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Lew raps China on excess steel production
Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese oversupply of steel is "damaging and distorting" global markets, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Monday, joining a chorus of criticism that blames ...
Myanmar gem firms say $100m 'missing' from industry fund
Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)
An embezzlement probe has been launched after nearly $100 million vanished from a fund set up by Myanmar's gem companies, a trade body said Thursday, raising co...
Thai military men convicted for attack on mine activists
May 31, 2016 (AFP)
A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced two military men to jail for orchestrating an attack on villagers blockading a gold mine, a lawyer said, a rare ruling in favo...
Chinese investors to build industrial city in Oman
May 23, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese investors signed a deal Monday with Oman's government to build an industrial city, including an oil refinery, in the southern port town of Duqm, a joint...
European vote against China market status not 'constructive': Beijing
May 16, 2016 (AFP)
A European Parliament vote against granting China market economy status in the World Trade Organization was "not at all constructive", Beijing's foreign ministe...
Australia, US boost efforts to protect steelmakers
May 12, 2016 (AFP)
Canberra and Washington will step up joint efforts to protect domestic steelmakers, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Thursday, amid concerns abou...
EU warns against market economy status for China
May 10, 2016 (AFP)
The EU on Wednesday said granting market economy status for China at the World Trade Organization was "untenable" due to the loss of jobs it would cost Europe i...
China group buys DR Congo copper mine for $2.65 billion
May 09, 2016 (AFP)
US company Freeport-McMoRan said Monday it was selling control in the Tenke Fungurume copper mine in DR Congo to China Molybdenum, giving the Chinese company a ...
China April exports, imports fall in sign of weakness
May 08, 2016 (AFP)
China's exports slumped nearly two percent in April compared to the same month last year, as imports fell almost 11 percent, officials said Sunday, the latest s...
China and Caribbean cosy up to the sound of music
May 08, 2016 (AFP)
Gyrating in the night, Trinidadian soca singer Lil Bitts's derriere, hugged by a pair of hot pants, is centre stage in efforts to bring together China and the C...
Protests build in Myanmar over flashpoint Chinese-backed mine
May 07, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of Myanmar villagers rallied Saturday against a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine, activists told AFP, reigniting a contentious issue that could...
French mistrustful of government in EU-US trade deal talks
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
Nearly two thirds of French people say they don't trust the government to defend the country's interests in negotiations on a vast new EU-US trade deal, a poll ...
Amazon steps up air game with new cargo deal
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
Online retail colossus Amazon on Thursday boosted its fledgling air cargo service as it moves to gain more independence from freight firms for delivery of onlin...
Obama faces looming trade row with China
May 04, 2016 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama is facing a fresh trade row with Beijing that could inflame the 2016 election race and complicate his farewell visit to China in Septe...
TTIP: a proposed trade treaty in troubled waters
May 03, 2016 (AFP)
Will the ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the world's largest trade pact, ever see the light of day? After leaks from the closed-door n...
Australian Craig Wright says he created Bitcoin
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright on Monday identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin following years of speculation about who invented the pioneering dig...
Greenpeace leaks US-EU trade papers, fears for consumers
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
Greenpeace charged Monday that a massive US-EU trade deal would place corporate interests above the environment and consumer safety, as it released classified d...
US-EU trade deal 'risks' emerge in leak
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
A massive US-EU trade deal would harm the environment and consumer safety, Greenpeace said Monday citing secret documents it leaked, as Brussels dismissed the r...
Chinese ship set to be first through expanded Panama Canal
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese-owned freighter will be the first vessel to pass through Panama's newly expanded canal, to be inaugurated with great pomp in June after nine years of ...
US Steel files complaint against Chinese steel imports
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
US Steel Corporation filed a trade complaint Tuesday against big Chinese steel makers and distributors, seeking to bar allegedly unfairly traded Chinese product...
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