TRADE WARS

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Outside View: Trade pacts with Europe, Japan will boost unemployment
Apr 16, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. President Barack Obama is betting a lot on free trade. Recently, he agreed to open talks for mega trade deals with the European Union and Japan in hopes of...
China's regulator approves Glencore-Xstrata merger
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
A long-awaited merger between Swiss commodities trader Glencore with mining giant Xstrata has won a green light from China's regulator, clearing a key final hur...
Gold claws back losses after biggest fall in 30 years
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
Gold prices clawed back some losses Tuesday after suffering their heaviest slump in 30 years triggered by weak Chinese growth data and reports Cyprus was planni...
Online specialty store from Amazon to target America's seniors
Apr 15, 2013 (UPI)
Online retail giant Amazon says its new specialty store will cater to the shopping needs of the estimated 80 million Americans age 50 or older. Amazon's online ...
Gold prices plunge further on weak Chinese GDP data: analysts
Apr 15, 2013 (AFP)
Gold prices plunged deeper on Monday, reaching their lowest level in more than two years as other metals also fell amid market pessimism owing to an unexpected ...
Kerry welcomes Japan move to join trade pact
Apr 14, 2013 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday welcomed moves to admit Japan into a Pacific trade agreement, and said China's three-nation trade pact could act as a...
Protests take shine off South American gold and copper mining
Apr 12, 2013 (UPI)
Protests against environmental risks of copper and gold mining are taking the shine off huge investment projects in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru, plus neigh...
Santos: Latin America's top port faces logistical woes
Apr 11, 2013 (AFP)
A bumper soybean crop that sparked a mammoth traffic jam has shone an unflattering light on Santos, Latin America's largest seaport, which is moving to clear hu...
Foreign firms expand in Latin America
Apr 11, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. and European defense and aerospace companies are expanding their footprint in Latin America with partnerships and operations. Just this week alone Boeing, ...
China records March trade deficit of $880 mn
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
China recorded a rare trade deficit in March as imports exceeded exports by $880 million, data showed Wednesday, as officials and analysts warned of lingering w...
Talks fail to break Hong Kong port strike
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
Talks between contractors for a Hong Kong port operator owned by tycoon Li Ka-shing and striking workers failed to resolve a wage dispute Wednesday, with no end...
Sundance shares crash after China deal terminated
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
Shareholders in Australian iron ore company Sundance Resources saw their investment halve Tuesday after a billion-dollar takeover agreement with China's Hanlong...
Japan posts current account surplus in February
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
Japan posted its first current account surplus in four months in February, reflecting narrower trade deficits and robust income receipts from investments overse...
Iceland premier to meet Chinese leaders in Beijing
Apr 06, 2013 (AFP)
Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir will meet with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang this month in Beijing as the countries sign a free trade agreement, he...
Judge defers class action in US tech 'poaching' case
Apr 05, 2013 (AFP)
A judge on Friday cited strengths of a suit charging Silicon Valley giants with secretly agreeing not to "poach" each other's workers but shot down a request fo...
Chinese travellers are top spenders: UN tourism body
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese travellers are the world's biggest tourism spenders, splashing out a record $102 billion (78 billion euros) on trips abroad in 2012, the UN World Touris...
Glencore-Xstrata delay merger to wait for Chinese nod
Apr 02, 2013 (AFP)
Swiss mining giant Xstrata and commodities trader Glencore announced Tuesday they had pushed back further the date to finalise their merger as they wait for app...
Taiwan, China agree to further bank investments
Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)
Taiwan and China on Monday agreed to further ease investment caps in each other's financial institutions, in the latest sign of warming ties between the two for...
US visa day sparks new debate on tech workers
Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)
As the US government opened up visa applications Monday for highly skilled immigrants, debate flared anew on the tech sector's demands to be able to hire more f...
Outside View: Ukrainian government tenders
Mar 28, 2013 (UPI)
Foreign Agent Registration Act (Department of Justice) reporting shows that authoritarian Ukrainian Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yanukovych have poured f...
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