TRADE WARS - SINO DAILY

Jun 12, 2013 (UPI)

Mining and metals industry executives ranked access to equity and capital allocation as the most critical risk facing their companies, up from eighth place last...

EU set to challenge Chinese steel duties at WTO

Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)

The European Union will raise the pressure in its raft of trade disputes with China, diplomats said Wednesday, with Brussels about to challenge Beijing's steel ...

Panama won't fret for now about Nicaragua canal

Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)

Panama Canal administrators on Monday downplayed the competitive threat posed by Nicaragua's plan for a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific. President Daniel...

China, LatAm leads gains in tourists to US

Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)

Tourists from China and Latin America swarmed to the United States last year, while fewer Europeans came, according to a government report released Monday. A re...

Berlin urges rapid solution to EU-China trade tension

Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)

Germany called on Monday for a swift solution in tit-for-tat trade tensions between the European Union and China which, according to an unconfirmed press report...

Ghana arrests 57 W. Africans in illegal gold mine raid

Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)

Ghana has arrested more than 50 West Africans accused of illegal gold mining in a crackdown that has already led to the detention of dozens of Chinese nationals...

Japan set to take casino gamble

Jun 09, 2013 (AFP)

A group of Japanese lawmakers are close to hitting the jackpot in their bid to legalise casinos, betting the revenue bonanza could challenge Macau for the title...

China May trade data highlights growth concerns

Jun 08, 2013 (AFP)

China on Saturday reported a sharp slowdown in exports in May compared to the previous month while imports unexpectedly dropped, as the world's second largest e...

China's Xi visits Maya ruins, ending Mexico trip

Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping ended his Mexico trip Thursday with a sun-filled tour of the ancient Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, accompanied by his host Enrique P...

France's Hollande pays state visit to Japan

Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)

Francois Hollande arrived in Japan Thursday for three days of talks, hoping to seal deals on nuclear co-operation and in the aviation sector, on the first state...

Winemakers sound alarm as EU-China trade war looms

Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)

Fears of an EU-China trade war mounted on Wednesday after Beijing launched an anti-dumping investigation into European wine imports, a move greeted with alarm i...

Chinese firm get concession for Nicaragua canal

Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said a concession to build an inter-oceanic canal across his Central American nation was awarded to an unnamed Chinese consor...

Argentina, Brazil head for showdown over rail seizure

Jun 06, 2013 (UPI)

Argentina triggered a new political confrontation with neighbor Brazil as it appropriated two railway concessions from Brazilian freight company America Latina ...

Hundreds fall sick in Bangladesh garment factory

Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)

Hundreds of employees of a Bangladeshi garment plant near the capital fell ill Wednesday after drinking suspected contaminated water at work, police and factory...

About 100 Chinese arrested in Ghana for illegal mining

Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)

Police in Ghana have arrested about 100 Chinese citizens this month on charges of illegal mining, a senior embassy official said on Wednesday. "The Ghanaians ha...

China, Mexico presidents agree on 'strategic' partnership

Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Mexican counterpart vowed to work jointly to access international markets, like the lucrative US market, as part of a new s...

Troubled Italian steel mill goes into administration

Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)

Italy's government on Tuesday placed a troubled steel mill temporarily into administration amid a long-running legal dispute over toxic pollution in a move that...

China's Xi in Mexico with trade gap on agenda

Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday kicked off a three-day visit to Mexico, which is seeking to narrow a huge trade gap with Beijing and attract investment ...

Xi visits Costa Rica, agree on $2 billion in projects

Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping led a major trade foray into Costa Rica Monday with agreements on projects worth nearly $2 billion, including upgrades of an oil re...

US manufacturing lobby presses Obama on China

Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)

The US manufacturing lobby on Monday said President Barack Obama should get tough with President Xi Jinping on alleged Chinese cyber spying and what it sees as ...