to merge the country's top steelmakers this week, according to media reports, creating the world's second-largest manufactur...
Two top China steelmakers announce merger to combat glut
Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)
Two of China's top steelmakers announced plans Tuesday to merge,creating the world's second-largest manufacturer of the commodity as markets struggle with a glu...
Australia's Port of Melbourne sold for $7.3 bln
Sep 19, 2016 (AFP)
An Australian-led consortium with Chinese investment won a 50-year-lease Monday on the nation's biggest container and cargo port for Aus$9.7 billion (US$7.3 bil...
Protesters rally across Germany against mega trade deal
Sep 17, 2016 (AFP)
More than 160,000 demonstrators thronged seven major cities across Germany on Saturday in protest over a massive transatlantic trade deal, dealing a new blow to...
China says grain subsidies meet WTO rules; 13 nations take aim at fishing subsidies
Sep 14, 2016 (AFP)
China's rice, wheat and corn subsidies are in line with WTO rules, Beijing's commerce ministry said after Washington launched legal action against what it says ...
Moody's warns on Hong Kong rating after polls
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong's credit rating could be at risk after the success of a new generation of young anti-China politicians in legislative elections this month, Moody's wa...
China imports break two-year losing streak in August
Sep 08, 2016 (AFP)
China's imports rose for the first time in nearly two years in August, figures showed Thursday, the 1.5 percent annual increase beating expectations in a positi...
Irish opposition attacks Apple ruling appeal
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
Ireland's opposition on Wednesday lashed out at a cabinet decision to appeal the EU's Apple ruling amid public support for the European Commission order to coll...
Canada's Trudeau hails new friendship with China
Sep 06, 2016 (AFP)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that ties with Beijing had entered a new era following a charm offensive which saw 56 business deals signed....
Britain's May faces obstacles to post-EU trade goals
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
New British leader Theresa May sought Monday to start shaping her country's post-EU access to world markets, but faced a Japanese warning over the fallout from ...
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