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Japan current account surplus surges in March
May 13, 2015 (AFP)
Japan on Wednesday logged a more than 20-fold surge in its current account surplus in March thanks to an improving trade picture and buoyant returns on the coun...
Indian PM Modi leaves for China with trade on mind
May 13, 2015 (AFP)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday left for China on an official visit focused on boosting trade ties between Asia's rival superpowers and setting...
Chinese Premier Li to visit South America: Beijing
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will this month visit four South American countries, including Brazil, officials said Monday, as Beijing seeks to build its influence...
Chinese turn Paris suburb into Europe's biggest fashion market
May 10, 2015 (AFP)
The rows of upmarket sedans look out of place parked in the working-class Paris suburb but this is Aubervilliers, Europe's made-in-China clothing capital where ...
Trade with Cuba on Russian radar
May 08, 2015 (UPI)
Trade and economic cooperation with Cuba, formerly on the Russian oil radar, topped the agenda of Kremlin meetings, a Russian government spokesman said. Cuba is...
China April exports down 6.4% in new sign of weakness
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
China's exports fell unexpectedly in April as imports posted their sixth straight monthly decrease, official data showed Friday, with analysts calling for more ...
Germany's Siemens acknowledges China examination
May 05, 2015 (AFP)
German industrial giant Siemens confirmed that Chinese regulators are "looking into" the business model of its healthcare unit, but denied it was a corruption i...
Siemens, Philips, GE units in China bribery probe: report
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese regulators are investigating units of foreign medical device companies including Germany's Siemens, Dutch firm Philips and General Electric of the US fo...
Taiwan ruling party 'optimistic' over joining AIIB
May 03, 2015 (AFP)
The head of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party said Sunday he was "optimistic" about the island joining a Beijing-led regional development bank, despite China hav...
China overtakes US as Australia's largest foreign investor
May 01, 2015 (AFP)
China has for the first time overtaken the United States as Australia's largest source of foreign investment, according to official data, laying out Aus$27.7 bi...
US keeps China, India on intellectual rights watch list
Apr 30, 2015 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday kept China and India on its Priority Watch List of trading partners that fail to protect intellectual property rights (IPR), hurti...
Iran seizes cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz
Apr 28, 2015 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized control of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, prompting the US Navy to dis...
Obama, Abe say not opposed to China infrastructure bank
Apr 28, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that they were not opposed to China's Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, but stress...
China opens bank card clearing sector to foreign firms
Apr 23, 2015 (AFP)
China has announced plans that will allow giants such as Visa and MasterCard to set up credit card clearing services in the country, breaking the monopoly in a ...
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's popularity setback for US
Apr 20, 2015 (UPI)
Many Asians believe that the region's dramatic economic rise over the past several decades has not been reflected in global financial institutions. The internat...
China to launch three new free-trade zones
Apr 20, 2015 (AFP)
China will launch three new free-trade zones on Tuesday, official media said Monday, building on a project that began in Shanghai to much fanfare but has so far...
Fast-track trade deal stirs U.S. pot
Apr 17, 2015 (UPI)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lauded a congressional measure to open international trade doors, though opponents said the measure puts the climate at risk....
Coca-Cola to buy Chinese protein drinks business
Apr 17, 2015 (AFP)
Coca Cola has agreed to buy a Chinese plant-based drinks business, renewing its push into the China market after authorities in 2009 blocked its bid for a juice...
Egypt joins China-based infrastructure bank, hopes for funds
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
Egypt has been approved as a founding member of the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, opening the way for it to benefit from the bank's $50 b...
Thousands of Greek miners protest feared job losses
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
Around 4,000 miners demonstrated in Athens Thursday to protest job cuts they fear will result from the hard-left government's opposition to continued exploitati...
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