TRADE WARS - SINO DAILY

Putin touts ex-Soviet bloc as Asia-Europe bridge

Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)

President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Russia and a new bloc with ex-Soviet states were well-positioned to become a bridge between Europe and Asia, as he hoste...

Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013

Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong on Thursday announced the first step in a policy aimed to restrict foreigners from buying property, in a move seen to be targeting mainland buyers who...

Brazil says tariff hikes not protectionist

Sep 06, 2012 (UPI)

Brazil is raising import tariffs on 200 commodities but insists it's not pursuing protectionism in the style of neighbor Argentina, which faces punitive action ...

Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation

Sep 06, 2012 (UPI)

Europe's Nordic and Baltic countries are strengthening cooperation to assure they're not left off the European agenda, Lithuania said this week. Lithuanian Fore...

'Green' products trade gains momentum in APEC

Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)

A push to boost Asia Pacific trade in environmentally friendly goods gained momentum Thursday as officials agreed to cut tariffs on bamboo floor panels, solar b...

Chile eyes free trade deals at APEC

Sep 05, 2012 (AFP)

Chile wants to strike new free trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia and Russia at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vladivostok, ...

Chinese 'blind spot' for Western readers

Sep 03, 2012 (AFP)

A potent mix of state censorship, conservative publishing choices and scant translation means international readers are given a narrow view of contemporary Chin...

Germany's Merkel due in China for eurozone talks

Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)

German leader Angela Merkel was due to hold top-level talks Thursday on her second visit to China this year, with Europe's debt crisis taking centre stage as it...

China firms to invest $8.6 bln in Indonesia smelters

Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)

Three Chinese firms will invest up to $8.6 billion in Indonesian smelters, Jakarta's industry minister said Thursday, as a ban on the export of raw minerals fro...

Growth in Chinese overseas investment slows

Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)

China said Thursday growth in overseas direct investment slowed sharply last year as the global economic recovery remained weak and amid financial turmoil in Eu...

Finland seeks new cleantech for shipping

Aug 30, 2012 (UPI)

Finland says it will push hard to fund new green technologies as a key way to cope with looming requirements to reduce sulfur emissions from shipping. Finnish M...

No end for Brazil federal workers' strike

Aug 29, 2012 (UPI)

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's political standing is coming under threat from an unlikely quarter -- more than 400,000 federal workers on a war path to pu...

Egypt's new leader visits China seeking investment

Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)

Egypt's president met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Tuesday, seeking in his first state visit outside the Arab world to win badly needed investment and ...

Australia's resource boom on last leg?

Aug 27, 2012 (UPI)

Australia's mining boom is far from over, a government official said. "The truth of the matter is, according to private forecasters, we're not even halfway thro...

India invites Chinese companies to invest

Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)

India on Monday invited China to invest in its new flagship manufacturing zones as part of a push to broaden commercial links and cut a ballooning trade deficit...

Russia's Rusal to cut production as profit falls

Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)

Russian aluminium giant Rusal said Monday it would cut production after seeing its net profit fall 95.25 percent in the first six months of the year, hit by fal...

Trade to limit harm of East Asia island spats

Aug 26, 2012 (AFP)

China, Japan and South Korea are loath to let tensions over sea claims damage their sputtering economies, analysts say, but the emotional disputes could still s...

China blamed for fake goods seized in Italy

Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)

Italy's police said Saturday they have seized so far this year 52 million counterfeit items, including train tickets, smartphones, condoms and detergents, with ...

Wen says China needs to stabilise exports: report

Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday that China needed more policies to stabilise the country's exports, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Wen, speaking duri...

Argentina under fire for protectionism

Aug 23, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina is under fire for increasing protectionist barriers and fighting criticism with countercharges against nations that complain about the trade policies ...