TRADE WARS - SINO DAILY

Irish PM seeks investment during China visit

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Ireland's prime minister Monday urged Chinese firms to invest in his country, on a visit to the Asian giant just days after official data revealed the euro memb...

Japan classic paintings, pop idols hit US

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Japan is presenting to the United States highlights of its culture both old and new, with a rare exhibition of elaborate centuries-old nature scrolls and perfor...

US group: Lock China out of infrastructure deals

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

A powerful US manufacturing group launched a campaign Monday to lock Chinese suppliers out of large US infrastructure projects, saying Beijing does not reciproc...

Japan to 'export' top Tokyo fashion districts

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Japan plans to open overseas shopping areas named after well-known Tokyo fashion districts including Harajuku and Ginza as part of a cultural promotion push, of...

Japan, Canada to launch free trade talks

Mar 25, 2012 (AFP)

Japan and Canada formally agreed Sunday to launch talks on a free trade agreement expected to result in the first such pact between Tokyo and one of the Group o...

Rising Chinese wages a headache for US firms

Mar 23, 2012 (AFP)

After decades of US caterwauling about the crippling impact of China's low labor costs on domestic manufacturing, firms state-side now fret about the impact of ...

Outside View: Protectionism on the Right

Mar 23, 2012 (UPI)

A disturbing trend has manifested itself in the Republican primary race -- the rising specter of populism and protectionism. One of the two leading candidates, ...

Indian outsourcers 'employ 100,000 in US'

Mar 23, 2012 (AFP)

India's IT outsourcing sector has nearly doubled the number of jobs it has created in the US in the last five years and now employs more than 100,000 people, an...

Brazil's Rousseff to attend BRICS summit in India

Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff plans to travel to India next week for a summit of emerging powers and separate talks with Indian leaders on defense and bila...

Report cites controversial mining firms

Mar 22, 2012 (UPI)

The world's most controversial mining companies are named -- and shamed -- in a report comparing their performance against U.N. and other environmental, social ...

Japan logs surprise February trade surplus

Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)

Japan logged a surprise trade surplus in February, offering a glimmer of hope for its moribund economy, but economists warned that with oil prices heading highe...

Hermes bags record profits with luxury goods despite crisis

Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)

Hermes is the latest luxury products group to show that economic crises can have silver linings, announcing record sales and profits on Thursday. Hermes, a symb...

Kitchen sink joins list of US-China trade disputes

Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)

US trade authorities on Thursday announced an investigation into yet another Chinese export product, this time the veritable kitchen sink. The US Commerce Depar...

HP merges computer and printer units

Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)

Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday said it is combining its computer and printer units to free up more cash for innovation in the rapidly evolving technology market. ...

Taiwan opens swathes of economy to China firms

Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan said Tuesday it will open big areas of its economy to Chinese businesses for the first time in a bid to encourage greater investment and create more jobs...

BHP sees iron ore demand 'flattening'

Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)

Global mining giant BHP Billiton said Tuesday that Chinese iron ore demand appeared to be flattening as the world's second-largest economy slows, but prices wer...

S. America frets over slow China growth

Mar 19, 2012 (UPI)

Latin American countries see a Chinese economic slowdown and eurozone crisis as major threats that could reverse their own gains in recent years, an Inter-Ameri...

Singapore banker held in China without lawyer access: fiance

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

Police in China have held a Singaporean banker for two weeks without allowing her access to a lawyer after her client allegedly fled the country with millions o...

Cash-rich Apple to pay dividend, buy back shares

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

Apple announced Monday it will spend part of its massive cash hoard to pay its first dividend since 1995 to shareholders and buy back $10 billion in shares. But...

LatAm growth will depend on Europe, China: IDB

Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)

Economic growth in Latin America is expected to hold strong in 2012 at a 3.6 percent average if Europe avoids a deep recession and China maintains steady growth...