TRADE WARS - SINO DAILY

Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)

China's Vice President Xi Jinping on Monday started a week-long tour of the United States in a key test of relations with the man on course to lead the rising A...

Novelists open new chapter for booming China film industry

Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)

Acclaimed Chinese novelist Geling Yan has become accustomed to reaching a wide audience both at home and abroad. But nothing could have prepared her for the att...

China vows to pursue balanced trade with US

Feb 12, 2012 (AFP)

A top Chinese official on Sunday vowed Beijing would pursue more balanced trade with the United States, as the country's Vice President Xi Jinping prepares for ...

Some Brazilian police cancel strike, others press on

Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)

Brazilian authorities claimed Saturday to have broken up strikes by police in two states after arresting labor leaders, but other police and firefighters had no...

Eight arrested in bribery probe at Murdoch's Sun

Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)

British police widened a probe into alleged bribery by Rupert Murdoch's media empire Saturday, arresting five staff at The Sun tabloid, a member of the armed fo...

New Rio strike threatens Brazil carnival

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

Rio police planned to strike for better pay on Friday, warning people to stay off the streets and close shops a week before the famed Carnival festival, expecte...

China says exports, imports fall in January

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

China's trade activity fell in January from a year earlier, data showed Friday, as a domestic slowdown, overseas turmoil and factory closures during the Lunar N...

Iran, free trade pact top EU-India summit agenda

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

The European Union looks set to push India at a summit Friday to use its commercial and diplomatic influence to try to bring Iran back to the negotiating table ...

Detained China artist unaware of New York success

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

Dark, bare photos of modern Chinese society by Liu Xia, detained wife of China's best known dissident, went on show in New York without her knowledge after they...

US visit marks 11th-hour test for China's heir apparent

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has travelled extensively in the last two years as vice-president, but next week's US visit will provide the greatest test ...

Canada to close many US consulates: report

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Canada is considering closing up to eight consulates and trade offices in the United States, public broadcaster CBC reported Thursday as the prime minister was ...

China says January exports expected to have dropped

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

China's commerce minister said Thursday that exports were expected to have fallen in January, as Europe's sovereign debt crisis and weakness in the United State...

Argentina cuts foreign currency outflows

Feb 09, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina is slashing foreign currency outflows in expectation of tougher economic times, a likely result of the drought-related drop in commodities harvests an...

Canada's Harper secures billions in trade with China

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper oversaw the signing of nearly 3 billion Canadian dollars (US$3 billion) in trade agreements with China on Thursday after ...

Thomson Reuters posts loss on $3 bn writedown

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Thomson Reuters posted a fourth-quarter loss on Thursday as the financial news and information provider took a $3 billion writedown on its financial services bu...

Japan's current account surplus smallest in 15 years

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

Japan's current account surplus tumbled 43.9 percent to a 15-year low in 2011 as the nation logged a trade deficit due to lower exports and higher energy costs,...

Groupon fails to turn profit as revenue grows

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

Daily deals site Groupon on Wednesday issued its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, saying it failed to turn a profit despite revenue nearly tr...

Canada PM Harper in China for trade talks

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, kicking off a four-day trip aimed at prying open more of the Chinese m...

US charges people, firms in plot to spy on DuPont

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

US authorities Wednesday unveiled charges against five people and five companies in an espionage scheme aimed at stealing trade secrets for Chinese-controlled f...

India outsourcers see export growth slowing

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

India's flagship information technology and business services sector forecast on Wednesday that export growth would slow in the next financial year amid global ...