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Bolivia alleges US plot against China trade deals
Feb 16, 2016 (AFP)
Bolivia blamed the United States on Tuesday for cooking up an influence-peddling scandal that has embarrassed the president by disrupting multimillion-dollar tr...
Ride and home sharing painted as old ideas made new
Feb 16, 2016 (AFP)
Ride- and home-sharing startups shaking up the world are old concepts getting new life, founders of two prominent ventures told an "ideas conference" Tuesday. "...
First 'Silk Road' train arrives in Tehran from China
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
The first train to connect China and Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday loaded with Chinese goods, reviving the ancient Silk Road, the Iranian railway company sai...
Thousands march in Brussels against cheap Chinese steel imports
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of European steelmakers descended on the EU capital Brussels on Monday demanding that officials do more to stop the flood of cheap imports from China....
China exports, imports slump in January: Customs
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese trade slumped in January, authorities said Monday, as both exports and imports tumbled with feeble domestic and global demand dragging on the world's se...
EU hits China with new steel anti-dumping probes
Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)
The EU launched new probes on Friday into imports of Chinese steel, warning it would not allow "unfair competition" to threaten Europe's industry already crumbl...
China-backed AIIB taps former British minister
Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)
The China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), viewed by some as a rival to the World Bank, on Friday announced executive appointments includi...
EU urges China to cut steel output
Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem has urged China to scale back rampant overproduction in its steel industry that is punishing European companies through...
Georgia to build $2.5-bln Black Sea port on China's Silk Road
Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)
Georgia on Monday announced plans to build a new deep-water Black Sea port in a $2.5-billion project that aims to boost trade between China and Europe along the...
Biggest ever trade deal signed as US seeks to counter China
Feb 04, 2016 (AFP)
The biggest trade deal in history was signed Thursday, yoking 12 Pacific rim countries in a US-led initiative aimed at wresting influence from booming China. Th...
Russian tourism in Turkey crumbles after plane downing
Jan 29, 2016 (AFP)
The number of Russians visiting Turkey almost halved in December from the same period a year earlier as the crisis in relations over the shooting down of a Russ...
Fincantieri signs framework accords with Iranian companies
Jan 27, 2016 (UPI)
Italy's Fincantieri has signed a number of framework agreements with Iranian companies, including one for the construction of merchant vessels. The agreements w...
Kerry in Laos to discuss bomb legacy and ASEAN partnership
Jan 25, 2016 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday hinted Washington may boost the $15 million fund it provides to tackle the deadly legacy of unexploded American bombs...
Japan's 2015 trade deficit narrows as oil prices tumble
Jan 25, 2016 (AFP)
Japan's trade deficit narrowed sharply in 2015 as tumbling oil prices took pressure off its soaring post-Fukushima energy import bill, official data showed Mond...
Wallstrom condemns China detention of two Swedes
Jan 22, 2016 (AFP)
Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom on Friday condemned China's detention of two Swedish nationals as "unacceptable", as the European Union called in a s...
US firms moving operations out of China: survey
Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)
One out of four US companies active in China has moved some operations out of the country or is planning to, as conditions worsen in the world's second-largest ...
WTO faults EU in nuts and bolts dispute with China
Jan 18, 2016 (AFP)
The World Trade Organization on Monday ruled against the European Union in a dispute that has been raging since 2009 between the bloc and China over import duti...
Ukraine launches new China trade route bypassing Russia
Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)
Ukraine on Friday launched the first cargo train to China that will bypass Russia along a new "Silk Road" meant to counter the Kremlin's most stringent trade em...
China FDI up 5.6 percent in 2015: official data
Jan 14, 2016 (AFP)
Foreign investment into China accelerated in 2015 as cash poured into the country's service sector, official data showed Thursday, despite slowing expansion in ...
Chinese exports down in December, but better than forecast
Jan 13, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese exports exceeded expectations in December, spurring a rally on Asian markets Wednesday, in a rare bright spot for the world's second-largest economy whi...
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