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Slow progress in Latam, EU trade talks
Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)
Argentine protectionist tendencies and Brazil's economic downturn seem set to determine the direction of a much delayed trade deal between South America's Merco...
Foreign visitors flock back to post-disaster Japan
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2012 surged 34.6 percent from the previous year as the tourism sector rebounded after the 2011 tsunami and nuclear di...
French/Chinese shipping groups CMA CGM, CMHI unveil tie up
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
French container shipping company CMA CGM has sold 49 percent of its Terminal Link unit in Marseille, southern France, to China Merchants Holdings International...
Japan logs record trade deficit in 2012
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Japan on Thursday logged a record trade deficit for 2012 as exports were hit by a bitter diplomatic spat with its biggest market China and plunging demand in de...
Reding: EU won't renegotiate free movement deal with Switzerland
Jan 23, 2013 (UPI)
The EU would not renegotiate its bilateral agreements with Switzerland should Swiss voters restrict immigration, a European Commission official has warned. EC V...
Apple, Google chiefs face grilling on 'no-poaching'
Jan 18, 2013 (AFP)
Apple chief Tim Cook and Google chairman Eric Schmidt are expected to face questioning in a lawsuit accusing Silicon Valley giants of secretly agreeing not to "...
US software engineer outsources his job to China
Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)
"Bob" the software engineer was becoming a modern workplace legend on Thursday as word spread that he had secretly outsourced his own job to China and sat at hi...
China Mining Corporation to list in Hong Kong this month
Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)
China's Chinalco Mining Corporation said Thursday it hopes to raise up to $435 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering this month, the city's first major...
Chilean mining investment to top $100B
Jan 17, 2013 (UPI)
Investment in Chile's mining sector is set to exceed $100 billion over the next 12 years and about half will go into boosting copper production, mainstay of the...
China's trade surplus with US inflated by trade stats: OECD-WTO
Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)
Current trade statistics miss a vital part of the story of where production occurs in the globalised economy, the OECD and WTO said on Wednesday, adding that Ch...
Foreign investment in China in first fall for three years
Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)
Foreign direct investment in China declined for the first time in three years in 2012, official data showed on Wednesday, amid economic turmoil in developed mar...
Fear and loathing in Brazil as World Cup beckons
Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)
As the 2014 FIFA World Cup approaches, host nation Brazil is dealing with unresolved problems that sent more than 1 million protesters into the streets last yea...
China expects trade to grow at similar pace to GDP
Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)
China said Wednesday that it expects foreign trade to grow at a similar pace to the economy this year, indicating a feeble pickup from 2012. "Our target this ye...
US seeks new global trade deal for services
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
The United States will meet representatives of other major economies to try to negotiate a global agreement on the trade in services, the top US trade represent...
Mongolia's proposed law to affect mining
Jan 14, 2013 (UPI)
Mongolia's proposed new mineral law threatens foreign investment, warns the country's business council. The Business Council's 250 members include mining giant ...
Indonesia's ban on mineral ore exports goes into effect
Jan 14, 2013 (UPI)
Indonesia's ban on exports of mineral ores has gone into effect, although 66 major mining companies are exempted from the ban for three years. Most of Indonesia...
Commodity markets win support from China data
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Commodity markets were buoyed this week by upbeat Chinese economic data and the weak dollar, but trimmed gains heading into the weekend as many traders took the...
China trade surplus surges despite economic weakness
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
China's trade surplus surged in 2012, but total imports and exports grew slowly owing to weakness at home and abroad, official data showed Thursday, while analy...
Canada gold giant ends talks over African assets
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
The world's biggest gold producer, Canada's Barrick Gold, announced Tuesday it had called off talks to sell some of its African assets to a state-owned Chinese ...
British conservatives call for further immigration restrictions
Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)
British conservative leaders called for further immigration crackdowns this week after EU travel restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers were eased. With...
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