TRADE WARS - SINO DAILY

G20 warns against slide into protectionism

Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)

The world's leading economies spoke out against a return to protectionism and defended the unfashionable concepts of free trade and globalisation Monday, warnin...

Trudeau warns against dangerous protectionist mood

Sep 03, 2016 (AFP)

World leaders need to push back against a tide of "rampant" protectionism and nationalism, Canadian premier Justin Trudeau said Saturday, warning that "building...

New Brazil president woos business allies in China

Sep 02, 2016 (AFP)

New Brazilian President Michel Temer insisted Friday his country has turned a page on years of crisis as he wooed businesses in China after replacing Dilma Rous...

EU Chamber urges China to lift foreign investment curbs

Sep 01, 2016 (AFP)

A European lobby group in China on Thursday slammed the country's "unequal investment landscape" and called for it to drop wide-scale prohibitions on foreign in...

Apple accuses European Commission of 'political crap' over EUR13bn fine

Sep 01, 2016 (AFP)

Apple chief Tim Cook on Thursday slammed a European Commission ruling demanding the US tech behemoth pay Ireland EUR13 billion in back-taxes as "political crap"...

Obama to press China on steel at G20, Lew says

Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama will call for broader fiscal stimulus from other economies and press Beijing to limit steel capacity during his final G20 summit this ...

Canada to apply to join China-backed infrastructure bank

Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)

Canada will apply to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Ottawa's finance department said Wednesday, in a coup for Beijing after ...

Apple to fight record EU tax bill

Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)

Silicon Valley tech titan Apple will fight an EU demand for a record 13 billion euros in back taxes in Ireland, a move Washington warned could damage transatlan...

Apple faces huge Irish tax payout in EU case

Aug 30, 2016 (AFP)

The European Union is expected to order Apple on Tuesday to pay billions of euros in back taxes in Ireland in one of its largest such cases after ruling that sw...

Multi-billion Apple windfall puts Ireland in unusual bind

Aug 30, 2016 (AFP)

The European Commission's demand for Apple to pay Ireland some 13 billion euros in back taxes has put the country in the strange position of refusing the windfa...

Chinese tycoon to buy US aluminium maker for $2.33 bn

Aug 30, 2016 (AFP)

A Chinese billionaire has agreed to acquire US aluminium maker Aleris Corporation for $2.33 billion including debt, one of his companies said, the latest overse...

Canada PM Trudeau to mount charm offensive in China: officials

Aug 26, 2016 (AFP)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will tour the Great Wall, shoot hoops with retired basketball star Yao Ming and meet with women entrepreneurs when he tra...

Iran interested in proposed Chinese-built canal in Nicaragua

Aug 24, 2016 (AFP)

Iranian firms want to participate in the construction of a massive canal across Nicaragua that a Chinese company has vowed to build, Iranian Foreign Minister Mo...

US watchdog clears ChemChina's Syngenta acquisition

Aug 22, 2016 (AFP)

A US national security regulator has approved a state-owned China National Chemical Corp.'s planned $43-billion (38 billion-euro) takeover of Swiss pesticide an...

Taiwan's Hon Hai gets Chinese green light for Sharp deal

Aug 12, 2016 (AFP)

Taiwanese tech giant Hon Hai said antitrust authorities in China had approved its takeover of ailing Japanese electronics maker Sharp, clearing the last obstacl...

Samsung buys US luxury home appliance maker Dacor

Aug 11, 2016 (AFP)

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it had acquired US luxury appliance maker Dacor, as part of its push towards a full production line of high-end, Internet-conn...

Down but not out: fears ease over China's weaker yuan

Aug 10, 2016 (AFP)

A year ago on Thursday Chinese authorities stunned global markets by devaluing their yuan currency, raising fears the world's second-largest economy was worse o...

China's COSCO completes Piraeus port authority takeover

Aug 10, 2016 (AFP)

Chinese shipping giant COSCO on Wednesday said it had completed the acquisition of a majority stake in OLP, the company running the main Greek port of Piraeus. ...

Putin says 'painstaking work' needed to rebuild Russia-Turkey trade

Aug 09, 2016 (AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that restoring trade ties with Turkey will take time and work, after his first meeting with counterpart Recep Tayy...

Montreal march kicks off World Social Forum

Aug 09, 2016 (AFP)

A festive march through downtown Montreal on Tuesday marked the official opening of the World Social Forum (WSF), which is being held for the first time in a G7...